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Mr Cecil Cole, talking of his childhood in the early years of the 20th century, quoted in Arthur Bate Venning and Arthur Wills' book 'Yesterday's Town'.

Dating from 1791 this two-storey building served this purpose until 1900 when the ground floor became a municipal dairy and the upper storey the repository of the Council records.

The remains to be seen today actually date from the abbey's rebuilding in the course of the 13th to the 15th centuries.

On the left is Shadwell Row: although greatly modified over the years, it incorporates two original houses dating from the late medieval period.

Picturesquely perched on top of its steep knoll and surrounded by a sea of 20th- century housing, the church of St Nicholas, Laindon, possibly dates from the 12th century.

At the top of the street was the new market (dating from 1833), which took the 500-year-old trade from Church Green.

On the left is the huge D-shaped tower built in the late 13th century by Roger Bigod III.

This new screen, together with the choir stalls which also date from 1665, are said to have been designed for Bishop Cosin by James Clement, who was also responsible for the carved font canopy in

The church is famous for its brasses: five groups depict about 70 figures dating from the 16th century – one brass, of William Notte and his wife, shows 19 children.

WE BEGIN the tour of the city by the Dean's Eye gate-house, the dropping-off point both for mod- ern tour coaches and ancient stagecoaches.

Here we see the offices and entrance gates of Horrockses, Crewdson & Co on Stanley Street.

Situated on a rocky site at the entrance to the Sound of Mull, the Maclean fortress of Duart dates from the 13th century with 16th- and 17th-century additions.

Often referred to as 'the Alpine village' because of its sylvan setting at the head of a wooded valley, the cluster of houses known as Hutton Village dates from the mid 19th century, when Mr Thomas

The church is unbuttressed, with a west tower and Perpendicular bell-stage and a very fine chancel all dating back to the 13th century.

The staircase from Houghton House, carrying the date of 1688, is in the Swan Hotel at Bedford.

Within 20 years, well-to-do commuter communities had sprung up along the lines; indeed, Alderley Edge village itself did not exist before the trains came - it is a Victorian creation dating from

Headstone Manor itself is sited within a square moat to the east of the barn, and dates from the mid 14th century.

The datestone reads 1607, but 1697 is a more accurate date: the original datestone was misread owing to weathering when rebuilding of the inn took place in 1912.

Richard I was responsible for establishing a settlement on Portsea Island, and it was he who built the first dock on Portsmouth in the late 12th century.

Early evidence of a building on this site dates from 1278.

Marryat…in the new, smart, red-bricked Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park, and recreation grounds, its imposing town hall - one of the finest in the kingdom - in the Portsmouth up-to-date

Marryat…in the new, smart, red-bricked Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park, and recreation grounds, its imposing town hall - one of the finest in the kingdom - in the Portsmouth up-to-date

Note the Jacobean pulpit and the two brass candelabra; the smaller one dates from 1707, and the larger one, of about 1850, was sold to Croscombe church by St Cuthbert's in Wells when gas was installed

Built from English bricks which were transported to Caister by sea, this castle dates from the time of Henry VI.