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They started business in the 1860s, and the number of boats made by this firm and another called Emery's ran into hundreds.

A plaque dated 22 August 1951 set into the wall of the garden of Corner House reads: 'This plaque was erected by the Sawbridgeworth Urban District to commemorate the transfer to the Council of the manorial

The stone keep was built in 1170, with the stone curtain walls and improved living quarters being added shortly afterwards.

Here we see the Market Hall (or House) from the rear, and the back of the Town Hall; its 20ft-high wall guards a courtyard.

In the museum is a photograph of the medieval wall paintings which are to be found in the loft of the inn on either side of the chimney breast.

Note the new prison (built 1820) to the left of the main castle buildings with its chimneys and observation tower, all of which have been removed.

The wall to the United Reformed Churchyard is on the right, and beyond is a terrace of three shops with flats over which was built about 1910. The rural calm of this view has long gone.

Set at the mouth of the River Conway, or Conwy, this mediaeval walled town with its famous castle, one of Edward I's 'iron ring' around Wales, is still remarkably self-contained.

The busy A428 Northampton to Bedford Road winds through the village from west to east, curving round the parish churchyard's rubblestone retaining walls.

The scene is recognisable today, though the National Benzole petrol station on the left has gone, and so has the long stone wall on the right.

At the far left is the high churchyard wall to Holy Trinity church, yet another Surrey medieval church largely replaced in Victorian times.

This view looks north along Godalming Road with the 18th-century White Horse pub on the right, its Bargate stone walls painted white.

Stone sett paths and some flagstone walls dividing the back yards still remain today behind the stone terraces to both left and right.

Southgate is a remnant of the old town walls.

Its walls were the same thickness all the way up, which enhanced its defensive capabilities.

The Welsh had to live outside the town walls. Here we see the modern town square filled with coaches for holidaymakers and locals alike.

The grand pub and the simple working men's houses and shops in St Marks Road and First Avenue are all of a similar date.

The houses on the left have been altered and added to in a reasonably complimentary manner, but to the right the mature trees have gone, and the 18th-century garden wall has mostly been demolished

The buildings have flint walls and thatched, tiled and slate roofing. The rendered and painted façade in the central building probably conceals an older building.

The sign on the dry stone wall reads 'cycles for hire', which would be the perfect transport for a place like this.

On the right we can also see the town thermometer attached to a wall, as an earlier view showed.

Further along the road are the King's Hall, advertising 'teas and dances', and the Prince of Wales public house.

It is mostly Perpendicular, but has a 13th-century chancel wall and a Decorated north chapel. Most of the church was demolished and rebuilt, faithfully, in 1850.

The tower is late Norman, except for the top; the arcades are Early English, and the aisle wall and windows, the clerestory, and the north chapel are Perpendicular.