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Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.

Stevenson's Yellow Buses first ran from Uttoxeter to Burton on 11 September 1926.

Savage's and Burton's Menswear shop are on the right, and there is a cafe further up the street.

The streetscape is dominated by the former Burton's building, an urban interloper of 1939 with its giant Ionic pilasters supporting a heavy cornice.

This view was taken just east of the railway bridge over Burton Road, which led to the now-closed Arnold Colliery.

Burtons is a fine example of its genre, while the flank elevation of the Rialto Cinema enhances neither its neighbouring buildings nor the market place as a whole.

Examples from west to east include Burton Park, Parham itself, Wiston Park, Firle Place and Folkington Manor.

Burton's Menswear, on the right of the photograph, sold suits off the peg or made to measure - all on easy payments.

This view shows Burton's memorial standing at the top of the High Street on the spot where the original Moot Hall stood in 1788.

Burton's (left) in the company's typical Art Deco style was built in 1936, and replaced the George Inn.

Burtons and Woolworths altered the streetscape with their respective Art-Deco and stuccoed cost-cutting neo-Georgian designs.

A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops.

Opposite are No 9 (right) and No 8, Shamien House, with No 6, St Anne's and No 5, Burton House being the next visible building.

Here we can see its replacement, a Burton's store typical of 1950s building styles (one hesitates to call it architecture).

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

Behind Ken Pett's green post office van on the left of the picture, you can just see the remains of Norman Burton's shop which burnt down during the early hours of 6 January 1948.

On the right are Burton's the tailor and the Nag's Head, built in 1930.

Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School.

The old house here was restored and rebuilt in 1840 by Lord Howden to the designs of Decimus Burton, a London architect, who was also responsible for Hyde Park Corner.

By now Hitchman's the chemists had been swept away: Montague Burton had built an art deco emporium (left) on the corner of Silver Street.

By now Hitchman's the chemists had been swept away: Montague Burton had built an art deco emporium (left) on the corner of Silver Street.

Looking along the High Street past the beleaguered Burton Memorial, one would see little change today in the buildingscape.

Her telephone number was Burton Bradstock 50.