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Bustling School Road has long been lined with shops and houses. There used to be an old forge here, with a shed used for destroying unwanted horses and ponies.

The house behind the hedge has gone too.

High tide in the Basin, looking eastwards to St John's Church (left of centre), West Bay Hotel (centre), the Custom House (right of centre) and Old Storehouse (further right).

But there are several old and architecturally attractive manor houses within strolling distance of the town.

The house is situated in the High Street, and was completed in 1596 for Thomas Rogers. Rogers' daughter married Robert Harvard, and it was their son who founded Harvard University.

This large village with houses showing mixed building styles centres on the crossroads near St James's Church. Note the air raid siren above the door of the Old Black Swan.

This part of East Berkshire consists almost entirely of 19th-century development; here and there are a few large Victorian houses with huge plate-glass windows and free Renaissance decorations.

This part of east Berkshire consists almost entirely of 19th-century development; here and there are a few large Victorian houses with huge plate-glass windows and free Renaissance decorations.

This marvellous house has survived almost unchanged into our new century, and is one of Beer's oldest buildings.

The window cleaner is outside a house which has a plaque inscribed 'Joseph and Jane Caldecott 1714', but the house is much older than that.

Next to the Bushel & Strike public house (left), in what was the Bell Yard, stands Ibbett`s blacksmith and engineering workshop`s outside store.

Originally intended for housing poor clergy, and other poor people, the hospital was founded by Bishop Walter de Suffield in 1249. Masses were to be said here for his soul in perpetuity.

All the more reason to be grateful for this convenient public house.

In 1919 Worthing had not yet sprawled up the valley below Salvington Hill, and you could look across to Cissbury Ring without the neat, but characterless, housing of Findon Valley in between.

Note the interesting brickwork on the house on the right.

On the right is a lookout tower and boat house for one of Aldeburgh's two lifeboats. The other is just to its left in the distance.

This attractive view of the Close looks westwards towards Choristers Green.The original campanile (Bell Tower) was behind the house on the left of the picture, and was removed in 1789.

This elegant Georgian house, enlarged in 1775 and later modified, is now 'Deerfield', home of the American Ambassador.

This house was built in 1595-96 by Thomas Rogers, whose grandson, John Harvard, settled in America, and died there in 1638, bequeathing money towards the establishment of Harvard College.

Situated a few miles south-east of Holywell, Halkyn is not really a castle but a castellated country house, one of a number once owned by the Dukes of Westminster.

Potton Clock House was opened in 1955, replacing a much older building. The original clock tower stood in an area known as The Shambles, and was surrounded by small shops.

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

The hotel dates from the 18th century, though it does incorporate some details from an earlier house on the site. It is noted for its Queen Anne panelling and Ionic columns.

It was built on land given by the 5th Lord Braybrooke of Audley End House, and cost £5,504 to build.