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At the north end is Edwards College, built in Tudor-Gothic style as a home for clergy widows, founded by the will of Anne Edwards in 1834.

This evocative photograph shows cattle being rounded up at Chideock (always pronounced with the 'e' silent), on a peaceful day over half a century ago.

The garderobe pits—the medieval toilets—are shown on the foreground, with the stone and flint walls of the tower behind.

In 1905, Haymarket was turned into a grassed square, and standing in it was a statue of Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th-century religious thinker who lived nearby. It is sad that the grass has now gone.

Beyond the playing field, we can see some of the Kingswood neighbourhood's dormy-style houses. These were the first 'quality' private homes to be built in the new Basildon.

The upper windows of Warner's Café are attractively surrounded with half-crown tiles. Both Warner's and Bailey's across the square were well-frequented on market days.

The wooded valley of Crimdon Dene is an unspoilt area close to Blackhall, where the beach is not polluted with coal spoil.

The Pleasure Beach actually started as a fairground on the South Shore. One of the early rides was the Sir Hiram Maxim Flying Machine.

Beyond the playing field, we can see some of the Kingswood neighbourhood's dormy-style houses. These were the first 'quality' private homes to be built in the new Basildon.

Gardeners tend the remarkable holly hedge of Penny Hill Park, which grows in places up to 40 feet high. Penny Hill Park was built in 1873, and is now a hotel. It has a beautifully landscaped garden.

The wooden posts on the right are all that remains of the two original piers. The white wooden huts on the left were used by the local air-training

Among other features, the college is renowned for its magnificent hall, impressive timbered roof and fine collection of portraits, including Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey.

The school was built in 1880 in The Stennack, the main road that leads out of St Ives to the west. The building was a school until 1984. It was converted into a doctor's surgery in 1992.

Methodists who broke from the parent society in St Ives in 1838 to form a Teetotal Society later joined the 'New Connexion' Methodists at the end of the 19th century, and moved to this neo-Gothic building

Bethesda House was once a Wesleyan Meeting House for the benefit of older folk who found it difficult to walk up the hill to the Wesleyan Chapel.

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

A wide variety of wildlife and plants are to be found around the undercliff. This family has the beach all to themselves; what are they searching for? Perhaps crabs or small fish left by the tide.

The large building on the left is The Talbot Hotel, a common name for pubs and hotels in the Welsh Marches.

The Borough Hotel is on the right of our picture; this was a Dutton House. Woolworth's is a little further up the street.

The ships tied up at the seaward end show the original function of seaside piers.

In 1923 the town commemorated its dead of the Great War by building this fine war memorial. The water pump has gone, and the Norfolk Arms hotel apparently has a side line in motor car repairs.

The Girls' School (left) was originally called Oroolong, and was home to Captain Henry Wilson, discoverer of the Pelew Islands.

An imitation Norman doorway in the porch entrance of the south-west tower may have been based on an original piece.