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Walk along Brock Street, and you reach the quite extraordinary Royal Crescent of John Wood the Younger.

Carved from a 17-ton block of white marble from Carrara in Tuscany, Queen Victoria looks unamused as she grasps her orb and sceptre in front of the Shire Hall.

This fine stone bridge is not unlike the one at Higher Brock. The Ribble Valley has many good examples, notably at Edisford and Halton, and Cromwell's bridge over the river Hodder.

Between 1964 and 1965 the north side of the chapel was hidden by a modern extension with an ugly brick gable. The new Owen Window is, however, more praiseworthy.

The Victoria Statue 1902 Thomas Brock's superb 13ft high bronze statue of Queen Victoria, which stands at the seaward end of Grand Avenue, was unveiled in 1901.

At the western end of the Mall is Buckingham Palace, with the massive 1911 memorial to Queen Victoria designed by Sir Thomas Brock and Sir Aston Webb.

It was the setting for local author Derek Brock's book 'Cuckoo Marans in the Taproom', published in 1985.

This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.

This statue by Brock is of Edward of Woodstock, better known as the Black Prince on account of his black armour.

The tall, hipped roof building had been the popular Brock's Café. The pub in the right foreground, on the Broadway junction, was rebuilt in the 1950s and is now Finnegan's Wake.

It became a paradise of leisure for Londoners, who flocked to enjoy the special displays and exhibitions, including firework displays by Messrs Brock that lit up the sky with 5,000 rockets, and an appearance

It became a paradise of leisure for Londoners, who flocked to enjoy the special displays and exhibitions, including firework displays by Messrs Brock that lit up the sky with 5,000 rockets, and an appearance

One of the first known owners of the property was a member of the Brocke family by the name of Ayre. The earliest boundary was north of the stream known now as the Pip Brook.

One of the first known owners of the property was a member of the Brocke family by the name of Ayre. The earliest boundary was north of the stream known now as the Pip Brook.

Here two holidaymakers contemplate its mystical power, sitting on a rock, dangling their feet into the water.

The houses are divided from the hill by a vein of stiff clay (good wheat land), yet stand on a rock of white stone.'

Across the bay the rocky headland of Treryn Dinas is surmounted by the Logan Rock, a 60-ton block that can be rocked on its perch.

The whole block has now been demolished, and an office block and flats is to be its replacement.

Winchelsea was laid out as a 'new town' in 1288 on a gridiron pattern with 39 blocks. The town never really grew and today it covers only 12 of the original blocks.

James was between a rock and a hard place. He was bound to France by the 'auld alliance', and also to England by an accord signed in 1502.

The building with the tower, in the top left corner, is 'V' Block, and it housed Styling, Design, Prototype Build, and running shop for both cars and trucks; it was known within the company as 'Experimental

The house on the left, demolished in 1980, has been replaced by a two-storey office block of dubious merit, complete with a mansard third storey, while the old Northgate Restaurant beyond, demolished

In their place emerged Exchange Buildings, the town's first block of shops. However, by 1881 traders were complaining that Commercial Street was in a disgusting state.

The great cathedral spire dominates the view, with the square block of the castle on the left and St Peter Mancroft's tower in between.