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Market stalls huddle around the 90ft obelisk raised in 1781 to commemorate William Aislabie's 60-year stint in the House of Commons as the local Member of Parliament.

Christ Church, sometimes known as 'The House', can be seen on the right, with Wren's splendid creation, Tom Tower, rising above it.

Designed by James Gibbs and completed in 1749, the Radcliffe Camera was paid for by a bequest from John Radcliffe, and originally housed a collection of books provided by him.

The properties on the left-hand side of this view, at this point in their history seen as private houses, have nearly all now become commercial premises as Skelton has grown.

The Great Stone Inn is one of Northfield’s older drinking establishments, as is the Old Bell House, Bell Hill.

The village was laid out from 1790 by mill owner Samuel Greg to house his mill workers, and was one of a number built in east Cheshire by industrialists.

The 16th-century half-timbered Manor House in Vyne Road fronts directly onto the road, so that its striking architecture, including carved bargeboards on the gables, can be studied at close quarters.

Middle Wallop is a village of at least twenty-six houses with a garage, a pub and an army airfield.

This public house stands beside the main London to Eastbourne road. It was built in 1936, and is a popular stopping place for day-trippers to the Downs and the coastal resorts.

Six houses to the left was the lodging house of Mrs Sophia Booth, where J M W Turner stayed between 1827 and 1851.

In 1929, the house was given to Cowes by the Ward family, and is now used for office space and functions by the Medina Borough Council.

The latter is dedicated to the life of the eldest son of the family who was killed in World War II, and supports the Shuttleworth Collection of road transport and aircraft housed at Old Warden Aerodrome

Clifton Hampden includes an assortment of picturesque cottages and striking period houses.

On the far left is the old School House (1851), and to the left of Fern Cottage, centre, is St Augustine's Church, built in 1857. A delivery van is parked outside Yellow Cottage.

The large block of houses on the point at centre left still stands and is now mostly hotels.

Most of the Victorian terrace houses beyond survive; this section of the promenade ends at The Redoubt, another Napoleonic fort.

This restored medieval house, on the corner of Bullace Lane, is claimed to have been the home of the Kentish rebel Wat Tyler.

The houses on the north corner of Laura Place became an hotel in 1866 and acquired the ornate iron and glass porch early this century.

This 17th-century gabled house with mullioned windows was greatly enlarged by her father in 1825, and she returned home here after the war in 1856.

The building was once used as a boarding house for the local school.

Nearby is Crayke Castle, one of the most romantic houses in Yorkshire, which was also largely built in the 15th century.

Behind stands Church House, once a meeting-place for monks from nearby Muchelney Abbey.

Ilchester's triangular 'village green' is faced by Georgian houses and the Town Hall. The Ham stone market cross, now restored, was erected in 1795.

The pump and war memorial remain unchanged, although the Victorian double- gabled house beyond has lost its original porch, and the windows of the Globe Inn have been altered.