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Keay House—on the right—was home to Basildon Urban District Council from 1960 to 1965. It took its name from Sir Lancelot Keay, the first chairman of Basildon Development Corporation.

In the 15th century the cave was put to use as a smugglers' den before it was later converted into a pigeon house.

Lower Slaughter is best visited on a crisp winter's day, when the stream is full and the houses stand clear against the morning sun.

In it he found a vaulted 13th-century ossuary, or charnel house, containing the bones from over 1500 human skeletons from the graveyard. They remain there, neatly stacked.

This view shows that the houses are still few and far between, and the village, known as 'the town that never was', remains much the same now.

A former boat house was demolished before this picture was taken. The lake is still open to the public for fishing.

The north aisle has stained glass by Augustus Pugin, who designed the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.

Sheep Street, possibly Ship Street or Cheap Street, is shown here a hundred years ago, with most of the houses still intact today.

This was a popular coaching inn; it has since been renamed the Gower Inn to reflect its new-found function as a public house.

The Mechanics' Institute building now houses the Curtis Museum.

Stebbing, strung out along a mile-long road, has a fine collection of old buildings: the house with the leaning frontage is late 15th-century, the other cottages slightly later.

The photograph shows Colt Hill Bridge and the rear of The Bridge House.

The church houses some interesting artefacts, including what is purported to be a rib from the Dun Cow, said to have been slain by that old-fashioned homicidal maniac, Guy of Warwick; it is, in fact, a

The houses on the right were demolished to improve the junction with Calcutt Road, but little else has changed. The 1897 Diamond Jubilee clock tower survives outside The Vale pub.

The ornately designed building is a vivid reminder of the days, long before the television and video age, when every town in the country had a picture house, or 'flea pit' as they were sometimes known.

Shugborough Hall, Lord Lichfield's house, is behind the trees to the left; the small building on the towing path is now a craft shop.

In the distance stands the ancient Pack Horse Inn. The ivy-clad house is now the Conservative Club, whilst the shops remain relatively unchanged.

This view looks from the Mansion House balcony to the Bank of England.

During the 20th century, the farm became the Old Plough House Refreshment Rooms. It is still a well-known restaurant in this low- lying fenland area.

Dunmow ceased to be a borough in 1885, and the building has since housed various commercial enterprises.

Gracie Fields once lived in Connaught Avenue in a house called 'Tinkerbell'.This view is little changed today, although the Avenue is no longer almost devoid of traffic.

The building on the right was erected in 1922 to house the Redditch Benefit Building Society (founded in 1859).

Though still fairly well-endowed with trees in the 1950s, the slopes were vanishing under the housing developments of Tarpots and New Thundersley.

The Chantry Café probably occupies the site of the priest's house.