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This view of the north or garden front shows the design of this beautiful and well-proportioned house with its projecting side wings and pedimented centre, the whole forming a letter H plan.

A meeting house was eventually established, and the first chapel was opened by Wesley himself in 1765.

Bond's was a department store – 'The House For Value and Distinctive Ideas'. It was justly proud of its restaurant (advertised on the banner), as it was a stylish and popular meeting-place.

To the north-east, houses have been built up to Charlton Nature Reserve.

The public house is the Plough Inn, offering clientele Bushell, Watkins and Smith's local?Westerham ales. On the left, behind the white picket fence, is a small shop advertising Sunlight soap.

Memorable cricket matches were played on the cricket ground in front of the house. It served as a military hospital during the First World War, and is now a well-known school.

This is the view down Hockerill Street towards the River Stort, where the spire of St Michael's Church rises above the trees and houses.

The house on the right, now the café, was built in 1842 for the Chief Coastguard Officer and his family.

All the large Victorian houses have gone, except for the one on the left. Parkstone's St Peter's Church can be seen behind.

The White Hart was once a posting house from which stagecoaches made daily runs to Hull, Doncaster and Sheffield.

For those of you who know Mooragh Promenade, the gaps between the terraces are not due to demolition; the houses were never built.

The Crown and Anchor (left) was once a private house; parts of the building are believed to date from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Further down Tuck's Lane, on the right, is the Blue Boar public house, selling Morrell's ales. R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was born in the village.

Along the High Street you will find many old inns and some fine 16th- and 17th-century houses.

The thatched cottages are no more; the nearest has been replaced by a no doubt very functional large brick house.

The tall yew trees, now gone, were already old when this picture was taken, but they gave their name to adjacent Yew Tree House.

The picturesque tree-lined avenue of Brotton contains some fine residences, including, just to the right of this picture, Brotton Hall, a fine Georgian stone house, now converted into

A gentleman stands at the door of Crag Hill House, perhaps calling over to the man walking his dog. Two children sit by the roadside playing near the sign for a café.

The north wing, which is jettied on a moulded wood bressumer, remains half-timbered; the south wing was rebuilt in the 19th century to house the parish hall.

In recent times, the pier has housed a car park.

Next door, the Gate House Tea Rooms boasts some lovely 16th-century linenfold wooden panelling.

The National Trust acquired the house and surroundings in 1948, and it is regularly open to the public.

The houses were designed by Featherstone, and were very attractive with white walls and dark roofs. Wherever possible, mature tress were kept, and if necessary new ones were planted.

The staithe at Belaugh has been tidied since this picture was taken, and houses have been built on the land across the road.