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For a while the Bewleys' only local rival had been the London Road Ironworks, which was opposite a house called The Cloisters.

At Abbey Farm the remains of a Cistercian abbey are now part of a house and farmyard. The area is noted for making high quality cricket bats from locally-grown willow trees.

The house opposite is Nant Myniawyd.

The setting is not as good as it was in the 1890s, for the houses to the right, out of view, were replaced by awful 1960s shops with offices over.

On the left are Hickman Charity houses; the jettied timber-framed cottages were bought and refurbished in the 1980s, and the timber-framing exposed. On the right is the old Grammar School.

The Llanthony warehouse is on the right, housing Wait James and Company; similar companies would store salt and grain from all over the world, and even hire out sacks.

Robert Burns came to the town in 1791 and lived with his wife and family in a house in Millhole Brae. Burns died in 1796 at the age of 36 and is buried in St Michael's Church.

Rich merchants and tradesfolk built houses for themselves along the town's streets, which is why grand dwellings and humble cottages can be seen cheek by jowl.

Solva was to become a haven for pleasure boats, and many of its houses were to become smartened up as holiday cottages.

Because of its obscurity, this hamlet by the river Hodder was chosen by the Quakers as the site for their Friends' Meeting House, which was also used as a school in 1767 (right, with the tall belfry).

Hidden by the trees to its left is Culham Manor, a fascinating house; its core is a 15th-century grange of Abingdon Abbey.

George Gilbert Scott certainly transformed the village, 'restoring' the church, rebuilding the manor house and building the school.

The house, which was at one time the largest building in the north of England, was built by Sir Nicolas Sherburn (Shirburn) around 1690.The estate was left to a cousin (named Weld) who gave it to the

After them is Plum`s restaurant and the Three Tuns public house. The names of the shops may have changed today, but the roof line is still recognisable.

The isolated community of Ystradfellte only has an ancient church, a pub, and a few houses, but it is surrounded by some of the most magnificent limestone scenery in Wales.

On the far right is the turreted gateway leading to the abbey, the Blind House or the Lock-up built in the late 18th century, and known as the Tolsey.

Originally there were four lions guarding the base of the monument, but a lightning strike in 1839 sent them crashing into the gardens of the houses below, and they were never replaced.

There are several nice late 18th- and early 19th- century houses in the village, such as the one facing the camera. The camera proves to be a magnet to two small boys (extreme right).

A boarding house of Oakham School is behind the pump surrounded by railings.

Of the long terrace of 17th-century cottages on the right, only the former Anchor Inn remains, dated 1637 and now a private house.

The white building beyond now houses pizzas and kebabs, accountants, and antiques. The corner stationer's is still just that. The market day is Friday.

Sailing was one of the favourite pastimes of the wealthy late 19th-century 'off-comers' who built houses close to the shore of the lake. The club was formed in 1860 as the Windermere Sailing Club.

The house was demolished in 1951. Seaside and Coastal Sussex: From Bosham to Rye

The cottages fronting the field now look out onto houses built on the field. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago