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The Chelmsford & Essex Museum, too, was housed here before the more capacious Oaklands House became available in 1929.

Weston House and its grounds were sold by the Harrison family to the Corporation in 1873, the house itself being converted into a museum; the Mappin Art Gallery was added in 1887.

This view of the staithe from the old Excise House shows Southgates Boat Hire office, which is now Rivercraft Yachting Services.

The land opposite the pub is now occupied by housing and a recreation-ground, whilst the house with the appealingly rickety weatherboarding has been dismantled.

This frontage was designed by Christopher Wren when William III turned the then Nottingham House into his residence.

Crickhowell House originally opened in 1993 and has, since 1999, played temporary host to the National Assembly whilst the greatly delayed new debating chamber is constructed.

Once the works had been constructed, the scheme was abandoned, and Vickers took over the houses. Girls play on the Green, which is now occupied by houses.

In the grounds behind the Council Offices stands Pippbrook House, the home of Dorking's main Library. It was once a private house.

The large shelter and the Jubilee fountain replaced the grand wrought iron gates of Torbay House as the focal point of Torbay Road.

It is a beautiful Jacobean house, now in the care of the National Trust and open to visitors. Kipling's literary work 'Puck of Pook's Hill' (1906) is set in the area.

The White Lion, one of many public houses in the village, was called the Rose and Crown in 1766, when it formed part of a marriage settlement between Mary Field and John Smith of Hitchin.

Princess Christian had always been interested in developing the nursing profession in Windsor and she bought two houses, on the corner of Clarence Road and Trinity Place, in 1894 to establish a Nursing

The brick barn on the left at Red House Farm and the iron field fence remain, but the houses on the right have been altered and a few demolished, including the single-storey one on the corner of the quaintly-named

Behind on the left is a house called Belle Vue, later Whitcliffe Grange, now demolished and replaced by council houses. Beyond is Westfields, one of the town's three medieval open fields.

The private houses on the left are now occupied by pizza take-aways and newsagents.

These old houses are to be found in the shadow of Tattershall Castle and next to the collegiate church of the Holy Trinity.

By the time this photograph was taken, the cost of running these great houses was such that they had to be opened to visitors. Chatsworth House dates from 1687.

Generally known as 'The Market House', the building is 18th-century in origin and formed a covered area wherein farmers' wives and younger members of their families could display dairy products and similar

A view taken from the war memorial pictured in No 71402, showing the subtle changes wrought in some thirty five years - a flint-built house with brick decoration now stands on the left, creeper

The post office with shop is the former school house (1858). The village school was on the right through the little gate.

The mid 20th century saw the housing boom: around the towns and cities, large and small estates were built on agricultural land.

The Reverend Lancaster, famous for his firework displays, now occupies the end cottage, and Kimbolton House on the right, the site of the school before it moved to the castle, now houses a playgroup.

Note the oast houses on the right, and four more behind the weatherboarded white building, all links with a time when hop fields were all around, and oast houses were needed to dry the

Today it houses the college's Royal Marine Band, and the Surgeon in Command's house is home to the commander of the college.