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The wonderfully over-the- top Baroque town hall is a triumph for the town, and much better than the pallid neo-classical one it replaced.

By the date of this photograph, much of the town's main streets were established, and they display the characteristic detail of the period: projecting shop fronts proudly display their goods (including

The hill-top town of Shaftesbury, or Shaston as it is sometimes known, owes its foundation to Alfred the Great, showing much evidence of its Saxon origins.

Tiny fishing smacks still set out from the cove each day, much as they probably did in 1588 when the Spanish Armada was first sighted off the Devon coast.

Apart from improvements in the sea defences, the view is much the same today. It was here that Sir John Millais painted that most famous of pictures, 'The Boyhood of Raleigh'.

Most obviously, a rood screen, erected in memory of Harold Woollcombe-Boyce, who died on active service during the Great War, now spans the chancel arch.

The church hall, in Rectory Road, was much more central to Pitsea than the medieval church, perched on its hilltop site.

This 16th-century arch, leading from the original village down to the harbour, was once fitted with a portcullis and gates as a protection for the settlement against pirates and sea-raiders.

When it was built in 1832, the Grosvenor Bridge was said to have the longest single stone arch span in Europe (200ft).

The high arches of the nave arcades echo the proportions of Canterbury cathedral.

This photograph was taken in the year that Giles Gilbert Scott designed the much-loved red telephone box, which was soon to become a familiar sight all over the country.

It was much restored in the 19th century. The wall of the cloisters, a feature of monastic buildings, can be seen on the right of the picture, although no monks ever dwelled within these!

The gardens on the left are much smaller since the road has been widened.

North Bovey in the latter half of the 19th century, was initially less than impressed with his flock: 'My new parishioners were very turbulent people ... the women were awful ... the whole village was much

The parish church of St Mary dates from about 1141, though much restoration work was carried out during the Victorian era.

These people had been the scourge of Skipsea Castle in earlier times, so much so that Henry III had to demolish the castle in 1220.

All that remains today is part of the chancel of a once much larger 13th-century church.

Much of the town dates from between 1890 and 1939, and many of its residents were employed by the railway.

Much of this bare hillside between Outer and Inner Hope has now been built upon, but the tiny church remains and the coast nearby is wild and spectacular.

This is not so much a castle, more a country house, built for the first Earl of Lonsdale by Sir Robert Smirke between 1806 and 1811.

To the right of the picture is a pile of pipes, stored here temporarily during much needed refurbishment of Hitchin's sewer system.

Much of its architecture dates from the 19th century, a reminder that the Victorians made this island their own as a holiday and residential location.

From the arches of the Georgian Guildhall the camera looks down White Hart Street. The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

It could also have been so quiet because Belfast residents had so much choice when the time came for the essential walk.