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Beaumont trained at Versailles and was in much demand, but spent the last 40 years of his life working for James Bellingham at Levens Hall.

The view is north-eastwards from Spyway Road over Chaffins Copse (centre), and seems to have been taken as much for the neatly thatched haystack as for the general view.

This much later building is the principal house in Henllan; here we see it standing rather sombrely waiting for some social occasion to bring it to life.

Much of the stone from the quarries used to be taken to Weston along linking tunnels which pass beneath Weston Road. These were later to be used as air-raid shelters during the Second World War.

In recent times the village gave a name to the much-loved Dorset folk-singing group the Yetties.

The 15th-century arched doorway (centre left), once entrance to the town jail, is worth a look.

The Empire Cinema dominates to the right of the picture, next door to the arched entrance to the Telford Library.

The church stands halfway up a hill overlooking the village rooftops and contains a large and impressive Norman font.The chancel arch is 13th-century, and the church contains several memorials to

In those days it was still very much a village.To the north of the church were the remains of a motte, the village was served by the early Georgian church of St Mary and St Margaret, and nearby

It has some Norman work, an east end with lancet windows of about 1200 and much other medieval fabric.

Replacing much smaller and increasingly inadequate local facilities dating back to the 1830s, the requisite funds came in from across the social spectrum.

This photograph shows a similar view to O51014, but much has changed in the intervening five years.

The 'new' Mitre Inn looks much the same today as it did in 1955. It is worth a close look to appreciate the carvings on the beams and the grapevine design on the square drainpipes.

It is generally agreed by those outside the profession that lawyers charge too much. Here is the evidence. This house was built by a lawyer in the early 1600s.

The trees are also much taller today, creating a mature-looking landscape.

Traffic lights now stand on this corner, which is much busier today than in the relatively quiet days of motoring.

The mill was destroyed by fire in 1963: only the millpond and a few brick arches now survive.

The house to the right of the arched entrance at the far end of the street is where the poet Chaucer once lived.

When we compare this picture with 84689 (pages 43-44), it is interesting to see just how much the trees had grown in the thirty years that had passed between.

First recorded in 1478, its granite arches were widened on the far, downstream, side in 1874.

Its walls are hidden beneath some rather tatty rendering, but are almost certainly made of granite, which can be seen in the arch below the gable, and in the horse trough in which the little boy is standing

The Post Office c1960 Buckland St Mary Post Office is still a post office, but one wonders for how much longer.

Much grander is Bath Street. Its name is appropriate, as its architecture is perhaps reminiscent of some of the later 18th-century parts of Bath itself.

Much of this interesting cross church dates back to the 13th century. A monastery which stood here in the 9th century was given to the Church of Worcester.