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On the left, the second house with the lower roof has been demolished.

The old school and the Usher's House (demolished in 1952) are on the right of the large tree near the church.

Not far away are Chelwood Vachery, a re-created hall-house originally called Trimmer's Pond, and Kidbrooke Park, a much altered and decorated house with gardens laid out by Repton.

Village green, church and public house are all in close proximity, but the village atmosphere in Toddington was already under threat at the time of this photograph.

In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th- century rectory and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality set behind the low wall on the left of the photo- graph.

Fore Street and the triangular medieval market place are the heart of the town: here we see the south side, behind the Market House's stand of horse-drawn cabs.

This scene shows the delightful variety of sizes and styles of weatherboarded houses in the village. The Horse and Groom pub is now a private house.

The original house on this headland, which was built by Philip Mansel, was demolished when Sir Rice Mansel built a comfortable manor house on the site in the 16th century.

The houses on the right were built by the council not long before the photograph was taken, and from their appearance several are now privately owned.

Despite its grand appearance, the tower shown here is really just a folly over the entrance to a house.

It was once said of Kington that 'if you passed through at any time other than on Market Day you would have seen the shops open, and the houses open, and a few persons walking about the

The house on the left is no longer red brick. It would have been rendered not many years after this photograph was taken. In 1967, a new 4-bedroom house in nearby Gomer Lane cost £3,300.

Next to the church is the old manor house, with gardens running down to the river.

Next to the stream is the old Methodist chapel of 1860, now a house, but with gravestones still in the back garden. St Mary's church can be glimpsed in the middle distance.

This extraordinary old manor house had been bereft of its famous author owner, Charles Dickens, for 24 years when this picture was taken. Dickens died here on 9 June 1870 at the age of 58.

The Eight Bells (left) closed in the 1980s and is now Peal House. Many other houses have a bell connection. The Post Office Stores on the corner closed in 1991.

The house opposite is The Wakes, now a museum illustrating the story of naturalist and explorer Francis Oates and of his nephew Captain Lawrence Oates, who joined the fateful Antarctic expedition in 1911

The brick wall on the left encloses the grounds of Shelton House, the best building in the village, a late 18th- century brick house predating Woburn Sands' arrival; it is now offices.

Built between 1804 and 1844 by Richard Crichton and the Dickson brothers for Charles and James Moray, Abercairny is an example of a departure from the traditional approach to the design of country houses

It now houses a splendid museum.

Lanhydrock House, once the seat of the Robartes family, is now one of the National Trust's best-loved Cornish properties.

Wollaston expanded farther after World War II and this view is of former council housing, part of an estate built in the south-east of the town.

The building on the right of the bridge was called the Custom House Hotel at this date - it was later named the Dolphin. The original Custom House was in Sandgate on the other side of the road.

The great house was New Place; it has now been converted into cottages. It was the home of the Palmer family in the time of Henry VIII. Ecclesden Manor is a long, low Tudor-style house built in 1634.