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This view looks down the hill into the village. The Old Crown Inn and the adjoining cottages are faced by the Georgian houses on the other side of the green.

She painted the original cottages on this site just before they were pulled down amid much outcry in 1885, and replaced by these mock-Tudor buildings.

Passengers occupying the roof seats were able to enter the hotel directly through an upper door, saving them the nuisance of having to clamber down from the coach.

Cars parked down the centre of the High Street occupy the site of the historic outdoor town market, which still operates today and makes this area a very busy place on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Holiday bungalows and chalets line the skyline, and the Cove Café is perched on a shelf halfway down the cliff (centre).

Behind us is the entrance to Dunmow`s secondary school, Helena Romanes, which was built in 1958-59 to replace the Council School on the Downs.

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

It stands below Efford Down, on top of which is the Storm Tower, also built by Acland.

Its former watermill, also partly Tudor, is approached down a short leafy lane and has in recent years been carefully restored.

A car passes up the High Street, while a horse-drawn conveyance comes down the hill.Wright's Garage, on the right, emphasises that shortly after the First World War the internal combustion engine had

Cheap Street, off Market Place and now pedestrianised, retains its medieval and Tudor character: it has a stream running down its centre in a channel.

This lane dips precipitously down into the valley of the Kensey and St Thomas's Church. On a rise in the distance is the church of St Stephen.

The tramway ran for the last time in 1981, with vandalism causing the entire pier to shut down a decade later. Money continues to be spent on upkeep, and the pier opens on special occasions.

An easier way to get from one part of town to the other would be to take the cable car. It was opened in 1892, when a ticket up or down cost 1d (one old penny).

Woolworth's store, seen here at the end of this section of Kirkgate (centre), draws shoppers down this precinct past the shops on the right, built in the early 1960s.

Down the street on the left is the Octagon: originally a Georgian chapel, it was restored in 1951 as an exhibition centre and is now a photography gallery.

Located at the western end of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English village. The pond, the pub and the church are all here.

Looking back down towards the market square in the distance, this view shows the old High Street prior to the 1980s modernisation.

The massive limestone buttresses of Shining Cliff look down on the junction of Middleton Dale with the road to Eyam on the left of the photograph.

This view looks down on the A6 trunk road, which passes across the centre of the picture, at Whatstandwell, seven miles west of Matlock.

This view looks from Market Square down Friargate.

By 1891 the local fleet was down to 174 boats employing 860 men and boys with an annual catch valued at just under £3000.

They disappeared during the Second World War to be melted down for munitions. The Prideaux garage remains, although their agencies now seem to be Jaguar and Austin.

This building was erected in 1911 when the original inn burnt down. There has been an inn on this site since the 12th century; it was originally a cider house, part of an orchard.