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Situated a few miles south-east of Holywell, Halkyn is not really a castle but a castellated country house, one of a number once owned by the Dukes of Westminster.

Potton Clock House was opened in 1955, replacing a much older building. The original clock tower stood in an area known as The Shambles, and was surrounded by small shops.

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

The hotel dates from the 18th century, though it does incorporate some details from an earlier house on the site. It is noted for its Queen Anne panelling and Ionic columns.

It was built on land given by the 5th Lord Braybrooke of Audley End House, and cost £5,504 to build.

Note the typical Kentish architecture - hung tiles and a hipped roof - and the big conservatory and the round oast house to the right.

The photographer appears to have stepped into a garden and asked the inhabitants of the house to come out and pose.

This beautiful scene of blossoms and oast houses was obviously taken in the spring. These oasts are of a slightly different design to those seen at Wateringbury earlier in this chapter.

For an estate village, the houses are considered very large. This is believed to be because they were built to accommodate looms. It was a wealthy wool village for many years.

For an estate village, the houses are considered very large. This is believed to be because they were built to accommodate looms. It was a wealthy wool village for many years.

A great deal of older residential housing was demolished in Victorian times to make way for Cheapside.

The thatched house north of the crossroads no longer has a village shop. The outbuilding on the right is now The Cat's Whiskers, a hairdresser's whose name wittily puns on the road name.

Note the recent cliff top housing developments on the outskirts of neighbouring Port Isaac.

This substantial building now houses the Rochford Hundred Golf Club. Ann Boleyn had links with this ancient town.

The choir, the chapter house and the Beauchamp Chapel escaped destruction, and by 1704 a new nave and a Gothic tower had been built.

Next to Hilton's lovely church is the village green, landscaped by Capability Brown, and surrounded by houses dating back to Tudor times. Hilton sports a turf-cut maze as its most unusual feature.

This building replaced the old one in Wine Street, which now houses the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society and Wine Street Gallery upstairs.

Originally granted to the monks of St Michel in Normandy, Otterton's priory remained an important religious house until Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.

This general view of Northbrook Street shows the gable end to the left of the shop front, above which is a clock, which is all that remains of cloth-maker John Smallwood's house.

Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.

The window cleaner is outside a house which has a plaque inscribed 'Joseph and Jane Caldecott 1714', but the house is much older than that.

Again Raikes' house, 38 Southgate Street, stands out.

The original campanile (Bell Tower) was behind the house on the left of the picture, and was removed in 1989.

The majority of Sydling's fine houses and thatched cottages have survived into modern times, making this one of Dorset's most interesting villages for the student of local architecture.