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Mr R C Smith was the site owner, shop proprietor and general repair man, and he lived in the White House. South Road is to the left, and the sea is only one field away to the right.

At the end of Soss Lane, beyond the railway line, are two former pump houses with tall chimneys; their steam-powered beam engines are situated on the Mother Drain which runs parallel to the River Idle

Here we see the gardener's house; it was originally surrounded by a kitchen garden and glasshouses to provide fresh produce all year long for the magnificent red brick Thornes House with its impressive

To the left is The Old Bakery, an 18th- century brick house, which then had a newly thatched roof. The grand house at the top is King Hall, dating from the early 19th century.

Ferriby House dates from 1775, and both Ferriby Hall and the manor house still stand.

This typical 1930s house possibly replaced a house that restricted the road. The white lines on the road are a new feature controlling the increasing traffic.

The timber- framing and big chimneys in the loom of the church tower is The Priory, a fascinating early 16th century timber- framed building built as a church house or marriage-feast house, although

The houses on the right, including The Little House facing the camera (and now painted a bright pink), have the River Thames as their south boundary.

The House of Correction stood on this site until 1829. The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells.

Keay House - centre left - was named after the first Chairman of Basildon Development Corporation.

The Custom House was built in the Palladian style in 1683 by Henry Bell, then mayor of this thriving port.

In 1757 Rowland Burdon bought the old manor house and estate of Castle Eden Dene from William Burghley, a former Secretary of State to Queen Anne.

This is a swagger Arts-and-Crafts style house of 1888, with a welter of mullions and transoms, coving and gables. St Ethelbert's House now has a suitably ornate use as Boswell's brasserie/bar.

Colneford House stands on Colneford Hill and overlooks the green we see in W194011. The walls of this fine old house are covered in superb pargeting. Over the central porch is the date 1685.

Here we see the church path leading up to it, with 16th-century cottages on the left and Dorset House on the right.

The timber-framed yeoman's house in the centre of the picture was built in about 1480 for the harbourmaster, but at the time of this photograph it was the home of the actress Ellen Terry, who lived

This view shows the characteristic rendered walls of the village houses. The render hides walls built in the local limey clay known as 'witchert', a corruption of white earth.

The high brick wall in the distance belongs to Carshalton House.

In the late 15th century the Cheynes built the first part of the house, the hall, tower and the rest of the west range in the distance, an amorphous shape in brick under all the ivy, but

Behind it is Beech Tree Court, houses formed out of old farmbuildings.

There had been a grand house on the site since the 12th century. By 1328, the original building was in a ruinous state, and later a new house was built by the Throckmorton family.

Mr R C Smith was the site owner, shop proprietor and general repair man, and he lived in the White House. South Road is to the left, and the sea is only one field away to the right.

Overlooking the fascinating village green from the direction of Dakyn House (1678), we see the parish church of St Peter and St Felix, which itself looks out over the remains of Ravensworth Castle.

The railway originally ended at Terminus Place (which is hardly surprising), and housing was laid out along the old lane onto the common: this became Western Road, with Summer Heath Road