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It now houses the town museum, which is open from April to October. Next to this now stands the Tourist Information Centre.

The tumbledown cottages, now long gone, were occupied by bargees, wharfingers, brewery labourers and others, while the Fisherman's Retreat, the house with the blinds, was popular with anglers and pleasure

A house is now built behind.

Here, in the village street, with its medley of picturesque old timber-framed houses, the atmosphere is quintessentially English and timeless.

Behind Woodburn House, left, was the village brewery. The confectionery shop and the chemist's (right) are now private cottages.

On the opposite side is the Fleur-de-Lys public house, popularly called the Flue, which once had a license to serve early morning alcohol to furnace workers coming off the night shift.

On the opposite side is the Fleur-de-Lys public house, popularly called the Flue, which once had a license to serve early morning alcohol to furnace workers coming off the night shift.

It is now demolished, and modern houses have been built on the site.

This view of the bridge was taken from near Islip House, on the west bank. In 1795, the medieval bridge was seriously damaged by floods and five of its nine arches were washed away.

Full of quaint old Georgian houses and historic buildings, Arundel has long been an obvious destination for tourists and visitors.

By the time the colliery closed in 1968, there were already large council estates here; many more houses have been built since, though only a minimum of services appears to have been provided.

The present house was begun in 1558, but has been much altered since.

It has not ground corn for several decades, of course, and was a tea room before becoming a private house.

The photograph shows the view from the side of Stane Street, which is now very busy.The scene now is little changed, although the almshouses have been converted into one house.

The large building to the right of Nelson's Column is the Grand Hotel, which was completed in 1881 after Northumberland House had beenb demolished to make way for Northumberland Avenue on the right.

Just out of sight to the right is the Banqueting House. Ahead is Trafalgar Square. On the right is the just completed War Office, and beyond is the Office of Woods and Forests.

The old corner house boasts restored architectural features whilst the street's long-standing resident, the Old Arcade, has its frontage opened and modernised - the market entrance passage still intact

Houses were built near the station, and a recognisable village centre began to form, with a range of amenities.

Behind it is Clare House Pier, with the end of the Congregational church visible by the trees. At the extreme right of the picture we can just see Bayley Lane Pier.

Several of these villas later became schools: Ilfracombe College, the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, and Hereford House School, all of which flourished around the turn of the century

Hill Bottom (centre), south-west of Renscombe Farm is seen here in a view towards Chapman's Pool and Houn's-tout Cliff The slopes of the Plain and St Alban's Head (left) rise to the south.

Little of the original priory has survived, but parts of it may have been used when Priory House in the foreground was built in around 1700. A large rambling building, it was demolished in 1952.

The buildings now house the town's museum. The museum was opened by Lord Raglan in July 1959, and its first curator was Duggan Thacker. It was extended with the refurbishment.

The building was used briefly in the 1980s to house the Halton Chemical Industry Museum.