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Outside the row of terraced cottages at Breachwood Green near Hitchin stands a pristine Ford 100E model. In front of one of these houses stood the community's well.

This pub should technically be called The New Railway Inn, because it stands on the site of a former inn of the same name.

The most striking change between this view and the 1903 view in image 49238 is the splendidly ornate bank building which replaced the two buildings beyond Patterson's.

South Road became so dominant that it altered the character and subsequent development of other areas within the town such as Commercial Square, Boltro Road, and the Broadway.

Mrs Hitchman, widow of Dr Hitchman, donated the site for this church together with a large sum of money.

There has been a church at Watton at Stone since the 13th century. It was originally dedicated to St Mary, but St Andrew seems to have been added in the early 19th century.

The bold square brick tower was built onto a 13th-century base c1656 after an earlier tower had collapsed.

Looking towards the Town Hall It is a busy summer's day in the 1960s.

A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley. Local legends say that dragons and serpents inhabited the forest.

A water mill has stood here since Norman times, but this red brick corn mill dates from the early 1800s.

The name Trinity was chosen to indicate the group's opposition to Unitarian non-Trinitarian doctrine.

We are looking northwards towards the Square (centre), with 18th-century brick and tile houses on both sides of Wimborne Street.

It is sometimes almost unbelievable when we realise how much of our heritage has been destroyed during the past century.

Putting ashore the catch is a perennial attraction for bystanders on any jetty. These, judging by the smartness of their dress (complete with pocket handkerchief), are clearly not fishermen.

The Lloyds Bank building (right), originally a pair of attached houses, was built about 1870 before the decorative façade was added in two stages.

With the arrival of the Piccadilly Line came an influx of commuters, and with this influx came the promise of commercial profits.

While not obvious from this photograph, Gresford is most famous for the tragic mining disaster of 1934 when 266 lives were lost following an explosion and fire at the Gresford Colliery.

We are looking eastwards from the blocked mouth of the River Char, which ends its journey to the sea by having to break through a ridge of shingle (right).

Romantically named for the sea breaking across its rocks, Dancing Ledge is a mile south of Langton Matravers village.

On the right are the Edwardian buildings occupied by Marlow's from 1925 to 1975, Watson's Post Office and the Queens Head.

A few hundred yards along the present B1514 road past the turning to Pepys House, the road forks at the roundabout where the main road runs eastwards towards the A14 and the left road takes us

This was in the early phase of its transformation, mainly by the medium of brick. The

The canteen resembles a cave, but in its heyday there was far from savage fare to be had here! In the 1930s there were 3 lunch sittings, and it was routine to have 2 pints at the bar.

These red brick terraces were built to house the employees of hosiery and shoe manufacturers at the turn of the century.