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A close-up of the cottages nestling by the side of the River Medway, with St Peter's Church in the background.

The tower of St Peter's Church was built in the 15th century.

This view shows the tower of St Peter's Church from the now much-municipalised Reading bank. The church tower was rebuilt in 1878.

This Cotswold town has much in common with other old wool towns to the north and south of it, such as Chipping Campden and Cirencester.

The original building was built as a small private school in 1838. In 1844 it was acquired by the Dean and Chapter to use for St Peter's School, which had outgrown its former site.

There is a typical wall-mounted gas lamp of the time.

In 1712 St Peter's Hospital looked after around three hundred sick and poor people. It was under the management of the Bristol Corporation for the Poor.

Much of the quaintness of St Peter's was lost when Sir George Gilbert Scott 'restored' it in 1867. But the Norman tower was unaffected. It is believed that there was once a spire atop this.

The low coastal cliffs below the village provided a pleasant walk above the beach. Hidden by the trees is St Peter's Church, believed to have been founded in 967.

The tower of St Peter's can just be seen above the roofs on the right-hand side of the picture.

The church at the far end of the broad street is St Peter & St Paul's. Tile-hung walls are a feature of the town, and several examples can be seen here.

The houses nearest us were once commercial premises—a hardware store and a tailor's. To the right of them lies Swan Meadow, once home to the village fair.

In the background is St Peter's church, close to which is Wolsey's Gate, all that remains of Cardinal Wolsey's efforts to build a great college of secular canons.

Dumpton lies within the urban boundaries of St Peter's and Broadstairs; its earlier name, 'Dodemayton', has long been forgotten, as has the hermit Pettit, who lived in a cave at Dumpton.

It was a small quiet village, and used to govern the hamlets of St Laurence, St Peter and St John.

At the east end of Spilman Street is St Peter's Church, an old building on the highest ground in the older portion of the town. Little is known about this church, including the date of its erection.

Hever is intimately associated with Anne Boleyn, who spent her childhood here in the company of her father Sir Thomas Bullen, the Earl of Wiltshire, whose tomb is at the little church of St Peter.

The bank on the left of this photograph became an insurance office, and the adjoining dental surgery is also the premises of an insurance company.

Though St Peter's dates from Saxon times, it is believed that Hamelin Plantaganet might have also have rebuilt the church, as much of the stonework is 12th-century.

Little can be gleaned of the appearance of St Peter's church from this picture.

Continuing north-west towards Felbridge from the Moat Road junction we see the Italianate Church of Our Lady and St Peter, looking south east.

The High Street sports a branch of F W Woolworth, and the local branch of the National Provincial Bank is housed in half-timbered style premises.

Looking up towards St Peter's Church, it is easy to appreciate Colchester's early appeal as a defensive settlement: the steep approaches would always have stood in its favour.

The Test is famous for excellent fishing. At this waterway, 30 or 40 brown trout often swim under the ducks.