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By the Victorian drinking fountain at the entrance to Botley station lies a memorial tablet which reads: 'this stone is erected to perpetuate a most cruel murder committed on the body of Thomas Webb,
William Cobbett came to Botley in 1805 and purchased the Fairthorns Estate, comprising 300 acres.
On the extreme left is Botley Post Office, and next to it is a chemists; the former is now a dress shop, and the latter remains a pharmacy.
Further ahead there is a crossroads: turn left to the Rose Bowl cricket ground and Botley, and go straight ahead for Hamble.
The late 19th-century work by Bodley was of such high standard and blended in so well that it is now difficult to identify.
This is Botley Hill Farmhouse, which has been a restaurant for a number of years.
To their left a science block was added in 1933; there is a chapel further to the left, designed in 1909 by Bodley.
Miss Matilda Talbot donated Lacock Abbey, together with most of the village, Manor Farm and Bewley Common, to the National Trust between 1944 and 1946.
For a while the Bewleys' only local rival had been the London Road Ironworks, which was opposite a house called The Cloisters.
