The market was established in 1279 with a charter granted by Edward I, but Newtown's growth is due mainly to the application of technology to the cottage-based woollen industry.
An interesting collection of old cars can be seen along the left-hand side of the road next to the tea rooms on the main street of this pleasant village.
The home of George Bernard Shaw has remained unchanged since his death: his hat still hangs in the hall, whilst his typewriter stands on his study desk where he wrote 'Pygmalion', 'Back to Methuselah'
Undoubtedly Bedford's most famous son - if only because of his imprisonment as a result of religious intolerance - John Bunyan was born into a tinker's family and lived something of the high life before
Locally named the Pepperpot, it was erected in 1850 on Hoad Hill to commemorate Ulverston-born Sir John Barrow, a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society.
Harold G Turner
Born in nearby Ardingly in 1885, Harold
Turner became a well-known architect,
particularly after his successful Gidea Park
project in Essex in 1910.
Arthur Vernon,
Architect and Mayor
The career of Arthur Vernon, architect and JP, born in 1846, is a good example of Wycombe's
new class of industrialists and professionals.
The photographic record importantly shows
the villages at different stages of their expansion
and repays careful study in understanding the
way they have evolved.
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