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The Raleigh family home, Hayes Barton, can still be seen in all its Elizabethan splendour a mile from the village.

The village takes its name from the area's most famous son, Sir Walter Raleigh, who was born at the beautiful Tudor farmhouse of Hayes Barton a couple of miles to the south.

The Queen Mother has made several visits to Earls Barton.

West Hill House, right, at the corner of Market Hill and Quarr Barton, is Grade II* listed; it was the home and surgery of Dr James for 42 years.

Its landmark features are the ancient Barton Bridge in the centre, also known as Packhorse Bridge, and the spire of the parish church of Holy Trinity to the left.

The Parish Staithe at Barton is a lovely backwater off the broad.

The others were Bidford itself, Bidford Grange, and the outlying hamlets of Broom, Barton and Marlcliff.

Endowed in the 16th century, the free Broughton Grammar School also took children from Barton and Haighton.

Looking along the broad sweep of Lyme Bay toward the eminence of Barton Cliff, with the protective harbour walls jutting out to sea, and the signal mast of the coastguard station clearly visible.

In about 1485 it was enlarged to its present size by John Barton, a local wool merchant whose coats of arms adorn the doorway.

The parish boundaries meet here with those of Myerscough and Barton; indeed, one boundary cuts through the Roebuck's bowling green.

The unique Barton Swing Aqueduct was designed by Edward Leader Williams to carry the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal.

In the foreground is Barton Farm, a dairy farm worked by the Chard family.

The Hall dates from the 15th century, when it was the home of the Radcliffe family, though a later occupier, Andrew Barton, extended it in about 1516.

Barton Bridge closed in favour of road traffic.

In 1859 Walter Barton May built a 170ft-tall tower at Hadlow Castle, and in 1951 it became protected by a special preservation order.

The Earls Barton Museum is hidden by the trees on the right.

Mr Barton gave the land and £1,000 towards the cost on condition that there should be no pew rents as there had been in the older church.

Barton the grocer's (left) is now Snips and Clips, and Scupholm, the potato merchant next door, is now The Filling Station, a good sandwich shop.

Tewkesbury's cross stands at the meeting point of the town's three main roads – the High Street, Church Street and Barton Street.

Barton the grocer's (left) is now Snips and Clips, and Scupholm, the potato merchant next door, is now The Filling Station, a good sandwich shop.

The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.The village church of St James was remarkable for its time in that it was built all at once, and not over a couple

The church was rebuilt in 1485 by John Barton of Calais.

This view shows the two bridges at Barton upon Irwell both swung to let the paddle steamer 'Ivanhoe' pass.