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The Angel Inn, on the left, advertising Clinches Witney Ales, dates back to the 17th century.

The Angel Hotel is a remarkable late 15th-century stone-built inn, rebuilt on the site of a Knights Templar hostel where King John had held court in 1213; in this building Richard III signed the Duke of

A great Perpendicular Gothic church, its west front is famous for the ladders with angels ascending and descending each side of the towering west window.

The roof of St Wendreda's Church is a testament to the carpenter's art, a hammerbeam roof with one hundred and twenty angels playing musical instruments.

It is suggested that the 16th-century Angel Inn (on the left-hand side) is where the Pilgrim Fathers paused on their way to embark on the 'Mayflower' before sailing to America.

The church of St Michael and All Angels has suffered over the centuries: it was blown up in 1649 at the end of the Civil War, and rebuilt in 1651; on top of that, it then had to undergo the indignity of

were another five inns and taverns in the town: the Rose and Crown, the Duke of York, the Coach and Horses (whose landlord Jas Robinson was also a spring knife manufacturer), the Brown Bear and the Angel

The elegant Angel Hotel is no more, but at least the road is now surfaced.

Thomas Hardy used the Manor at Wool as the setting for the disastrous honeymoon of Tess and Angel Clare in his novel 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'.

Internally, there is little to detain the visitor, apart from the nave roof with its stone heads and wooden angels.

The Angel Hotel which gave its name to the square was immortalised by Charles Dickens in 'The Pickwick Papers'.

He is lying on a couch with smaller children around mourning him, and angel putti lift him by his hand.

The first city library was founded in Angel Street in 1790 and had to move premises twice before the Victoria Institute at last provided adequate facilities.

The green occupies a small place in the annals of cricketing history: it was during a match here that a ball was alleged to have passed between the stumps without removing the bails.

The green occupies a small place in the annals of cricketing history: it was during a match here that a ball was alleged to have passed between the stumps without removing the bails.

A 17th-century packhorse bridge spans the River Yarrow, and beyond the cottages rises the square, battlemented tower of St Michael and All Angels' Church.

The Angel Hotel is a remarkable late 15th-century stone-built inn, rebuilt on the site of a Knights Templar hostel where King John had held court in 1213; in this building Richard III signed the Duke of

In this view we look back towards the Market Place along High Street with the Angel and the Red Lion in the middle distance on the left.

The building behind the man on the Corgi (centre right) has been demolished to create Angel Link.

The arch led to the rear of the Angel Hotel yard, owned at that time by John Jasper Taylor, who also had a temperance hotel, Deanery House, further down Church Street.

The Angel Hotel on the left closed some years ago, though the prominent lettering on the upper part of the building is still faintly recognisable.

The Godolphins built the Angel as their town house in the 17th century, and it became a hotel in the mid 18th century.

The part 16th-century Angel Hotel and the Midhurst branch of Barclays Bank are still there, as is the Clock House opposite, which today houses offices.

This view has the old Angel Inn on the left and the former library; beyond is the wonderful town hall.