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At the western apex of Muster Green is the war memorial, a 7.5 ton Cornish granite slab, which was unveiled in 1921 (the same year as the church clock) - both ceremonies were performed by

The view of the Bear and the adjacent buildings on the right is now hidden by High Street Colonnade.

Once a cornfield, this open space on the east side of the Sutton bypass was bequeathed in perpetuity to the people of the borough by Mr and Mrs John Sears, who had lived in nearby Quarry Park Rise.

The ornately timbered upper storey of the adjoining shop, formerly Maison Gerard, now has a modern frontage bearing the name Sarah Lewis.

To fix your bearings, the drive in this view is now Warren Close, one of the 1990s housing estate roads.

The milk churn partially protected from the sun on its 'pram', which bears the initials WWS on its tailgate, is from Winslow Sergeant's Dairy at Pond Hill farm.

Its 16th-century church has the Eye of God on its church tower to protect the villagers against witchcraft, which was so genuinely feared by the parishioners of St Mary's.

The exterior bears shields and heraldic devices of the de Vere and Spring families to show which parts they built.

Over 150 years ago, Church Street was the main way out of the town to Chatburn.

Below the column are plaques, each bearing the face of Queen Victoria in profile, the image familiar from coins and postage stamps.

We are in a valley of the Downs near Beachy Head.

Looking down the High Street we can see Fosters Brothers (centre right) in a new building that replaced the Bear Hotel, one of Daventry's coaching inns.

The scene in the photograph bears little resemblance to the same street today, although many of the buildings are still visible.

The welter of advertising and shop display signs along the left-hand side of the street bear close examination.

We are looking east along St Peter's Street, where much on the south side has changed.

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

The stuccoed Regency and Victorian villas lining this straight, climbing street however, bear witness to its popularity as a resort; and one whose scenic beauty was much admired by Jane Austen.

This newer memorial bears the flags of many nations and a call that all should live in peace.

The Bear, modernised about 1900, also remains, its glazed tiles now painted.

Nasmyth chose Patricroft because of 'the benefit of breathing pure air during the greater part of the year'; being no fool, he was one of many industrialists who had grasped the fact that a healthy workforce

The Bear Hotel seen here was one of the principal hostelries and dated from the 18th century.

But it does bear the same date - 1577 - so perhaps both were part of the same building.

The village stands under the downs near the source of the Len and has a broad, attractive market square fringed with lime trees, which create a shadowed path over the uneven setts and cobbles.

The date of this photograph is the year in which the Duke of Bedford opened Woburn Abbey to visitors in the commercial sense.