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The coming of the railway made Horsham a natural target for expansion, helping to boost the town's economy.

Between the 16th and 17th centuries, Horsham's July fair was held in the Carfax. By 1877, it had become almost entirely a pleasure fair and a nuisance to the inhabitants, and was abolished.

Horsham was described as a borough in the early 13th century, and it had become one of the chief towns in the county by the 17th and 18th centuries.

Three young boys in the distinctive uniform of Christ's Hospital school at Horsham, accompanied by a lady, pass by the 16th- and 17th-century cottages which stood at the beginning of Farnham Road.

This village has grown around a road junction on the Horsham to Brighton road.

Horsham Baptist Church used the millpond for baptismal purposes. The village is now cut off by the new Horsham by-pass that takes most of the traffic out of the village.

behind a small girl pushing a pram outside the church of St John the Baptist, belies Crawley's mid 19th-century expansion into a railway town, following the construction of the line from Three Bridges to Horsham

A bustling scene in Horsham Park, close to the railway station, with many people having fun in the town's swimming pool which was later enclosed.

The upper storey is hung with ornate tiles, and the building has a Horsham stone roof. Horses pulling stagecoaches needed to be changed every ten miles or so.

The absence of traffic makes this stretch of London Road in Horsham seem unusually spacious. In those days children could stand safely in the road and pose for photographs.

Confusingly, Upper Beeding is lower than its namesake Lower Beeding, which lies about 15 miles away near Horsham.

It was improved in the late 18th century, and had become the principal inn at Horsham by the 1830s.

Opposite are three medieval properties, each with a Horsham stone roof.

Before the Beeching axe fell, trains stopped at Rudgwick, on the line between Horsham and Guildford.

A train approaches the down platform of this station on the Horsham to Guildford Railway, which opened in 1865 and is long since closed.

Warnham parish lies mainly on Wealden clay about 2 miles north-west of Horsham.

Further along South Street we find the Cricketers' Arms (last building on the right, 57641) and the Queen's Head (right, D45017) and the junction to Horsham Road and Vincent Lane.

The house on the left has a Horsham stone roof; note how the larger stones are placed near the eaves, whilst the sizes diminish nearer the top of the roof.

A pretty village with various Georgian houses, Slinfold lies in the countryside to the west of Horsham.

In the picture we see the Priest's House and the lychgate; both have Horsham stone roofing.

Standing out proudly in this photograph of Horsham's most interesting street is Causeway House, a picturesque half-timbered building dating back to the late Tudor period.

Situated just outside Horsham, the village of Warnham is noted for its large mill pond.

In the picture we see the Priest's House and the lychgate; both have Horsham stone roofing.

Henfield is a main road village midway between Horsham and Brighton. St Peter's 13th-century church was rebuilt in 1870. Brickmaking was quite a large local industry.