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On the hill stood Preesall village school. Like Baines Charity School in Poulton, the children held a barring-out day once a year when by tradition the master was locked out.

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 view shows Burton's memorial standing at the top of the High Street on the spot where the original Moot Hall stood in 1788.

Newton's brewery formerly stood adjacent, but by 1911 it had been replaced by the Alhambra entertainment hall, now a cinema.

The story goes that in the 17th century the land on which this ancient monument stood belonged to a woman named Hetty Pegler, who enjoyed nothing more than to sit on the pagan grave and sing.

Framed beneath the spreading tree, which previously stood within the boundary of Whitehall before the road-widening process was embarked on in the 1930s, is this view of the Broadway looking south.

Until 1928, when it was burnt down, the Hall stood at the east end of the village.

It stood beside the Poole Turnpike road from 1756.

Off to the right is the chapel in which the image of Our Lady of Sudbury stood until 1535.

It stood 82 ft high, was 65 ft in diameter, and the walls were 15 ft thick.

Much of the original structure was built using rubble from the remains of the Roman town of Verulamium, which stood close to the present Verulamium Park.

Until 1928, when it was burnt down, the Hall stood at the east end of the village.

This timber-framed Tudor cottage originally occupied a site in Malden Road (now the Broadway) closer to the main crossroads, but it stood in the way of the eventual widening of the street.

The original Red Lion, after which the street was named, stood at the junction with Germain Street and, due to road improvements, was replaced by a 1930s neo-Georgian road house style pub.

The castle wall stands below the trees on the left, and beyond it is St Mary's Church, which stood near a medieval priory.

stone- paved remains of a branch of the Roman road of Akeman Street, that once ran to the important Roman station of Ad Pontes nearby, or perhaps from a Roman milestone that once stood

The building on the right, now demolished, stood on the corner of what is now Vicarage Road, and was the first county library in the town.

Fact File (David Brooks) New houses in Clarendon Park, where Long Grove Hospital stood.

Now the roofless romantic ruin stands where once stood the mansion of the 'fair, and wise and good'.

Its prosperity dates back to at least the 13th century, though a village stood on this site long before that. Locals rarely call the place anything but 'Chippy'.

A water mill has stood here since Norman times, but this red brick corn mill dates from the early 1800s.

Angel Lane is seen on the far right; at the top of the block flanking it once stood the Fleece Inn, and at the lower corner was situated the Angel Inn.

Our photograph was taken from the Transporter Bridge, which stood at the crossing point for over fifty years.

However, to tempt the workers the Village Inn stood opposite.