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The north aisle and stubby chancel were added by local architects Harry Roberts and John Woodhouse Simpson in 1895. The interior is not without interest.

To the right with the awning are Charles Brown, tailor, with a shop front of 1888, Charles Stebbing, shoemaker, and Simpson's Printing Works, where the Mildenhall Almanac and Directory was published from

Stylo Shoe Shop, John Collier ('the window to watch'), Richard Shops and Stead & Simpson are among the many varied shops facing the Market.

Next but one is Stead and Simpson's shoe shop and Dewhurst the butchers, then Cleale's garage with its Ford and AA signs.

The stay of Mrs Simpson, the future wife of the Duke of Windsor, at Beach House is commemorated in the modern tea room in the old stables.

On the steeple of the church is a statue of Habbie Simpson, a well-known piper of the late 16th century.

Stylo Shoe Shop, John Collier ('the window to watch'), Richard Shops and Stead & Simpson are among the many varied shops facing the Market.

Stead & Simpson's are next door to what was Maypole (left) but now is the Edinburgh Wool shop, and Walkers Books are now beyond in what was Parrish & Son, clothiers.

Stead & Simpson's are next door to what was Maypole (left) but now is the Edinburgh Wool shop, and Walkers Books are now beyond in what was Parrish & Son, clothiers.

The Leicester architects Harry Roberts and John Woodhouse-Simpson added the north aisle and chancel in 1859.

The Leicester architects Harry Roberts and John Woodhouse-Simpson added the north aisle and chancel in 1859.

Its most notable visitor of the early 20th century, the Prince of Wales, drank its water and made his wish long before Mrs Wallis Simpson ended his brief reign as King Edward VIII.

The Midland Bank is on the left, with Stead & Simpson's shoe shop next door. Wide streets denote a planned town.

To the right in Old Market is the general furnishers and ironmonger's of John Simpson, with an advert for Singers and Norwich Union outside.

More change and continuity: the three-storey building with the four lamps is still a shoe shop, Stead and Simpson, rather than Freeman, Hardy & Willis, but the cycle shop on the left, festooned with tyres

Penningtons and the Scotch Wool Shop (right) are now Boots, Martins Bank beyond is now Barclays, and the Co-op (beside Fine Fare) is now Stead & Simpson's.

Penningtons and the Scotch Wool Shop (right) are now Boots, Martins Bank beyond is now Barclays, and the Co-op (beside Fine Fare) is now Stead & Simpson's.

Next to Page's we find Mr Simpson, a tobacconist, then Brunton's the pork butchers and Scott's the grain and seed merchants.

A branch of Stead and Simpson, a shoe shop, is on the right directly opposite Cash & Co, also a shoe shop. Below and to the right of St Mary's Church we can see the gable end of the Old Post Office.

Likewise, Blecca had his field or 'lea' in modern Bletchley, Sigewine his place or 'tun' in Simpson, and Walla his 'tun' in Walton; and Brede found a most convenient 'wella' of water at Bradwell

Thirteen miles of this proposed trade route would pass through Fenny Stratford, Simpson, Woughton, the Woolstones, Great Linford and Wolverton.

Excavations were carried out on the Chapter House in 1902, when the graves of five Abbots, including that of Abbot Sampson, were discovered.

The Constable, John Sampson, was eventually forced to surrender.

This crowded scene shows the stalls sited on Parliament Street in St Sampson's Square. The market was moved to nearby Newgate in 1955.