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The gardens behind Bank House, situated in the lower High Street, were given to the town of Stroud in 1930 by Mr Ernest Winterbotham, and were intended as a quiet corner where shop workers could enjoy

The 16th-century Chantry in Hadham Road was built on the site of the original priest's house on lands granted under the will of Baldwyn Victor.

Since the 1930s thousands of houses have been built in Portchester. The A27 is at one end of Castle Street. From the White Hart pub to the castle there are a variety of Georgian red brick properties.

The Cross Keys remains, but the two houses in the distance on either side of the High Street junction are now estate agents.

This is now the busy A329, and the B4009 Newbury road is between the Bull at Streatley pub on the left, where the Three Men in a Boat lunched, and the Georgian Elm House beyond.

Now defunct, it originally carried barge-towing horses to the opposite towpath; later it became more of a leisure ferry to Cliveden House on the plateau above.

Houses line the left hand bank. In the foreground are examples of the tub boats mentioned earlier.

Here we see another church in an attractive location near the small village of Bekesbourne, which contains 18th-century cottages and some modern housing.

At the time of the picture, the Five Ashes public house was offering customers ales from Tamplins, Brighton Brewery.

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.

The church is now more visible, for the house in front has since been demolished.

Back on the river, this view looks north-east from the Crowmarsh Gifford bank to Bridge House, with the remarkable spire of St Peter's Church beyond.

Slag found under houses on the west side might indicate that the Abbey carried out some lead or silver smelting.

The whole area is now much more developed with housing. The beauty spots of Fairlight Glen and Ecclesbourne Glen are nearby. It is washing day; we can see linen hanging from the lines.

This photograph shows the deserted High Street on a day of bright sunlight, with the summit of Pen Trum-gwr looming ahead, and the modest Edwards Commercial Hotel and Boarding House on the left.

On the left is Oriel Terrace, built in 1847, while the grounds of Glebe House are on the right.

The Crown was built in 1780 and also acted as a mail clearing house for long-distance coaches. Its bow bays are still intact.

This part of the building, which housed the offices, has an impressive entrance. Notice the two large lamps by the path.

However, in Victorian times the town became a popular spa, complete with pump room and baths and around 100 lodging houses.

In the 1960s the Dave Clarke Five played in the Mecca in Blenheim House. The nightclub was later called Raquel's - it closed in the 1970s.

A parish to include New England was created in 1857, and St Mark's Church was built on the edge of Spital housing estate in Lincoln Road.

The Quaker connection with the village was very strong and a Meeting House used to exist on the site, which was later occupied by Brookside Cottage.

It closed as a pub in 1972, and is now a Quaker meeting house.

The earliest religious house here was a nunnery founded by Cuthberga, the sister of King Ina, between 704 -723. The Danes destroyed it in the late 10th century.