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Little has changed in this picture over the years – the farm cottage on the left and the Manor House, far right, remain, but the grocer's shop succumbed to supermarket competition and is now a private

This view looks along the north side of Market Square past the war memorial into Cambridge Street on the left of the Round House and the High Street to its right.

The rest of the picture consists of a newly built housing estate of rendered semi-detached houses. The rough scrub just needs landscaping and it would be a fine place to live.

The red- brick solidity of the houses presents an almost urban face, apart from the small front gardens.

They were built c1800, reputedly to house French prisoners of the Napoleonic wars, who were on parole in Odiham.

The house is now known as Glendower House and is a guesthouse.

The red- brick solidity of the houses presents an almost urban face, apart from the small front gardens.

Since this photograph was taken in the summer time, there is not as much smoke coming from the dwelling houses along the Crag (which lies behind the houses on the river front), but there

In the village itself, Gregory Gregory's hand is everywhere, as befits an estate village nestling at the gates of a great country house in its park.

The houses on the left survive, eighteenth-century but with the windows changed to typical mid-Victorian margin glazing barred sashes.

He is looking along Germain Street towards the town centre and Market Place, but the houses beyond the bridge gave long been demolished.

Immediately east of Wicksteed Park, on the higher ground above the River Ise, Barton Seagrave has a small core of stone-built houses and cottages and a good Norman church around a triangular green.

Stanmore, a once picturesque village, has now lost much of its character, apart from one or two buildings; these include a superb but well-disguised hall house of around 1500 in Church Road.

The building on the right was formerly a private house, Oakfield Lodge, built by Edward Steer. About 1918 an extension (centre) was made to join the former St Margaret's College (left background).

The distinctive cupola and copper dragon weathervane of 1859 rises above the Tolsey House on the corner of Market Street.

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.

The house on the left has been replaced, while the one straight ahead is now tiled and hidden by trees.

A popular location, it is somewhat surrounded by uninspiring housing estates and housing, such as the 1950s Bell Banks bungalows opposite, but it and Bell Banks Road are living links with

South-east of Shalford, Wonersh has an old core with some fine timber-framed houses, including the 16th-century Grantley Arms pub; there are more old houses along the winding The Street, which starts

Beyond is a thatched barn, now converted into a house, Orchard Barn. The other two houses are now much changed, with extensions and modern windows.

According to the Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office, about 50 private houses were built in Bryans Close Road in the angle of North Street and Oxford Road in 1930.

On the right the hard red brick pub, the Crown, is dated 1890 while beyond is the Feathers, a good 17th-century house, refronted in the 19th century.

The house with the 'Sold' sign was the Swan Inn; like the other houses it was built on a bank above the dock.

The village is now a faceless sort of place, apart from one or two buildings; these include a superb but well-disguised hall house of around 1500 in Church Road.