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Historians are of the opinion that when the forester Purkiss took the body of William Rufus to Winchester, he must have travelled through or near Chandler's Ford, and roads here have been given the names

St Mary's parish church, on the left of Ford Road, is largely obscured by trees now, but the church clock still rings out the time to the people of Upton.

Leaving town by the line of the present existing Old Bedford Road, it crossed the river by a ford on the town side of Little Moor.

The first school in Chandler's Ford was in Hursley Road near St Boniface Church; it moved to a more substantial building in Bournemouth Road, but eventually the Junior School was located to a site off

The name means 'the ford which could be passed by a yoke of oxen' - thus the sign has an ox standing in water, framed by horns.

The name Melford probably derived from 'mill on the ford'. The famous Bull Hotel with its gables and wide chimney stack is on the right, adjacent to Bull Lane.

A new Ford Cortina saloon cost £669, and a Zephyr £933.

Before this sandstone bridge was built in 1686, horses and carts crossed the Eden at the 'wath' or ford, which was the longest over the river, hence the name Langwathby.

The bridge was built to replace the ford in the early part of the 19th century.

The village sign was erected in 1922 and depicts St Christopher, the patron saint of travellers, and a small child, traditionally, the infant Jesus, crossing a ford.

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

In the background, a notice on the shop advertises a 20hp Ford car for hire.

Wilford, meaning 'willow ford', was the meeting place for the Anglo-Saxon administrative area later called Wilford Hundred.

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career.

The nearest crossing over the Trent was at Darlaston, which until 1663 was too narrow to take horse-drawn vehicles: they had to take their chances fording the river.

The ford was replaced by a bridge over the beck in the winter of 1966/67.

It was built in 1900 as a workhouse for the Hursley District Council at the northern end of Hursley Road.

Wainwright the chemist's (right) is an old Eastleigh firm that until recently survived in the centre of the town, but this branch has become a showroom for heating appliances.

Outside there is a fine array of contemporary cars, including a Morris Minor and a Ford Consul.

This is the spot where the Romans built their ford to cross the River Lune; today the new Millennium Footbridge has been built here.

A church was recorded as being on this site in the Domesday Book, when a 'ford' was built over the River Cray.

This settlement commanded the lowest fording point on the River Medway, and here, in 455, the invading Jutes under Hengist defeated the native forces led by Vortigern.

Chandler's Ford Lake has been much improved since this photograph was taken.

Outside there is a fine array of contemporary cars, including a Morris Minor and a Ford Consul.