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From an internal inspection, however, it is soon clear that the 17th century was not completely obliterated in its dark friendly bar.

This view from Grip Wood shows the rear of the Tithe Barn, which defines the southern edge of Barton Manor Farm.

Bathing machines crowd the water's edge, and Barns's refreshment stall (background, centre left) vies with Mumfords the baker's nearby.

The buildings round the green date from the 18th to 19th centuries, with the exception of the 17th- century barn with a hipped and thatched roof to the right of the church.

To the right is Church House, which shortly before this view was taken had ceased to be a farmhouse; the flint walls in front are remnants of its barns, retained as boundary walls.

There is also a tithe barn and a dovecote still housing pigeons.

The house on the left, South Royd, with its attached barn, has now had the paint removed from the stonework.

In the foreground are the roofs of the barns and warehouses of the maltings, evidence of the importance of the river to Abingdon's industrial past.

The barn to the right has now been incorporated into the main part of the building and windows added.

On the left is an enamelled sign advertising beer - 'Hancocks: the Best' - and what looks like Jack Barnes's bread van delivering bread to the village.

By the 1950s it had become Ye Olde Barn, and it is still a restaurant today.

The barn on the left of the photograph has since been removed, and this area beside the river is now a car park for visitors to the nearby castle.

This site at the foot of Barn Street was purchased in 1789 for £200 and by September of that year a chapel costing £308 6s was complete. It was rebuilt in 1816 but damaged in a gas explosion in 1842.

Only one non- Christian group has established a place of worship in Stafford in recent times - the Sikh Gurdwara in Tithe Barn Road.

Next door are the twin half-timbered gables in the antique style of the Fairby Stores and Post Office and, beyond, a lofty weatherboarded barn. In 1895 the population was small - only 272.

The majestic elms in the background were lost in the 1930s, and the barn on the left was removed in 1987, while the hovel in between was painstakingly removed and re-erected in its entirety in Leigh.

The Tudor-style building at the end was constructed in 1940, and above that on the magnificent Chevin is the White House, a former barn, later used as refreshment rooms for the Victorian perambulators.

Even the barn (left, behind the delivery van) is thatched. More expensive later buildings were of brick with a tiled roof, although, of course, the earlier church is built of stone.

Other old cottages are opposite, from the Old Apple Barn (far left) and Little Thatches to Bramble Cottage. Pound House is behind the telegraph pole.

Sad to say, the fine thatched house and barn have not survived; only the row of Rose Cottages stand today as a reminder of the tiny village of Wyddial.

The smithy stood there, and in Butts Lane was a tithe barn and turf dales at what was then called West End.

Here we have another view of the village, with its cottages and barns built in its local sandstone.

Beyond the Midland Bank other businesses included Shee & Kennedy's, Burnley's principal tailors, the Café Royal and Restaurant, and Kate Barnes, which was well known for its ladies' gowns.

In the background is a substantial brick and timber framed barn dated 1766 - this is the date of the brickwork, the timbering being considerably older.