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Founded in 1798, with the aim of providing an education to the children of members of the Masonic Order, the school moved to its new buildings at Bushey in 1902.

It is an attractive open area, and this view looks north past the pond across Bushey Road, with the row of elms on the right.

This arch was floodlit at night, and stood from June until October, when the materials were then re-utilised in the building of a Scout hut in nearby Little Bushey Lane.

The bags are called 'pokes', and each holds 12 bushels. The man in the centre is probably the tallyman, who was responsible for recording the harvest.

Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel were two discrete settlements at the head of the Teign estuary when William of Orange arrived there from Brixham in 1688, on his way to displace James II as King of England

Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel were two discrete settlements at the head of the Teign estuary when William of Orange arrived there from Brixham in 1688, on his way to displace James II as King of England

It included 450 head of cattle, 150 sheep, 67,000 bushels of maize, 39,929 bushels of wheat, and 37,117 bushels and 1500 bags of oats.

Next to the Bushel & Strike public house (left), in what was the Bell Yard, stands Ibbett`s blacksmith and engineering workshop`s outside store.

They all seem relaxed enough to pose for the camera as they weigh in their bushels for the farmer. A hundred years later, much of their handiwork would be replaced by machines.

A whole row of hop vines have been pulled to the ground ready for the nimble fingers of these workers to detach the hops and bundle them into bushels ready for transportation to local breweries.

On the left are two small shops owned by Mr Bushell and Mr Ruddock and, in the distance, the Seaview Hotel.

The fountain itself is a memorial to a local man, Christopher Bushell, and dates from 1882.

The motor bus here belongs to the Great Western Railway, and is probably delivering passengers to their hotel.

Nichols and Bushell, premier grocers (next door), is now the Dandy Lion.

As the town grew it spread rapidly across the parishes of Wolborough, Highweek and Newton Bushel, forming the conurbation we see today.

As the town grew it spread rapidly across the parishes of Wolborough, Highweek and Newton Bushel, forming the conurbation we see today.

The public house is the Plough Inn, offering clientele Bushell, Watkins and Smith's local?Westerham ales. On the left, behind the white picket fence, is a small shop advertising Sunlight soap.

Among the boats moored are Mr Walter Bushell's Eureka and Monty owned by Mr Jimmy John. The bollards are purpose-built.

Here, silver from nearby mines owned by the ardent Royalist Thomas Bushell was turned into much-needed coinage.