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On the green is the war memorial. Next to the house is a flint barn, and to the left is another old farmhouse.

The old Crown Hotel is soon to close and be turned into another High Street shop.

Two other brothers who died within two months of one another are also commemorated. Behind the photographer lies Muster Green, the site of a Civil War battle.

This was yet another popular spot with smugglers, who often ensured the silence of the local parson with the odd cask of brandy.

A year after photograph 47650, the photographers returned to take another view looking west towards the New Town Hall.

WE MUST NOT become too enthralled with the sea and the excitements of coastal villages and small towns.

Another was built, and that too was a ruin for a number of years – it has since been restored.

When Victoria died in 1901 the population had increased to 47,000, thanks to the urban sprawl of nearby London and the many people who chose to settle in this attractive town upwind of the metropolis

This is another picture of Botley Square, with a good view of the Market Hall. It was built in 1848, and some fifty years later the clock turret and the Tuscan columns were added.

Windmills and watermills were often sited near to each other; the two very different power sources complemented one another where there was a total dependence on natural power sources.

Both thrive to the present day. The first hotel, built about 1851, still stands to the east of the old railway station, and is used by British Rail as offices.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

Brook's Cafe Restaurant is now The Bradford & Bingley Building Society. The horse is still supreme: it would be another three years before the first car made its appearance in town.

As we look down to the junction with Watling Street, on the left is the former W H Smith's shop, now offering haircuts!

The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

Pleck Road through to Peel Street is just visible on the left of the photograph.

Built in 1859, it replaced another from the 1700s which burnt down.

The bus shelter outside The White Lion (left) has gone, but this is still one of the main stops for Redditch-bound buses (The Bell - see A163350 on page 53 - is another).

The building of Charles Church started in 1640 after Charles I gave permission for another parish to be created. Construction was suspended in the Civil War and completed in 1657.

Here the river charts a more leisurely course as it makes its way to the sea.

Early Woburn suffered by fire in 1505, and again in 1724, but was entirely rebuilt on both occasions.

This shopping parade was built for Shirley's growing commuter population in the mid 20th century, but today it is part of a seemingly endless string of commercial premises along both sides of the road.

We may be thankful that although a later entrance building was wrecked by fire, both the older theatre and music pavilion can still be seen today, and the pier remains successful.

Troops were billeted at the shoreward end pavilion during the Second World War, though it had re-opened to the general public by 1946.