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St Lawrence's stands on Meriden Hill, aloof from most of the community it serves, but close to a small cluster of old houses and with views towards Coventry.

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.

Late 19th-century Market Street is lined by a miscellany of individualistic shops, a far cry from the predictable monotony of today's high street outlets.

The village derives its name from the fact that it was the location of Garstang's parish church, St Helen's, which lies beyond the cottages at the far end of the street.

The centre of Garstang has been spared the worst ravages of modern development and, although generally now more busy than depicted here, remains largely unchanged.

Amongst the shops on the left are the Bazaar of the Misses Parsonson, Robert Joy's carpet warehouse, John Payn, stationer and printer, William Brampton, chemist, and James Read, furniture dealer (both

Before the deepening of the channel to Ipswich, ships stopped at Butterman's Bay to be unloaded into barges from Pin Mill.

Beyond the apron-clad figure of the proprietor of the Golden Tea House, with its tea caddy sign (left), is The Good Intent at number 33, a pub opened by a Godalming brewer in 1867 which closed fifty years

It might well be part of the foundations of a heathen place of worship.

Stamford Bridge over the River Derwent is still a popular stopping place for visitors, although the Old Corn Mill inn has recently closed, a victim of drink/drive laws.

This magnificent Elizabethan mansion is one of the county's gems. The wonderful setting, deer park and views of the South Downs enhance its beauty. Little has changed here since Tudor times.

This magnificent Elizabethan mansion is one of the county's gems. The wonderful setting, deer park and views of the South Downs enhance its beauty. Little has changed here since Tudor times.

The old Town Hall is a dignified building of mellow brick with a clock beneath an elegant cupola.

Magdalen College from the Bridge 1938 During the Civil War Royalist forces defended Magdalen Bridge by throwing rocks from the top of the bell tower down on the heads of Parliamentarians below

Little remains of Guildford Castle, once a favourite royal residence where many princes of the blood were brought up.

Large open fields surrounded many of the coastal plain settlements, and through the villages passed a solitary narrow street, often named after the village.

The village of Ticehurst is situated on a gentle slope surrounded by fertile valleys and hills, where hops were once extensively grown.

It was here that the ancestors of George Washington were lords of the manor between 1183 and 1376.

With the Castle and the Saxon church of St.

Into the early fifties, the Capitol Theatre, on the left, still provided the residents of Tonbridge with a regularly changing programme of live entertainment, whilst the Red Lion Hotel on the right offered

Some of the right hand side is taken up by Jolly's, the famous Bath department store which had a most elaborate Victorian stone and granite shopfront of 1875 added to part of its frontage.

John Evelyn wrote in his diary in 1678: 'After dinner, I walked to Ham, to see the house and garden of the Duke of Lauderdale, which is indeede inferior to few of the best villas in Italy itself; the

Longridge stands about six miles from Preston on the Clitheroe Road. It still shows many of the signs of a country village, and is complete with its Market Square, as our photograph shows.

The famous Sykes family, who owned the land around here, are worthy of a book to themselves, but space does not permit.