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Most of the area we see is now smothered with modern housing, and the countryside cut off by the fast dual carriageway to Romney Marsh.

On the right can be seen the public house the Ham Tap, and also Mr Elson's greengrocer shop. Outside is his delivery bicycle.

The Norman church is just visible through the trees, beyond a horse and cart.

The houses on the left are no longer there, having been demolished in the 1950s. The road on that side is the Marston Road. In medieval times this area was known as Barton Cross.

Originally built as a private house called Mount Pleasant in 1730, it was later enlarged and renamed Mount Pavilion. In 1836 it became home to a group of Benedictine nuns.

Behind the bandstand is the line of Fence Avenue, but there are no houses yet, nor was the High School built. The bandstand has lost a few of its curlicues with the passage of time.

A scene of undramatic terraced houses. In the background the tower of the Town Hall dominates the street. Trowbridge was famous for its cloth trade; the Bristol Drapery company is on the right.

A proud pose by both man and horse in front of the Church of the Ascension. The red brick church was built in 1886 at a cost of £2,000 and seated 250 worshippers.

Hermitage, about three miles to the north of Newbury, is one of Berkshire's larger villages, comprising houses and bungalows built between the wars and then later in the 1950s and 1960s,

This view, until 1886 concealed by houses, shows the tall, elegant west tower of the parish church now dominating St Mary's Butts.

On the eastern edge of Barnt Green, Bittell Lane is built up, but the houses are set in fairly large gardens and there is still almost a semi-rural feel.

This photograph, taken from the bridge at Clare House Pier, shows a busy scene, with eight boats of varying sizes gathered around.

Tower Street, its houses mostly mid-Victorian terraces and semi-detached villas, some dated 1879 and 1880, has its vista closed by one of England's most stunningly effective buildings: the Boston Stump

This view of the north or garden front shows the design of this beautiful and well-proportioned house with its projecting side wings and pedimented centre, the whole forming a letter H plan.

Bordering the wonderful weald of Kent, Chipstead is near the great house of Chevening - a favourite spot for Prince Charles.

However, it is hard to be impressed by the sterility of this brutal-looking enclosure which houses a highly intelligent animal whose native habitat is densely vegetated.

The Crown and Anchor (left) was once a private house; parts of the building are believed to date from the 14th and 15th centuries.

The Department of the Environment's 'List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest' notes the row of late 18th-century and early 19th-century houses on the right, with their

With all those pilgrims coming to visit what they thought was Mary Arden's house, it was obviously necessary for Wilmcote to provide refreshments and accommodation, and The Swan did just that.

Further down Tuck's Lane, on the right, is the Blue Boar public house, selling Morrell's ales. R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was born in the village.

Along the High Street you will find many old inns and some fine 16th- and 17th-century houses.

The thatched cottages are no more; the nearest has been replaced by a no doubt very functional large brick house.

The tall yew trees, now gone, were already old when this picture was taken, but they gave their name to adjacent Yew Tree House.

A meeting house was eventually established, and the first chapel was opened by Wesley himself in 1765.