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The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one. When the railway arrived, a station was built here at Marsden.

The date AD 1547 on the sign probably records new ownership.

We can see here that two square towers flank the archway; these are in turn supported by a pair of octagonal towers. Between the two sets of towers there was once a moat spanned by a drawbridge.

The now-vanished Lytham Pier, built in 1864, was badly damaged by a storm on 6 October 1903. Two sand barges of 300 tons dragged their anchors, drifted and cut the pier in half.

No longer an eating place, it was well patronised in its day, and well situated in pleasant country near the River Wyre; it was not far from Meadowcroft, the home of Miss Poole, who opens her garden annually

The Ordnance Survey maps of 1884 and 1905 show a massive loss of coastline along the cliff.

A postman on his round chats to two local residents opposite the King's Head pub (right), where empty barrels and several crates of bottles await collection by the brewer's dray.

From the entrance of the enclosed harbour, the village looks the perfect small beachside resort. Its quaint, colour-washed cottages complement the easy access to the beach.

The Humber keel on the left carries a foresail, an indication that she is sloop-rigged.

This view is at the less interesting east end of Main Road, away from the parish church, the moat, the Georgian rectory and Shakespeare Farmhouse, where the bard is reputed to have stayed.

The River Windrush threads through Bourton, carpeted on either bank by broad greens.

On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.

From 1945, the number of people employed by the shipbuilding yards in Wallasey and Birkenhead declined and a number of associated industries closed.

The three huge water wheels drove the three pairs of grinding stones, and when the mill was working the steady rumble of the mill machinery would have been a familiar sound.

We are looking northwards across the common, where the shingle-clad spire of Christ Church dominates the skyline.

Straight ahead is the clock tower; this was a water tower supplying Warsash House, which King Edward VII used to visit when he was Prince of Wales.

The two small buildings on the right have been replaced. One was taken down, and apparently the other fell down! Now there is a spate of banks.

HRH Princess Marie Louise opened the park in April 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V - the plaque stating this information is on the side of the cafeteria.

This is the junction of George Street, Castle Street and Chapel Street - three titles that follow the 19th-century fashion for objective street names.

Here we are standing on the slipway where Ferry Lane disappears into the River Thames.

This view is from the Buckinghamshire bank, looking north from the A4 Bath Road immediately east of the bridge.

The photograph looks at the original village centre, with the Old House immediately behind the camera, and the parish pump out of shot to the right.

No-one could pretend that this scene is one of romantic beauty, but this long row of late 19th-century terraced houses with its excellent corner shop has a well mannered charm.

On the far side of the Severn, a boathouse and rowing boats indicate a swing to tourist trade.