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Farnham had been an ecclesiastical estate since the 7th century, but it was Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester from 1129-1171, who began building a castle when he ordered the raising of a motte and tower

As the Alice Holt Forest receded, this area was planted with hop-bines; Wrecclesham helped to supply the breweries and ale-houses of Farnham with their raw materials, while its inhabitants maintained a

The blind belongs to the shop of watchmaker and jeweller James Wheller Farnham, and grocer George John Rendall traded from No 62 (bottom right).

A thousand years ago, Fareham was a patchwork of ancient woodland, heathland, some cultivated fields, a harbour and a river.

Tucked away at the mouth of the little River Wallington is Fareham - much busier around the 18th century than when this picture was taken.

Fareham has been dubbed 'Virtual London' by the IT industry because of the high tech Internet-related activities of firms that have relocated here.

In his autobiography, Viscount Lee of Fareham described his unhappy childhood; he was made to feel 'superfluous and not wanted' by a nanny who had a 'curiously warped character'.

A Ford Consul heads out of Fareham. West Street is a mile long, and this section is now pedestrianised.

LIKE THE INHABITANTS of many coastal towns where creeks and estuaries were formed, the people of Fareham used the sea to extract salt, which before the days of refrigeration was an essential ingredient

The bricks that were used to build many of the houses in the High Street were the same kind, the magnificent Fareham Reds, that built the spectacular railway viaduct, whose seventeen arches loom

Drayton, a suburb of Portsmouth, lies close to Portsdown Hill, a 7-mile chalk ridge stretching from Bedhampton to Fareham.

Opened in 1903, the line ran between Alton and Fareham, with stations here, where the sign said 'Tisted for Selborne', Privett, West Meon, Droxford and Wickham.

Drayton, a suburb of Portsmouth, lies close to Portsdown Hill, a 7-mile chalk ridge stretching from Bedhampton to Fareham.

West Street is the commercial heart of Fareham, described by Thackeray, who spent his school holidays here, as 'a dear little old Hampshire town'.

West Street is the commercial heart of Fareham, described by Thackeray, who spent his school holidays here, as 'a dear little old Hampshire town'.

Drayton, a suburb of Portsmouth, lies close to Portsdown Hill, a 7-mile chalk ridge stretching from Bedhampton to Fareham.

South of Fareham, Stubbington has some attractive areas of modern housing, and the village shopping centre, the Parade, is built around a small green.

Note the old signpost beside him, indicating that Fareham and Portsmouth are 8 and 16 miles away and Eastleigh and Winchester 6½ and 10½ miles. Further down the High Street are the gas showrooms.

Southwick is not far from Fareham. Most houses have red front doors, showing that they belong to the local estate; a 19th-century mansion sits on the old priory site.

There is evidence that the earliest bricks in Fareham come from Portchester Castle.

It is not surprising, therefore, to discover that the name of Cams is one of the oldest in Fareham, and derives from the Celtic word meaning 'crooked'.

As the population of Fareham increased during the 1820s and 1830s, there was a need for more schools, another church, a new workhouse, and a library and lecture hall.

Fareham held an annual Cheese Fair, and in 1830 an account was published in The Times newspaper: 'Our fair on Tuesday last (29 June) was the fullest and best that has been known for some years.

Fareham Marina. Humanity ordained that the soldiers received basic nursing care, but many of them could not be nursed back to health, and died in a foreign land without family to mourn them.