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A secluded village in the middle of the Downs near the Hampshire border, south of Harting.There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.The Norman church of St Mary

For many years the river at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the

This is the approach road from the Barrow in Furness direction to Newby Bridge, now the A590, with the Swan Hotel on the far side of the bridge.

Other street names were taken from ships that had been built at Vickers shipyard in Barrow.

A local character, Miss Barrow, lived in Ancaster House where she was well known for her vegetable garden. She kept her Rolls-Royce in the barn.

It was also possible to sail to Douglas from Barrow, Silloth, Whitehaven and Glasgow.

Here, a local passenger train is on the up line for Barrow, having left Grange station.

Lewis`s (left) has a fine array of braziers, bins and barrows outside. This was an old-fashioned ironmonger`s that kept its nails and screws in small drawers behind the counter.

We are looking westwards to the snout of Goggin's Barrow (right), Black Head (centre), and Redcliff Point (left) above Weymouth Bay.

George Borrow, the 'gentleman gypsy', was lucky to have been born in this pleasing old country town.

This was once a magnificent chambered long barrow that was covered with a brilliant white chalk mound. It sits snugly in the Downs near to the Ridgeway and Avebury stone circle.

Other street names were taken from ships that had been built at Vickers shipyard in Barrow.

In this High Street view there is a dairy, Preston's Library (where you could borrow a novel to enjoy whilst lounging in your deckchair), and a branch of International Stores, which quickly saw off old-style

Ivy-covered Littlemore Cottage (left) stands beside the stream from Water Barrows; gritty heathstone- walled 17th-century Cockles Cottage is on the right.

For many years the river at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the

This was once a magnificent chambered long barrow that was covered with a brilliant white chalk mound. It sits snugly in the Downs near to the Ridgeway and Avebury stone circle.

In pre-world war two days, most travellers toured their patch by train and tram, hiring a barrow-boy if necessary to trundle their wares between calls.

Lynn had forgotten to do so, and Barrow Council had to publicise for the architect 'Ira' to unveil himself to them. The design was Victorian Gothic with an imposing tower dominating the structure.

The Great Western Railway ordered two fast triple-expansion steamers, costing £55,000 each, from the Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness, for the Weymouth-Jersey summer service.

It is possible that bodies were left here on funerary platforms to decompose, before a skeletal burial was carried out later in one of the many long barrows that surround the area.

George Borrow, the 'gentleman gypsy', was lucky to have been born in this pleasing old country town. It enjoys a prosperity founded on more than its market and agricultural traditions.

Displays of various kinds decorate the entrance hall; these may include photos of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, who made numerous visits to Barrow to launch ships from

Certainly people as different as George Borrow and Lee Chapman have looked back on their days in the town with affection. The general verdict on Stafford seems reasonably favourable.

To the left are round barrows breaking the now contracted sky line, the wandering bunches of sheep, the wheeling plovers, the friendly white-tailed wheatears, and the skylarks innumerable filling