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The town's growth came from the nearby coal mines - they are now closed. The most noted industry now is the well-known Ibstock brick company, which sells to customers world-wide.

This view down Bridge Street, looking towards Bridge Foot, shows the impact of the redevelopment of the earlier 20th century.

In the centre is the Institute, and the shop with the blind down was F Bromley, a butcher's.

The farmhouses and cottages all have steps down to the street because the old unmetalled road to Cambridge had been gradually lowered by use.

The setting is very pretty too, with the Downs rising on one side and the Amberley Wild Brooks, a haven for wildlife, on the other.

The rest were pulled down in 1781. It was rebuilt in about 1380 for Archbishop Simon of Sudbury. Until 1829 it was the city jail, but in 1906 it became a museum of arms and armour.

Southwards, between the River Whitewater and the North Downs, the land rises to 700 ft, one of the highest points in Hampshire. The countryside is unspoilt.

As Jerome K Jerome observed, 'only the tiniest corner of it (Walton on Thames) comes down to the river'.

This quirky artist is Cookham's famous son, being born at Fernlea further down the High Street in 1891 and buried in the churchyard.

The lock chambers on this canal had their own individual size: 64ft 9in x 9ft 2ins - a most peculiar gauge. The canal became disused in 1930.

This shows the view looking back down High Street towards Boutport Street at the bottom. Butchers Row is on the left. The Sydney Harper building is now a travel agent.

The local policeman appears somewhat under-employed as he directs a single car travelling down Boutport Street towards The Square.

The house with the two dormers is Lawrence House, now the town museum, and at the far end we can see the gable of Eagle House.

The palace is thought to have been burnt down accidently in 1746 by General Hawley's troops.

Down by the beck is the 17th-century corn mill, once owned by the Neville family of Middleham Castle. The mill closed in 1930 and lay derelict until 1977.

This view looks south-west down Loxwood Road towards the parish church, whose spire can just be seen amid the trees behind the last chimney-stack.

A toboggan ride also careered down the side of the glen, but it was closed in 1900 after an accident.

Situated in Market Street and close to Apiary Gate, the church design echoes that of Non-conformist chapels up and down the country.

Until 1928, when it was burnt down, the Hall stood at the east end of the village.

The original village was burnt down in the 1600s and had to be completely rebuilt.

In the 1920s and 30s Walter Collins printed a well-known series of sepia postcards of the town.

An interesting balcony has steps down to the garden, where leisure furniture and croquet hoops indicate a relaxed way of life. A motor launch is tied up at the private mooring.

By 1819 the designer John Rennie had constructed a canal from Kendal in the north down to Wigan, a canal remarkable for the ingenuity of its design.

Monk's Buildings 1894 From Angmering we head north across the Downs to Storrington, now a large village that started its expansion in late Victorian and Edwardian times.