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St Peter's Church, Nevendon is an ancient church built in the 13th century by a member of the Fitz-Lewis family.

St Peter's is Early English in style and is appropriately in Church Road, Earley, now part of Reading.

gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held by the Order of St

It was at the priory, in the 16th century, that the annulment of King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon was pronounced, followed by the dissolution of the priory itself soon afterwards.

The Central Library was opened by King George V in 1934, and it was then the largest public library in the country.

Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire; with its village green next to the church, and an old inn across the road, it is just how we all imagine an old English village ought to look

A beautifully proportioned view of the High Street, looking southwards towards St. Peter's

gave them the lordship of the manor of Hallgarth and a large collection of property, but also the right to collect tolls belonging to the manor, and the right (previously held by the Order of St

These opposing views of the High Street are photographed at five year intervals.

During the Saxon period, it is probable that Fareham consisted of a small number of families whose homes were to be found among the ferns.

A brass commemorating John Raven, squire to the Black Prince, can be seen in St Peter's Church; he is remembered in the road name Raven's Lane to this day.

In addition, a special exhibition of photographs was staged by Michael Stanyon in St Barnabas Church.

Prior to this, the Old Town Hall (1780), the offices of The Hampshire Post and Pince's School obscured the view of St Peter's from the Square. In 1898 these buildings were pulled down.

The church of St Peter has a fine Norman font. Admiral Walker, who fought with Nelson, is buried here.

The Cathedral was once the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter. Construction began in 1089 on a site where there had been ecclesiastical houses of one sort or another since 681.

St Michael's has a south aisle dating back to the early 14th century, its windows with Y and intersecting tracery, but the brick tower with clasping buttresses is 1737.

The Corn Exchange This was built to provide a covered building where corn (wheat, barley, and other cereals) could be bought and sold; its building must indicate an ever-burgeoning corn trade,

The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

There are two of these large man-made ponds at the front of the college. This, the left-hand one, is always full of ducks and other wild fowl.

The first vicar of St Peter's Church was the Rev Arthur Sharples. He and the vicars who followed stressed the need for physical fitness, and some formed football teams.

Cattle sold quick and at liberal prices. In the horse fair the greater part consisted of hacks and cart-horses and several Welsh colts, very few of good quality.

Some, like Trayton Peter Pagden and his brother Stephen, had come up from Sussex at the same time as Dorling; they ran a brewery in Church Street. Others were from long-established families.

The Second World War had been over for about ten years, and better times were on the way - and so there were traffic direction signs and advertisements for travellers.