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With no real capital, he set to work as a muslin weaver in Turk's Head Court, off Church Street. He put out work for hand-loom weavers, and within a year he had built a factory of his own.

Today, all that remains of the Plume of Feathers is the stableyard, now used as garages, which can be seen from Tythings Court.

The Town Hall, which incorporates the magistrates' court and the council offices, is built of Scottish granite and Storeton stone.

elaborate range of houses, bothies, potting sheds and greenhouses (together with the adjoining stable block, these were converted in the early years of this century into a luxury development, Pease Court

They also built a large warehouse, and Sudell Court and Sudell's Yard appeared round it. Henry Sudell, the last of the family to live in Blackburn, enclosed Woodfold Park, and built the Hall there.

lewde and desperate persons ... erected a pilinge over athwart the mayne Channel of the Ryver and thereby stopped turned and diverted the said Mayne River of Terste out of his aunciente and common Course

The judge, jury and other court officials sat in the open space, while the first-come spectators were able to watch from a gallery that ran around the inside of the building, below the rafters

It was in the 37th year of the reign of Henry VIII that the property passed into the possession of William Burt; no heir could be found after his death, so the Manorial Courts passed the property

Rowing boats, skiffs, punts, steam launches - every kind and size jostled for position, crossing the course and generally milling about.

Seeing no warrant, Sir Rhys's tenants refused to hand the cargo over, and the subsequent legal battle ended up in the Court of the Star Chamber.

It was in the 37th year of the reign of Henry VIII that the property passed into the possession of William Burt; no heir could be found after his death, so the Manorial Courts passed the property

Before the 1860s, the housing expansion for the working classes was in the form of brick-built back-to-backs, usually built around a common yard or 'court' which contained a water pump and privies

In older parts of the town, the streets were narrow and courts and alleys were unpaved.

Rev John Riland, the younger brother of Rev R B Riland, was now the rector and he urged that the money be used to benefit the inhabitants, and in 1825 the Court of Chancery agreed.

On the top of Ashcombe Hill (now Ranmore Hill) there was a farm; here, perhaps, John Denby lived, a one-time farmer who was referred to at a Court Baron held in 1555.

Royal visitors were quite frequent, as it was first choice for the Court when on tour.

The shop with the Hovis sign is the Crossways Churt shop, which includes the village post office, while Phippards on the right is still a newsagent and confectioner (now Churt News).

One of my earliest memories is of an early 1950s caravan holiday at Churt.

The miller looks out over the pool of this old Surrey watermill at Barford, an isolated part of Churt village.

The scene is one mile east of the village - the sign shows Lloyd George, who came to live in Churt in 1921 and left in 1944, the year before his death. His house, Bron y de, formerly stood nearby.