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The shop with its attrac- tive front remains in post office use, and the other buildings have new plastic windows; but stopping the long view, without being intrusive, is a new estate of houses,

In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin.

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

This photograph shows some of the numerous monuments housed within the Lumley Chapel that once formed part of old Cheam Church.

Teas are still being served on the corner of The Village and Arrowe Park Road at the Stone House Café (U36010, right), and the Horse and Jockey Hotel still occupies the junction of Rake Lane

It is now restored and houses a pine furniture business.

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.

The half-timbered houses with one storey overhanging the next look picturesque to modern eyes, but originally those jetties (as overhangs are called) served a purpose.

This public house at Stratton St Margaret owes its existence to the Wilts and Berks Canal which ran nearby.

The medieval house on the bridge was greatly restored during 1900-01. The swan looks lonely; usually there are dozens on the river and the Brayford Pool, which is under the bridge.

Caxton House on the right, now the Stamp Shop, is an example. Opposite is the 1890s hotel, replaced in the 1990s by blocks of flats, The Hoskins.

It is said that she often made the journey here from Osborne House to admire the setting of this village and its fascinating old church.

The medieval house on the bridge was greatly restored during 1900-01. The swan looks lonely; usually there are dozens on the river and the Brayford Pool, which is under the bridge.

The modern architecture sits very uncomfortably with the earlier buildings – an example is the Fine Fare building, which now houses Super Drug.

Shapland & Petters works is now built, served by rail from the Ilfracombe line behind the new houses (left).

The library is housed on the first floor of the new centre, leaving the ground floor for retailers.

The picture was taken from Castle Hill, the site of an old manor house lookout, probably also used in Roman times during the construction of Wade's Causeway over the moors past Goathland.

The gable- ended house at the centre of the picture at the end of the High Street was demol- ished when Tavern Lane was widened in about 1955.

The house on the left has been totally restored and renovated. The building opposite has changed beyond description.

This red-brick Georgian house, with bay windows and surmounted by a small white cupola, was coveted by the author Charles Dickens ever since he was a boy living at Chatham; he often passed it on long

This has been a pharmacy since the mid 1700s, when it closed as a public house. It seems that it was originally run by Samuel Parkes Woollatt, who was joined by Coggin to form the partnership.

At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was given as a private house to Thomas Birch, one of the yeoman of the Crown.

Thus Fareham originally meant 'house in the ferns' or 'homestead by the ferns'.

This view overlooking the town provides a classic view of industrial Wales, with the terraced houses and industrial workings which so typified the 19th century.