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The building of Charles Church started in 1640 after Charles I gave permission for another parish to be created. Construction was suspended in the Civil War and completed in 1657.

Built in 1859, it replaced another from the 1700s which burnt down.

As we look down to the junction with Watling Street, on the left is the former W H Smith's shop, now offering haircuts!

Pleck Road through to Peel Street is just visible on the left of the photograph.

The bus shelter outside The White Lion (left) has gone, but this is still one of the main stops for Redditch-bound buses (The Bell - see A163350 on page 53 - is another).

This is another picture of Botley Square, with a good view of the Market Hall. It was built in 1848, and some fifty years later the clock turret and the Tuscan columns were added.

Windmills and watermills were often sited near to each other; the two very different power sources complemented one another where there was a total dependence on natural power sources.

When Victoria died in 1901 the population had increased to 47,000, thanks to the urban sprawl of nearby London and the many people who chose to settle in this attractive town upwind of the metropolis

The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

It became yet another of Northamptonshire's boot and shoe manufacturing towns in the later 19th century and was greatly enlarged, with streets of Victorian terrace housing.

After Neville was killed in battle, another Richard, the Duke of Gloucester, lived here before becoming King Richard III.

A new and bigger church was built on another site (see page 48).

Inside are several striking memorials; one is to pupils of the former public school next door who were killed in the World Wars, while another commemorates all those who contributed to the building

Frogmore Street begins near the bank on the right, site of the medieval north gate. The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

Another centre for socialising is the pub – the building with the white gable end beyond the garage.

Most of the shops on the right have been demolished or modernised, and the double tram track (laid in 1913) is long gone.

The hotel later provided another service for travellers – BP petrol from the three tall cylinders by the door (left). The building looks the same today, but it has fewer chimneys.

The photograph shows the alterations that were made to the hall by Colonel Harding: the north wing (right) was rebuilt with a stair turret, and the original stair turret on the south side was raised by

The Old Plough was opposite but closed in 1948, the licence being transferred to the 'new' Plough.

The Georgian font is from another church. Hanging inside are paper Virgins' Crowns, each marking a past village spinster or bachelor - the most recent was put up in 1973.

On 5 September 1890, 'Lynx' was rammed by the tanker 'Oevelgonne', which did not stop - she was subsequently arrested on a visit to Falmouth.

Medway, and is another contender for the 'most attractive village in Kent' title. Certainly it seems very well planned around its spacious central green with its mature chestnut trees.

The greengrocer's shop is still trading, although under another name, but the most surprising aspect to modern eyes will be the evident lack of parking restrictions as evidenced by the line of parked

The story goes that 'Bugger Bognor' were King George V's last words when threatened with another recuperation near this seaside resort.