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In 1865 the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Broad Street was opened; it became independent of the parish in 1880.

Tavern Street contains the Great White Horse Hotel, which, despite its Georgian facade, is a timber-framed building dating back to the 16th century.

Howard then went on to design the Broadway shops and the cinema (later renamed the Century, but now Gala Bingo) on the southern side of the High Street.

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, with the houses facing the yard being reached from the street

In 1865 the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Broad Street was opened; it became independent of the parish in 1880.

Here we see Lewis's large and very ornate store at the top of Market Street, just four years after the death of its founder David Lewis in 1885.

The town's two stations were built side by side, but the Bute Street link to Dunstable was closed during the short-sighted Marples era at the Transport Ministry in the 1960s - Ernest Marples employed

The procession of floats meant that some of the main streets (particularly the Broadway and South Road) were closed to other traffic for the duration of the festivities.

The High Street building now partly occupied by Argos and Barnado's was designed in the 1960s as a Co-Operative department store.

It has been shifted to other parts of the Castlegate and it has been ignored as the centre of commercial activity moved westward to the new streets.

Before sailing on his ill-fated voyage to the Arctic in 1842, Sir John Franklin visited some of his Lincolnshire relatives; it is believed that one of the last houses he stayed in was 120 High Street

Across narrow Church Street, formerly Alms Lane, is the nearby King's School; it was re-founded by Bishop Foxe in 1528, although there is an earlier reference to it in 1329.

The priory's last vestige, the gatehouse on the west side of Moulsham Street, was demolished in 1857. The pathway leading through it had solidified into the road known as Friars Place.

There were three pubs - the Royal Oak and the King's Head on the High Street, roughly where their namesakes are today, and the Clarence Arms (now the Park Hotel) on Park Road.

There were three pubs - the Royal Oak and the King's Head on the High Street, roughly where their namesakes are today, and the Clarence Arms (now the Park Hotel) on Park Road.

and referred to the small village in the area close to the river covering what is now Teddington Lock, the nearby church buildings of St Mary and St Alban, and the river end of Teddington High Street

Both Back Lane and the High Street were well supplied with inns: the Blue Bell, the White Hart, the Talbot, the Three Arrows, the Dolphin, the Rose.

The Dock Link Road is planned to go from Spalding Road to Skirbeck Road via the dock, with a bridge over the Haven at the south end of High Street.

Older residents still refer to the Castle Street and Kings Road campuses as the Boys' and Girls' Schools.

Also lost during the town centre development was the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which had stood on the corner of the Parade and Newhall Street.

King Street was widened in 1928 when the old Town Hall was demolished.

By 1800 an average of 35 coaches and 350 animals were crowding Watling Street every day. Road tolls had been set up during the previous century to contribute to its upkeep.

Victorians and Edwardians we see here did, and to seek the shade of the trees in Madeira Walk, to explore the dunes of the Maer, or search out bargains in the shops of the Strand and Rolle Street

So next time you walk past the pub on West Street, spare a thought for the politician who put Fareham on the map by presenting Chequers to the nation.