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The Talbot Arms pub on the right hand side of the photograph has now been renamed the Tunnel Top because there is an air vent nearby for the canal tunnel that runs under the present-

reads:'this stone is erected to perpetuate a most cruel murder committed on the body of Thomas Webb, a poor inhabitant of Swanmore, on 11th February 1800 by John Diggins, a private soldier in the Talbot

The village of Pyle is situated north of Porthcawl just off the M4 between Bridgend and Port Talbot.

The town was built on the coal industry, as were many in South Wales; Porthcawl was a coal port in the 19th century, but it declined in the face of competition from Barry and Port Talbot.

Further east, Franklins Outfitters, a mid 19th-century Italianate building on the right has gone, as have those in the distance on the left, to be replaced by the tepid Neo-Georgian Talbot Court.

A corner of the 13th-century castle can be seen at the top right of the picture, though our main subject is the country house built by Thomas Mansel Talbot in the 1770s and its 19th-century additions.

The oriel window on the right is famous as an image captured in Fox Talbot's earliest surviving negative, taken in 1835.

Miss Matilda Talbot donated Lacock Abbey, together with most of the village, Manor Farm and Bewley Common, to the National Trust between 1944 and 1946.

We look eastwards down Church Street from the Main Road on the south side of the Talbot Arms and Doon Beg (far left).

The architect was Talbot Bury, from London, and the builders Chick and Son of Beaminster.

The shops behind the `sit up and beg` Ford and the Sunbeam Talbot 90 are occupied by Barnardos and Taylor`s the estate agents, while the whole of Fosters, outfitters, and the shop next door

The house dominating the picture was built by Thomas Mansel-Talbot in the 1770s.

In this view the Freeman Hardy & Willis shop stands on the site of the Old Talbot, and two shops along is where the Golden Lion was situated.

Beeson and Sons on the left occupy premises built in 1863 when Talbot Road was laid out.

In this view the Freeman Hardy & Willis shop stands on the site of the Old Talbot, and two shops along is where the Golden Lion was situated.

John Talbot Clifton's estate manager, Thomas Fair, drew up the original plans for Lowther Gardens.

Long after the Fleur de Luce public house was closed, the site was taken by Jenning & Bewley, printers, and Ware Library - both of these were lost to Tesco, and so was Gideon Talbot's car repair workshop

Many variations in its name (Bakesalf, Beckhalgh) speak of a long history, and so do 15th-century Bashall Hall, home of the powerful Talbot family, and the old Red Pump coaching inn and the remains of

Fifty years earlier, the Manchester Cricket Club took over the Clifford cricket ground, situated between Chester Road and Talbot Road.

The Rose & Crown Hotel (left of John Collier), which was featured in the BBC's recent adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit, is still popular, and when the Talbot Hotel was renovated recently, a skeleton was

Father Crook died in 1800 and his place was taken by Father Talbot, who remained in Ormskirk until 1845.

Father Crook died in 1800 and his place was taken by Father Talbot, who remained in Ormskirk until 1845.

Among the stalls were one established by the Molloy family in the 1920's, selling furniture, and a curtain stall belonging to Inglebys, while Joe Barton's grocery cart stood near the Talbot Hotel

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.