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Rugby was originally a hamlet within the parish of Clifton-on-Dunsmore; but by the time the Domesday Book was compiled, it was treated separately.

For generations, children in every corner of the globe have seen the words 'Ladybird Books, Loughborough, England' on the brightly coloured books which helped to shape their lives.

In his book 'The Inns and Taverns of Warminster', Reg Cundick writes: 'It used to have its own brewhouse.

university's architecturally more interesting buildings is the Brotherton Library, paid for by Lord Brotherton and containing over 500,000 volumes, including its benefactor's private collection of rare books

university's architecturally more interesting buildings is the Brotherton Library, paid for by Lord Brotherton and containing over 500,000 volumes, including its benefactor's private collection of rare books

When this photograph was taken, the richly pargetted Ancient House, which dates back to medieval times, was occupied by Fred Pawsey, selling books and stationery.

This dramatic lighthouse, although not named in the book as Godrevy, is said to have been the inspiration for Virginia Woolf's famous novel 'To the Lighthouse', which she wrote while staying in St Ives

Eighteenth-century architects, usually local men, worked from standard pattern books, yet managed to achieve townscapes of individual character and harmony.

(The club still honours one of its former (Robert Cook) (Robert Cook) Martyn Coote conducts a live radio show at Bute Street Hat Museum.

Melbury Osmond is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to the Arundell family. It stayed in their possession until about a century ago.

Next door are the premises of a pastry cook and confectioner.

university's architecturally more interesting buildings is the Brotherton Library, paid for by Lord Brotherton and containing over 500,000 volumes, including its benefactor's private collection of rare books

When this photograph was taken, the richly pargetted Ancient House, which dates back to medieval times, was occupied by Fred Pawsey, selling books and stationery.

A delightful gravestone survives in the town's churchyard commemorating Ann Cook who died in 1814: 'On a Thursday she was born, On a Thursday made a bride, On a Thursday broke her leg, And on a Thursday

Note the orders of service and hymn books out ready for the service.

The only mention that Rugeley gets in the 1920 Dunlop Book is for the twelve-bed Shrewsbury Arms, which could also provide garaging for eight automobiles.

Hardy Tobacconists are now Caburn secondhand books, while the buildings on the left - now divested of hung tiles - are the secondhand and antiquarian booksellers Bow Windows Bookshop.

Reg Cundick gives an interesting history of it in his book. On Barclays Bank, left, is a sign for the Warminster Journal, which is still produced by Coates and Parker next door.

The popularity of Western books, films and television programmes in the 1950s and 1960s lured many would-be cowboys to this Wild West of the New Forest.

The merry-go-round of high street names continues into the sixties: Hepworths is now David Parrish, men's outfitters, while next door Oliver's is now a book shop, although it retains its golden boot outside

It is interesting to consider that these happy children are now middle-aged and perhaps reading this book! But what a lovely place to play as they grew up.

Next door are the premises of a pastry cook and confectioner.

This view, one of the earliest in the book, shows the east end of the cathedral with no east chapel, only ragged masonry. The Lady Chapel became ruinous in the 16th century and was pulled down.

Back in the Market Place, the photographer looks south down the High Street. Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews.