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Entering the town from Kelly Bray and the north, the road climbs towards the early 15th-century St Mary's church. Note the cobbled pavement on the right.

The dominating building is the Bible Christian Chapel, built to serve this rural hamlet and the surrounding district near Kelly Bray and Callington.

Back in 1900, Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire said of March's Market Place:'the Fire Engine House is in the Market Place; there is one 40 horse power steam engine by Shand and Mason, with about half-a-mile

'The wards are airy, many commanding an extensive prospect', said Kelly's Directory.

The station was at Kelly Bray, just north of the town, and it survived until 1966. On the skyline stands the monumental mine chimney at the summit of Kit Hill.

'The wards are airy, many commanding an extensive prospect', said Kelly's Directory.

Kelly's Directory for 1906 lists a South Downs Cottage, which at the time was the residence of a Mr Frederick Bernard Yahr.

Kelly's Directory for 1898 lists the Parish Church as 'the church of St Michael, formerly All Saints, ...' so it is obvious that an incumbent and the Church council during the intervening period decided

The East Cornwall Mineral Railway, from Kelly Bray, near Callington, to Calstock Quay, opened in 1872, but in 1908 it was relaid to standard gauge and connected to Plymouth via the Calstock Viaduct.

One interesting fact about Romiley in the early 1900s was that the natives appear to have had a soft spot for confectionery; Kelly's Directory lists many sweet shops in this area.

John was still there in 1906; his is the only address on the road that appears in the commercial section of that year's Kelly's Directory.

The petrol station opposite, once owned by Frank C Harcombe, according to Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire 1939, is now a parking area.

In Kelly's directory for 1960 it is still listed as a tobacconist, newsagent and confectioners.

In the 1912 edition of Kelly's Directory, it was mentioned that the majority of the land in and surrounding Laindon had been divided up for building purposes; the remainder was left for grazing

On the right are the offices of the Hampshire Advertiser, and in the distance is the old Guildhall from where a curfew bell is rung every evening at 8.00.

On the right are the offices of the Hampshire Advertiser, and in the distance is the old Guildhall from where a curfew bell is rung every evening at 8.00.

This spot is popularly said to have been named after a local miller in the mid 19th century who used to urge his fat, mottled pony on with the entreaty: 'Git up, old treacle bolly (belly)'.

On the right-hand side of the road, halfway down, is the old Guildhall, where the city's curfew bell is rung at 8pm each evening.

The Rothwell Industrial Co-operative Society on the right has become the Co-op supermarket, and the Blue Bell is now simply called The Pub.

The single bell is housed in an 18th-century bellcote with an ornate Gothic spire - this has since been removed down to the tops of the windows.

All the carvings depict medieval life, and the bell is attached to a yew tree in the churchyard.

The tenor bell is inscribed 'Burscough Priory' and stamped with the dates 1497 and 1576.

George Bell is said to haunt the beer cellar.

This view, looking west from the green, has lost its two community facilities: The Bell is now a house, while the shop on the right is now a house called The Old Post Office.