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'Chipping' is the Anglo-Saxon word for 'market', and the fairs were once 'mops', at which farm and domestic servants sold their labour to an employer for the year ahead.

In 1700 the Duke of Leeds held the manorial rights, and these passed to Mr Lane Fox on his marriage to the Duke's daughter.

It is notable for its collection of grotesque gargoyles, and for two carved capitals which are derived from the stories of Reynard the Fox; appropriate in Cottesmore country.

The lake has always been famous for trout fishing.

The lake has always been famous for trout fishing.

They depict a pig wearing a friar's cowl; a fox running off with a goose; and a monkey in a religious habit carrying a bottle in one hand and a book in the other.

Here we get a splendid view of the frontage of the 1926 Fox Inn building, largely unchanged today.

Because of the famous Pendle witch trials in 1612, the hill has gained a reputation for sorcery and evil deeds.Those who know the area treat these superstitious tales with a pinch of salt,

It was only a mile away that George Fox, the Quaker, stood on the 'nick' of Pendle in 1652 and declared himself moved to start a religious order, the Society of Friends.

It was only a mile away that George Fox, the Quaker, stood on the 'nick' of Pendle in 1652 and declared himself moved to start a religious order, the Society of Friends.

The Regal Cinema (left) and the drapers C J Fox & Co nest door are no longer there, having been replaced in 1966 by a Littlewood's store.

The Regal Cinema (left) and the drapers C J Fox & Co nest door are no longer there, having been replaced in 1966 by a Littlewood's store.

This hotel nestles at the foot of Box Hill, alongside the rushing traffic of the main London to Dorking road.

Also scheduled for redevelopment was the remaining old part of the town between Church Street and the river, which had suffered bomb damage in the war.

Also within this very small area is Billesdon Coplow, a prominent wooded hill, and within its lee Botany Bay fox covert, which is thus clearly dated soon after 1788, when the infamous penal colony was

The Museum displays paintings, logbooks, model ships, and yacht designs by Uffa Fox, and is a sailor's haven.

Royal visitors were quite frequent, as it was first choice for the Court when on tour.

The telephone box has gone, and the Post Office and shop, owned by R Boardman at this time, has closed, but the post box has become the letter box to the house.

As the road approaches the level crossing, we can see a signal box and a foot bridge - in recent years the signal box has been demolished.

The triangle with the phone box was once a grassy area where there were hustings at election times.

The livery is black hull and funnel with white saloons and paddle- boxes.

The zebra crossing has disappeared as has the police box, and the four red telephone boxes have been replaced by a single kiosk.

A soldier stands to the right of the gate.The post box and telephone box must have been well used by residents at the camp.The Shoeburyness School of Gunnery was founded in the middle years of the

Here the view of the kiosk is all but obliterated by a telephone exchange box, a police telephone box and the large road sign which gives directions to Stoke, Stafford, Rugeley and the