Needs some work

Property in need of restoration in Weaverham.

Hanging Gate

Pub in Weaverham.

A bit of thatch

Thatched roof cottage in Weaverham.

Weaverham

Weaverham is a village in Cheshire near to Northwich. Weaverham is next to Owley Wood which is part of the Mersey Forest.

St Mary church

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County:	Cheshire
Borough:	Cheshire West and Chester
Population:	6391 (2011 census)

Weaverham has Saxon origins, the name means the village near the winding river (the nearby river Weaver). The crossing of the river is likely to be why the village was formed in the first place. Weaverham remained a quiet village for centuries though grew notably in the 1930s due to an influx of workers for an ICI facility.

Weaverham's parish church is dedicated to St Mary. The tower dates from the 15th century, much of the rest from the 16th, though there has been a church on the site since Saxon times.

Weaverham has no railway station of it's own but is a short walk away from Action Bridge station

Road near Weaverham

Bridge over the Soar

In Narborough.

Signalbox

Narborough signalbox next to the railway station and level crossing.

River Soar

Flowing through Narborough.

All Saints

Narborough parish church.

Narborough

Narborough is a village in the south west of Leicestershire.

A street in Narborough

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County:	Leicestershire
District:	Blaby
Population:	8448 (2011 census)

Narborough has Saxon origins with the name of the village originally Nor Burh or North Fort. The village was not included in the Domesday Book possibly due to being too small. The village indeed has remained small for most of it's existence, even as late as the 17th century the population of the village was around two hundred. It was only in late Victorian times that the population finally exceeded a thousand.

Major employers in the village included the Empire Stone Works who made concrete cladding and the headquarters of the Alliance & Leicester building society. Both have now gone.

The parish church, All Saints, dates from the 13th century at least though was probably built on the site of an earlier Saxon church. The village railway station is a stop on the line between Birmingham and Leicester. The river Soar also flows through the village.

Narborough railway station

Memorial

In Dorking.

Blossom

Blossom trees in Dorking.

Dorking West

A train departs from Dorking West railway station.

St Martins

The parish church.

Dorking

Dorking is a market town in central Surrey to the east of Guildford.

High Street

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County:	Surrey
District:	Mole Valley
Population:	11,158 (2011 census)

The origin of the name Dorking is unsure, it may be derived from the Old English Deorc, a personal name. At the time of the Norman conquest the settlement was known as Dorchinges, later Doreking or Dorkingg. There may have been a settlement in the area in Roman times and earlier, Bronze Age ceramics and flints have been discovered during construction work in the town. The town's origins have been traced back to at least the 8th century.

After the Norman Conquest, Dorking was held by William the Conqueror. Dorking was granted to the first Earl of Surrey by William II and the town remained under the control of the Lord of the Manor during the Middle Ages. The town boomed during Tudor times, it was granted a market charter in the Middle Ages and became well known for it's poultry (including the Dorking breed of chicken!)

In the Early Modern period the town went into decline, with a large population of non-conformists including Daniel Defoe as a child.

The parish church of St Martin dates from the 12th century, built on the site of an earlier Saxon church. The town is served by Dorking, Dorking West and Dorking Deepdene railway stations, the railways reaching the town in 1849. The town began to grow and expand again due to new transport links. 

House in Dorking

Roll of honour

In Norton.

Worcester this way

Signpost in Norton.

Worcestershire Parkway

The new station nearby.

St James the Great

The parish church, having some work done at the time.

Norton

Norton is a village in the centre of Worcestershire not that far from the edge of Worcester itself.

The village's military links are remembered on this sign

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County:	Worcestershire
District:	Wychavon
Population:	2324 (2011 census)

The village was part of the manor of Kempsey which dates back to the Domesday Book and is now part of the parish of Norton-Juxta-Kempsey. Norton contained a barracks for the Worcestershire Regiment of the British Army from 1881. The barracks remained MOD property until 1987 and have now been sold off for apartments and a new housing estate. 

The parish church (originally a chapel of ease for the parish church in Kempsey) is dedicated to St James the Great. It dates from the 12th century (and may have been built on the site of an earlier Saxon church) at least though has seen much rebuilding and change in the following centuries, especially in 1875.

Norton is served by the new railway station Worcestershire Parkway which opened in 2020, the original station Norton Halt (which was a little further up the Cotswold Line closer to the centre of Norton) closed in 1966.

The Retreat public house

Cricket club

Ambergate cricket club's ground.

Escort

An old Ford Escort van in Ambergate.