until quite recent years, when it changed hands. The owner then being Mr Swain, until he died, and then it changed hands, to Mr Fretwell, who is the present owner. These was an old font found in the basement of the house, which was very old indeed, but I cannot tell you the age of it, But Mr and Mrs Swain gave it to the Parish Church, and it is now in the Church yard, amongst other relics, which have been found from time to time. Apart from the 215 houses, there is a Chapel, which was built in 1897.A church which was built in 1898. The hotel built in 1900. The Working Men’s Institute was built in 1911, but not as an Institute originally, but as a draper’s shop, with a sweet shop attached to it, and was owned by a Mr Edwards. It was not until 1912 the Club took over the premises. Then there is the Railway Institute, which was built by the old Midland Railway, in 1893. And it has recently been modernized, with a bar attached to it. There is also a Co-operative Stores, built in 1898, a barbers’ shop, a cash grocers and a cobblers shop and a Post Office, built in 1893. There is also a four acre field, which is the recreation ground, and some very good allotments. There used to be a bridge across the railway line from the Institute, to the other bank, which the main traffic used to go to Blackwell, the other road from the Station being very narrow, but when the Railway Company made the new sidings and they took the old bridge down and then made a new and wider road, from the Station to Blackwell. I have been told the old bridge was demolished in 1901. The village is mainly a Railway village as the majority of the inhabitants are Railway people. In fact the Railway is the main source of livelihood. As I mentioned in the early stages, there were only three houses in the village, but as time went on and the railway Station was built, which was in 1884, then the Loco Sheds were built in 1891. Now it became apparent, that the railway men wanted somewhere to live and also near their work, so the Railway Company, so the Railway Company, started building some cottages. They built 70 in all, and