The parish church of St Peter in Dunchurch, Warwickshire is thought to have early Norman origins though little if anything of that original church remains after a rebuilding in the 13th and 14th centuries. The tower was an addition in the 15th. The church was restored and modified in the Victorian era. It is in the Perpendicular and Decorated styles.
The church has an aisled nave and a chancel, the later gained a north aisle in the 19th century. The church is mostly built from sandstone ashlar.
Stechford was where i usually went when i was a little kid trainspotter in the 1980s. Its changed a bit since then, the trains are not quite as interesting as they were back in the days of Class 86 and 87 hauled expresses screaming though.
At the weekend i headed over to Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, in doing so it meant i have now visited every railway station in the county (except some on a preserved line) though there are only six anyway so it isn't that impressive! Wellingborough is a nice place, it has a lovely church which i was able to good look around in. You can see my photos here.
The town of Bracknell is at the east of the county but also on the western edge of the Greater London Urban Area.
Bracknell has Saxon origins, being first recorded in 942CE. The name back then was Braccan Heal, which may have meant Bracca's Land. By the Middle Ages there were two Bracknells, or Bracknoll at the time. Old and new market villages. Dick Turpin is said to have frequented one of the village pubs. The two villages were combined into a single town in the 19th century. The town saw rapid growth with the manufacture of bricks a major industry.
After the Second World War, Bracknell was designated a New Town, thousands of new houses were built to rehouse people who had lost their homes during the war and German bombing. Bracknell has expanded beyond the original plans and now has a population of well over 100,000.
The town is host to the headquarters of a number of large companies including 3M, Fujitsu and Waitrose.
Typing on a Petite International de luxe, a typewriter aimed at children but can still cope with adult fingers, just about.