Church Street , early 1900s., showing the parish church of St Mary the Virgin .
The wall surrounding the church was demolished in the 1930s and the ornamental gates removed. The coat of arms over the gates is now on display in the church. The gates were known as the Waterloo Gates, having been installed shortly after the battle of Waterloo in 1815,
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