The house and garden were taken possession of by one of the principal creditors, who must have justified his claim, for the house long remained in his family.

The enterprising doctor was next heard of in Prussia, where he became court physician and adviser to the Emperor Frederick the Great.
Three old streets lead out of High Street.

To the west, Magpie Lane ends in the river meadows; and to the east, Swan Lane and Oat Street reach the river at the Mill.
Vine Street is little more than a continuation of the Market Place towards Merstow Green; and its old name, Pig Market, shows that it was used in the same manner.

Here, again, many of the old houses have been refronted, thus appearing of a much later date than they are in reality.

The Georgian dislike of gabled irregularity is once more exemplified.