Travellers on the virtual tour, even if they are familiar with the town, will probably be surprised by the range of building styles they see.

It seems appropriate to provide some further guidance, and Gerald Taylor's 'Notes on the Buildings of Faringdon' offers a short historical overview of the changes from our old market town of 1850s (hardly expanded until the 1950s) to this suddenly outspread settlement of the year 2000.

Reading this essay may well make your tour more satisfying as you sit at home, encourage you to look up and around at the many idiosyncrasies of this delightful town during your real life daily round, and in later years let you look back to see how things have changed.

If the document does not open when you click on this button, you need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader.