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The 17th-century Angel Inn stands at the east end of Middle Street and the start of Main Street, and is one of a number of interesting buildings around the area.
The laying out of Dudley Zoo took account of the nature of Castle Hill, and most of the animal enclosures were fitted into the natural or previously formed features.
The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.
Not far from Stroud, the village of Chalford clings to the steep wooded hillside of the Golden Valley.
The MSC, some 36 miles in length, was one of the great civil engineering projects of the late 19th century; it was completed in 1894 at a cost of £14.3 million.
The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor
Castle Hill is part of 365 acres of common land donated for “...the relief of the poor” in the 12th century.
Little remains of the chapel inside the castle of which Thomas Becket was once Dean in the reign of Henry II.
The grid-like pattern of the streets west of Laindon High Road preserves the layout of some of the early plotland estates.
These pictures highlight the benefits of a variety of small shops serving a close community.
Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of Essex, holder of the castle at the time, was the founder of the church, one of the largest in the county.
The vestments, very rare survivals of the pre-Reformation church, are usually on display near the chapel.
The Church of St Andrew is special.
This was once known as Merchants' Walk or Quay Walk.
Some are obvious, such as the rise in popularity of automobiles and the electrification of the tramway.
In 1860, intending to make Ilfracombe the `Brighton of the West`, a group of businessmen founded the Ilfracombe Joint Stock Land and Investment Company and commenced the building of villas
Petworth is one of the oldest and most unusual of the Sussex towns.
South of the Redhill/Reigate built- up areas are the Earlswood Lakes, which lie in the midst of the grassy heathland of Earlswood Common.
Despite the fact that most of our towns and villages were founded in Saxon times, few have any reminders of their Saxonhistory left other than perhaps their names.
With its round keep and massive masonry, Dolbadarn Castle is one of the finest examples of a castle of the Welsh princes.
