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Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

Here we see a close-up view of the Market Hall with its imposing front and large statues mounted over the entrance. There was a corn market in Accrington as far back as the 16th century.

Long Row leads westwards uphill into Chapel Bar, now truncated by the Maid Marian Way roundabout junction with Derby Road.

Henry VIII was desperate for his son Edward to be married to the infant Mary, daughter of Mary of Guise.

The coming of firstly the Grand Union Canal and then the railways, led to the establishment of modern Linslade at its present location.

The parish church of St Michael is one of the most interesting in the Lake District.

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career. It was erected five years after the general's death.

The gentleman proudly escorts three elegant ladies dressed in white; other people further back are intrigued by the crab boats, which were probably made by Leonard Lown or his son Henry.

The building on the left is the Tudor Town Hall, also known as the Town House or Geld Hall. It was certainly in existence in 1571, and is now occupied by Trembath Welch, the estate agents.

Here we see a close-up view of the Market Hall with its imposing front and large statues mounted over the entrance.

Kinmel Hall stands on a site said to date back to 1311, but this present country house emerged from the ashes of a former mansion destroyed by fire in 1848.

The architectural style suggests that St Dunstan's was built towards the end of the 15th century, although there is a record of a church on the site as early as 1291.

The main waterway we see here is the Weaver Navigation, built so that the salt boats which floated down the River Weaver from Northwich and Nantwich could get back into those Cheshire towns without fighting

Within sight of the war memorial stands the Sergison Arms, the oldest pub in Haywards Heath: it dates from the 16th century, when it was the home of John Vynall (who died in 1599).

The earliest record of the Boar's Head is in 1630. The beam over the fireplace is reputed to have supported the figures of Christ, St Mary and St John across the rood screen in St Michael's church.

Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.

The local church here contains the graves of two Englishmen - both remembered for entirely different reasons.

Our last view in this chapter before turning north back to Hailsham shows the Horse and Groom pub at the junction of the High Street and the Eastbourne Road, the A22.

Here we see another view of the main street. The jaunting car tells of the recent changes, and the lamps tell of a gasworks only waiting to be expanded.

Its charters date back to the 1100s, although St Machar is said to have founded a church here in AD 580.

The town of St Helens derives its name from the early chapel dedicated to the saint.

This view over The Square was taken from Bell Cliff.

This photograph and 72302 (left) show the bustling main street of Stamford at a time when people could still safely share the road with the traffic of the day.

This lovely building is at the southern end of the High Street, in the former market place where the High Street meets Worcester Road and St John's Street.