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Bidford-on-Avon is one of eight villages satirically described in a rhyme attributed to William Shakespeare and penned after a heavy drinking session.

Pennard stands high above a tidal creek some eight miles west-south-west of Swansea.

Bridge lock to fill so that the gaily painted butty boats 'Linnett' and 'Evelyn' can continue on their tandem journey along the Grand Junction Canal, which was redesignated the Grand Union Canal eight

For three centuries it was the dower home of eight medieval queens in succession.

J W Angood, the cycle and motor- cycle repairer (right), seems to have been busy: seven or eight of his customer`s machines await collection.

This picture shows the south front with its fine portico with an entablature supported by eight Corinthian columns. In front of it is a small covered stall set up for a local charitable event.

Legend tells that thomas Becket took refuge here for eight days in 1164 whilst waiting for a boat to take him to France from Sandwich.

The new factory was commissioned in 1912, and was built over the following eight years.

The lifeline between Poole and Purbeck, crossing between Sandbanks (right) and Shell Bay (left), is the Floating Bridge.

The village, which in parochial terms was originally bracketed together with Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt, which share the mother church of St Wilfred, lies some eight miles to the south

There were eight piers and ferry points on the Wirral side of the river at the time of our photograph, including the one at Egremont.

Some of the walls are eight metres thick, and the chalk cliff below is honeycombed with passages excavated by invading French troops in the 13th century.

For three centuries it was the dower home of eight medieval queens in succession.

Until the late-19th century, the clock chimed eight tunes on its bells.

Some of the walls are eight metres thick, and the chalk cliff below is honeycombed with passages excavated by invading French troops in the 13th century.

Designed by Thomas Kennard, the eight-pier viaduct was constructed by Charles Liddell, using castings from Falkirk and wrought iron from nearby Blaenavon.

It was the premier leper colony in medieval England, with a master, eight brothers and leper brethren. Extensive earthworks on the south-west side of the village mark its site.

It was the premier leper colony in medieval England, with a master, eight brothers and leper brethren. Extensive earthworks on the south-west side of the village mark its site.

.` One of only eight mazes surviving in Britain, it of the unicursal type - there are no dead ends, and the narrow grass track leads circuitously to the centre without any deviation.

Twenty-three men from the parish died in the Great War, and another eight were killed in the Second World War.

The ceremony was performed by Sir John Brunner, who had officiated at the original opening eight years previously. Widnes Corporation maintained and paid for the bridge until it closed in 1961.

However, it is not the architecture that attracts visitors here, it is the magnificent series of monuments to the Roos family of the 15th century and above all to eight Earls of Rutland, ranging from

However, it is not the architecture that attracts visitors here, it is the magnificent series of monuments to the Roos family of the 15th century and above all to eight Earls of Rutland, ranging from

J W Angood, the cycle and motor- cycle repairer (right), seems to have been busy: seven or eight of his customer`s machines await collection.