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They were supposed to be licensed, but illegal weirs flourished and were a hazard to river traffic.

19th-century cockfights in the churchyard of St Mary Major were a source of complaint for the head- mistress of Ilchester's 'little' school, established in the building that obscures the

St Mary's is reputed to be the oldest church site in Devon.

The road past St Mary's church originally took an indirect course to avoid a marshy area, but in 1801 the marsh was drained and a more direct road was built.

Cricklade, ten miles from the Thames source, is an ancient town with evidence of Anglo-Saxon town walls as well as of Roman occupation.

Cregneish lies between Port St Mary and the Calf of Man.

Much further south along the High Street is St Mary’s Guildhall at the junction with Sibthorp Street.

This is a close-up of the statue of St Hubert on the post office.

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin appears to have been built in the early 15th century using some earlier parts, which possibly date from the 14th century.

With its Norman doorway, medieval wall paintings and 17th-century Flemish glass window, St Mary's Church sits in an idyllic rural setting.

Now a Grade 1 Listed Building, work was begun on this magnificent Catholic church, dedicated to St Mary and John the Baptist, in 1816.

Bransgore, north of Christchurch, grew over the years as a sprawling residential village.

Petworth is one of the oldest and most unusual of the Sussex towns.

With the Castle and the Saxon church of St. Mary

The parish church of St Mary is here seen under scaffolding.

The Athenaeum (centre), which was re-fronted in 1802-04, has a Victorian observatory on the roof.

This view looks past Queen's College with its early 18th-century Baroque frontage to the High, the pedimented wings framing a gatehouse surmounted by a delicate domed tempietto.

St Mary's dates from the 15th century, and stands on the site of an earlier Knights Templar house.

To the left is the Senate House, while the tower with four distinctive turrets belongs to the Church of Great St Mary.

In the distance is Richman's and St Mary's Street.

The Church of St Mary stands at the top of the hill above the old Cluniac Priory of Prittlewell.

For centuries, the Trent has been a water highway, carrying cargo up from the North Sea coastal ports.

St Mary's Church was originally built in three stages between the 13th and the 15th centuries.

We are now looking east along Hart Street towards the parish church of St Mary.