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The bridge joining Wroxham to the west and Hoveton to the east was declared unsafe in the 1960s.

If he was still around 27 years later, he no doubt would have met the poet, novelist and gardener Vita Sackville-West and her diplomat husband, Sir Harold Nicolson.

The two Victorian Early English windows and the four-bay arcades of 1200- 10, added since, were overdone.

The Grand Union was created in the 1920s from a network of independent canals linking London with the industrial towns of the West and East Midlands.

This bridge over the River Aire linking Silsden and Steeton was built in 1806 at a cost of £3529; it opened up trade between Wharfedale and Airedale.

The north and east walls follow the line of those of the Roman fortress; those on the west and south were moved so that more land could be incorporated within the city's defences.

In the 1870s a Dr Prince persuaded Lord Abergavenny, the landowner, to develop this area, bordering the Ashdown Forest and set at a healthy 800 ft above sea level, as a health resort.

The main village was moved west and south of the Tilling Bourne and out of the park in the early 19th century, but the best buildings date from the 1850s.

A majestic yew tree marks the approach to St Lawrence's, which has a west tower of flint and stone blocks topped with early brick.

The residential suburb of Curzon Park West lies across the Dee to the south-west of the race course.

Viewed from the west, the façade of the west front is dominated by the Great West Window and the Triple Arch Door.The west front of many cathedrals were intended to be showpieces.

Viewed from the west, the facade of the west front is dominated by the Great West Window and the Triple Arch Door. The west front of many cathedrals were intended to be showpieces.

Viewed from the west, the façade of the west front is dominated by the Great West Window and the Triple Arch Door.The west front of many cathedrals were intended to be showpieces.

South of the A39, we climb from lush pastures towards Exmoor and the well-wooded Holnicote Estate and Dunkery Hill, much of which are owned by the National Trust.

West Hartlepool was a child of the 1830s and 40s, developed as a port for the export of coal and import of timber.

The village of West Retford, with its own medieval parish church, St Michael's, lies on the west bank of the River Idle, and has long been absorbed into the town.

The Cathedral, West Front 1923. The glory of the city is undoubtedly its cathedral.

This 1889 view shows a still undeveloped West Pier. It was built in 1863-66 to designs by Eugenius Birch and was gradually embellished over the years.

Leaving the sprawl of Worthing behind, we move west along the coast and inland to Angmering, a village much expanded to the north and east but retaining its historic core relatively intact.

The present church of St John's occupies the nave of the former priory; the choir and chancel were destroyed in 1470 when the central tower collapsed.

As we look toward West Pier from the west, we see the landward pavilion at the right, then the tower of the Metropole to its left. Nearer the camera are a range of somewhat disparate stucco fronts.

Well before the Roman conquest, it had defended the north and east flanks of the capital of Cymbeline's kingdom, while the west flank was protected by a series of dykes and ramparts, some of which

West Street 1930 This town was a considerable port in the middle ages, but the silting up of its ancient harbour led to a decline in trade.

The west front of Thorney Abbey was saved for the parish church. In 1638 a new window was inserted into the area where the west window had been.