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Charmouth was a notable settlement even in Saxon times when two Saxon kings, Egbert and Ethelwulf, fought the Danes nearby.

King Arthur is said to have celebrated a victory over the Danes by feasting at a rock nearby called the Table Mên.

The pair eventually married at St Clement Danes Church in London in 1786.

Broadwaters occupies a site where an ancient monastery once stood - it was destroyed by invading Danes.

St Leonard's church at Bengeo, probably the oldest building in the Hertford area, dates from the 12th century.

It was here that Edward the Elder of Wessex defeated the Danes.

Davenham gets its name from the River Dane (a 'trickling stream'), although it sits just about halfway between it and the River Weaver.

Cyclists have much to thank this Dane for, as he invented the Dursley-Pedersen bike.

The abbey stands on the site of a Saxon nunnery set up by Domneva, and run by St Augustine's monks from Canterbury; it was destroyed in the ninth century by the invading Danes.

A former church on the site is said to have been a place of refuge for Archbishop Wulfere of York as he escaped from the marauding Danes.

The Danes destroyed it in the late 10th century.

Later, in AD851, this was allegedly the site of a ferocious battle between Danish invaders and a Saxon army, in which the Danes were decisively routed and destroyed.

After being destroyed by the Danes in 867, Whitby was not refounded until 1078, when the Benedictines began building their abbey.

Note that no distances are indicated to either Dane Hill or Horsted Keynes - perhaps it was felt that it was not that important!

Congleton lies in the valley of the River Dane - we have already caught a glimpse of the river in the park.

The resulting Treaty of Wedmore divided England into two: the Danes were ceded all the territory east of Watling Street, the 'Danelaw'.

The original church was probably built by the Danes, and St Michan is likely to have been a Danish saint.

Bosham was occupied by the Romans and invaded by the Danes, who stole the church bells.

The Saxons, the Danes, the Vikings and William the Conqueror, to name only a few of the early invaders, have all left their mark.

A copy of the 13th-century text of 'The Lay of Havelock the Dane', a 3001-line rhyming poem telling the legend, can be found in Grimsby public library.

Here, an old man re-canes a child's chair.

A young girl with a pram stands outside the gates and vanished lodge house of Cane Hill Hospital, built in 1883.

Fulling Mill House, to the right, was once home to the Nottages, who built Cane's Mill.

Fulling Mill House, to the right, was once home to the Nottages, who built Cane's Mill.