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Broadwaters occupies a site where an ancient monastery once stood - it was destroyed by invading Danes. Broadwaters Park stream flows towards the town.

The pair eventually married at St Clement Danes Church in London in 1786. The original seat was a long rock that tumbled away in a landslide.

The abbey was founded in AD670 as a nunnery by Sexburga, widow of Ercombert, King of Kent; the original building was burnt by the Danes.

The beautiful church of St Clement Danes bestrides its centre, and was erected in 1688 from a design by Wren. The mighty tower was added by Gibbs in 1719.

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

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. The battle marked a turning point.

The Danes destroyed it in the late 10th century. Edward the Confessor created a college of secular canons here, and the church dates from this period of the 12th century.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Congleton lies in the valley of the River Dane - we have already caught a glimpse of the river in the park. Now we move two or three miles upstream to Colley Mill Bridge.

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

Bosham was occupied by the Romans and invaded by the Danes, who stole the church bells. King Canute had a palace here and legend has it that this is where he attempted to command the waves.

The original church was probably built by the Danes, and St Michan is likely to have been a Danish saint. The organ, which dates from 1724, is said to have been played by Handel.

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. Later, the artist and philanthropist Edith Arendrup lived there.

Fulling Mill House, to the right, was once home to the Nottages, who built Cane's Mill. Later, the artist and philanthropist Edith Arendrup lived there.