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Founded in 1136, on the site of St Mungo's Church of AD543, the Cathedral has gone through many times of peace and of strife.

The majestic 14th-century St Patrick's Church was not completed until after the Black Death, which wiped out half the village's population.

St John's church is on high ground overlooking the tidal river. It has a Norman flint-built round tower, and a shingled octagonal spire. It is one of the three Norman round towers of Sussex.

In medieval times the town also supported the Hospital of St John the Evangelist, founded in 1189 for a chaplain and twelve poor people.

In medieval times the town also supported the Hospital of St John the Evangelist, founded in 1189 for a chaplain and twelve poor people.

St Mary's Church, with a very fine two-bay 12th-century north nave arcade, lies to the south-east, along with the rectory and the Hall.

The dramatic 150 ft spire of this church dedicated to St Mary soars over the Tenby rooftops, and is reputedly the largest parish church in Wales.

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

John Hardman of Birmingham made many of St Marie's stained glass windows, though two splendid windows in the south aisle were made by Mayor of Munich.

Thorpe is two miles east of Norwich; it became a popular spot for Sunday outings from the mid 19th century, despite the disapproval of some church authorities in the city.

The church of St Margaret's has a neatly clipped yew tunnel at the churchyard entrance. Inside is an elaborate monument to the memory of John Caryll, an ironmaster.

In the 12th century King John had a hunting lodge in the area. The 15th-century church of St Alban was rebuilt in 1822.

In the 12th century King John had a hunting lodge in the area.The 15th-century church of St Alban was rebuilt in 1822.

The church of St John the Baptist at Royston was originally part of the 13th-century priory. At the Dissolution, the nave was demolished and the western arch of the tower was filled in.

It was partly destroyed on 21 August 1775 by a large flood - two of the original small arches were replaced by the single large span we can see here, giving it an asymmetrical appearance.

The street is now pedestrianised, and with St John's Pavement in its centre is still a popular shopping area. The ornate building on the right was built as the North & South Wales Bank.

St Peter's is Early English in style and is appropriately in Church Road, Earley, now part of Reading.

Yet another clothier's church, St Mary's at Steeple Ashton had a steeple, as the village name implies, but it was blown down in 1670. Stone vaulting in the nave has been replaced with wood.

It is first mentioned during the early 15th century.

The area caught the attention of both William Wordsworth, who visited the village and featured it in a poem, and Alfred Lord Tennyson, who wrote Come into the Garden, Maud at Brancepeth.

In 1603 two residents, John and Kit Wright, were part of the Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes.

Between the houses in the distance was the site of the Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St Augustine of Canterbury in 1926; it was never completed, and the remains were demolished

The lower dock could accommodate the club's 'fleet' of 24 pleasure boats, but racing boats had to tie up at St John's Wharf.

The occupant during this latter uprising was Sir John Cornwall who was specifically instructed by Henry IV to fortify it in case of Welsh attack.