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This is one of the county's most famous beauty spots on the crest of the North Downs, providing breathtaking views across the Weald to the South Downs and Littlehampton, and into Sussex from its height

More shopper-friendly enclosed arcades have taken the place of the violently unattractive centres, and no-one can mourn their passing.

Behind the high brick wall to the extreme right of the photograph is Southgate House of the late 18th century, built in the form of a neo-classical villa by Samuel Pole; a short distance along the Bourne

The 600-capacity New Pavilion opened in May 1929 with attendant shops, tea lounges and terrace.

He is lying on a couch with smaller children around mourning him, and angel putti lift him by his hand.

The Chapel abounds with monuments of beauty and dignity. They include the Princess Charlotte Memorial, 1817, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt, which combines the sensational with the chaste.

The 104 acres of the lake are only 3 miles from Rochdale cen- tre and were a popular rendezvous by the mid 1860s.

The stained glass in the south window has several Netherlands roundels of the 16th century and later. Brasses commemorate the great clothier Thomas Horton and his wife.

St Margaret's church and the village lie in the Lune Valley, 9 miles from Lancaster.

She grieved her loss for the rest of her long life, and the Kingdom mourned with her. She symbolised a nation that was the great maritime empire-builder and the workshop of the world.

Three additional bays at the west end designed by Charles Blomfield were completed in 1926 to give seating for more than 500 boys.

Humanity ordained that the soldiers received basic nursing care, but many of them could not be nursed back to health, and died in a foreign land without family to mourn them.

Bourne, at the junction where two Roman roads met, had a Roman station to guard the Car Dyke, the great Roman dyke 56 miles long and still surviving for long stretches.

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.

A neat Austin 8 is here heading for St Mary Bourne. Joseph Blount from nearby Rookery Farm had a horse called Tinker which could be hired to help carts up Hurstbourne Hill.

Here we see another church in an attractive location near the small village of Bekesbourne, which contains 18th-century cottages and some modern housing.

A windmill was first recorded in Bourn in 1279. This post mill is thought to date from the 17th century, and is perhaps the oldest working post mill in the country.

The 1893 reredos is by Pearson, and the church has a remarkable painting of The Mourning of Christ after Van Dyck, the original of which hangs in the Berlin gallery.

The artist Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury in a former 16th century inn, and he lived and worked here for many years.

The castle was originally a motte and bailey. The stone keep was built in 1170, with the stone curtain walls and improved living quarters being added shortly afterwards.

Epsom Downs with its close-cropped turf and easy access from London was the place for it.

Robert Burns was born here on 25 January 1759. The cottage was rebuilt by the poet's father and later became an inn.

The name of this inn is the Hero, after the most famous inhabitant of the Burnhams: Horatio Nelson, born in the rectory of nearby Burnham Thorpe, and later to become England's greatest admiral, and victor

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.