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After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the operation of the ferry passed to the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral.

Across Poole Road, the low railing offered easy access to the fields of the Dean's Court Estate. The pub dates back at least to the 18th century, and parts of the building are even older.

In the days when the Forest of Dean was a Royal hunting ground, St Briavels was its administrative center; the legacy of this former importance continues to the present time.

William Inge was born here in 1860; he later became a controversial Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. He died in 1954, and a plaque recalls his life as a 'scholar, philosopher and writer.'

The town became a thriving port, from which 200 vessels a year carried 265,000 tons of Forest of Dean coal.

This massive increase came from those seeking work in the town's coal mines, both from other parts of Wales, industrial and rural, and from the west of England, particularly Somerset and the Forest of Dean

The Dean of Salisbury gave an address with a large crowd in attendance.

The cathedral library was started in 1624 when Dean Higgin bequeathed his collection of books to the Chapter.

Britain's longest river reaches maturity here as it mean- ders to meet the sea.

There used to be an old forge here, with a shed used for destroying unwanted horses and ponies.

After the First World War, a dignified war memorial was built at the north end of the Market Square with the names of the dead on bronze plaques.

One of its more interesting features is what is thought to be an ancient beheading pit.

On wilder winter days, with a storm beating up the Channel, the walk along the cliffs east of Hastings can be an exciting excursion, with salt spray soaking the clifftop rambler and fierce winds making

The Hinton's grocery shop on the right appears to be an early form of supermarket. The National Provincial Bank building stands on the left. The clock tower lies just off to the right.

Her tombstone shows no evidence of her being a writer— perhaps because it was considered to be an unsuitable employment for a woman at that time.

This photograph shows Mildenhall's war memorial, honouring the town's dead from the First World War. The statue is bright and new, and the grass is neatly trimmed.

There used to be an old forge here, with a shed used for destroying unwanted horses and ponies.

In the background on Calton Hill stands the unfinished monument to the Scottish dead of the Napoleonic Wars. The monument was started in 1822, but the money ran out and it was never completed.

Here we see a horse leading a somewhat empty pleasure boat towards the aqueduct for what can be an unnerving experience.

He could prove to be an unwelcome passenger.

Beyond the trees lies St Thomas' Church, where in 1997 a painting hanging on its walls, 'Ecce Homo', was realised to be an original work by Annebella Carracci; it was subsequently valued at £5 million

The second of the two major wars, the dead of which are commemorated in this memorial, would have still been fresh in the memories of the people sitting here. This scene remains unchanged today.

Tolpuddle will always be an important place in English history.

When the town was first laid out it was to be an exclusive place, but within a few years, cheap, terraced houses had been built and Atherton's vision was in tatters.