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The first castle on this site was built by Robert de Todeni in the 11th century, and it was improved upon by subsequent owners until the 1470s, when Lord Hastings ordered it to be dismantled to provide

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

On the right is the Mole Valley Council Offices, opened in 1984; the building is not in keeping with the character of the town, but architecturally it is a good design.

This is a charming photograph of the area outside the churchyard entrance. Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire, with its village green next to the church, and old inn.

An attractive village south of the railway line and the River Wreake, Frisby has a number of good houses.

In the 1600s it would not have been the horse-drawn wagons that the visitor first noticed, but more likely the smell, for Stanstead Abbots was a centre for the manufacture of woad.

Substantial tree growth has filled the gaps around the dwelling house in our picture, and the height of the trees has rendered the windmill barely visible from Moor Lane.

Simultaneous construction of the castle and town wall began in the summer of 1283. The wall, which enclosed the medieval borough, is 800 yds long with eight towers and two twin-towered gateways.

St Swithun's Parish Church at Allington, now in the north-west corner of the extended Bridport borough, was consecrated in 1827 to replace the original medieval church to the west of the Vicarage, in what

Because of the steep slope the shops nearest the pier were larger and able to offer more goods.

Contagious Diseases Acts were passed to deal with all manner of problems arising from people living in highly populated areas like Luton.

In 1300 Guy de Bello Campo, Earl of Warwick, obtained a charter so that a market could be held on each Tuesday and for an annual fair to be held on the eve of Holy Trinity (5 June, according to

Some of the soldiers who were killed in the furious battle of 1644 are buried in the village churchyard.

This graceful ornamental fountain was erected in 1875 at the southern end of Park Lane at the junction with Hamilton Place.

Gilsland Wall is in fact part of Hadrian's Wall. This was constructed as the northern frontier between Scotland and Britain and remained so for some two hundred years.

Here we see a pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town. The wooden stumps (bottom left) are known as strapping posts, and were used to tie up boats.

Villagers wait with their baskets for the boats to come in with their catches of herring.

In many villages in Kent are the great gardens and oast-houses devoted to the growing and processing of the hop, which gives beer its taste.

Here in the Market Place a number of local people and tradesmen are curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

This view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.

John Sell Cotman, who founded the Norwich School of artists with Crome, was born in this riverside village in 1782.

Godshill is one of the most photographed villages in England, with a wealth of fine thatched cottages.

The museum contains a collection of cutlery dating from the 16th century and the world's finest collection of Sheffield plate.

Once largely occupied by stoneworkers from the nearby stone quarries, this village stretches along the highway for a considerable distance, hence its name, a corruption of 'Longtown'.