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From Wells to Blakeney, a great sand barrier holds back all but the most vicious tides. The quay at Wells is now stranded a mile from the open sea.

Today, however, the valley is thickly wooded and it would be impossible to hold a concert here. Instead the hill is now an important nature reserve.

The Pandy and Monnowside Ploughing and Agricultural Society, formed in 1867, continues to hold annual competitions in agrarian crafts like this.

It merged with Forte Holdings Ltd in 1970 to become Trusthouses Forte. The sign shows a pair of compasses, linked to the carpentry profession.

During the Civil War, the church was used to hold prisoners captured at the Battle of Nantwich.

The ghost of a middle-aged lady is said to haunt the inn, and several witnesses have smelt the candle she holds.

On the north side of the north chapel is a tomb in memory of Richard Strode (died 1464); this bears an unusual representation of the Holy Trinity, showing God holding a crucifix between his knees and

This view shows the sea front before the construction of the modern sea wall that holds back the sea on stormy days.

From Wells to Blakeney, a great sand barrier holds back all but the most vicious tides. The quay at Wells is now stranded a mile from the open sea.

Recaptured by the English in 1407, it fell again to Glyndwr in 1408, but he was only able to hold on to it for a few months before it was once again in English hands.

The lintel that capped this stone contained the mortise to hold it in place.

Palmer had been held in a cell in this building for four months - the charges related to his wantonly shooting a cock belonging to his landlord - before the authorities discovered that they were in fact holding

Following the suppression of the Knights Templar, in 1323 the Knights Hospitallers succeeded them, holding the manor for over two centuries until 1543 following the dissolution of religious houses

The Norman church of St Mary has many Saxon features including a tower with a Rhenish helm roof, which is unique in Britain.

The horses are steadied from the front by the ferryman, and the driver holds the reins in case the animals bolt: it is a chain ferry, drawn through the water by a steam-driven boat alongside, so a sudden

He holds a heart in his hand.

Built in 1897, it was 120ft high with a cage capable of holding 150 people that rotated as it went up and down. It was just one of five in the whole country.

He holds a heart in his hand.

A tomb chest monument to Richard Walmesley, 1893, has a very life-like white marble figure asleep holding a bible.

On the right, William Jenkins, the proprietor of Claypits Pottery, holds a jug ready for his nephew Tom Jenkins (centre) to decorate – Tom was to take over the business in 1939.

A familiar sight for those heading to or from Eastbourne along the A27 as it passes north of the South Downs escarpment is the Long Man of Wilmington, a gigantic chalk figure of a man holding 250ft-long

Owen's College was one of the first to hold classes for females (but not in mixed classes), and the first to have an engineering laboratory.

Tall enough to contain Nelson's Column and long enough to hold an ocean-going liner, it is possible - in certain conditions - for condensation to fall as rain inside the buildings.

The stone flaming urn of the war memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, holds centre stage at the crossroads in this attractive village built exclusively in the native Cotswold stone.