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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.

The village grew up around the fancy goods and woollen fabric trades, so widespread in West Yorkshire.

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

It could be said that the life of Sir William Hillary (1771-1847) was the stuff of ripping yarns.

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

The church of St John The Baptist, whose tower dominates the rising High Street, appears to date from the 13th century.

The assembled staff pose outside a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients from London set up just outside the village of Ockley.

Wycombe Cricket Club ground, it can now be seen re-erected at Chiltern Open Air Museum, complete with a toll-gate.

The town was known as 'Wycumbe' in the 12th and 13th centuries, and by the 14th century it was known as Chepping Wycombe to distinguish it from West Wycombe - 'chepping' means 'market'.