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Five miles south west of Betwys-y-Coed, Dolwyddelan was founded c1170 by Iorweth Trwyndwn (the Flatnosed), and this was where his son Llywelyn was born.

When John Baliol was crowned King of Scotland in 1292, his English estates, including Barnard Castle, were declared forfeit to the English crown.

This splendid photograph gives us some idea of the immense length of Winchester Cathedral: at 556 feet, it is the longest Gothic church in Europe.

Upstream of Tiverton, there are several weirs on the river Exe as it plunges down from Exmoor. The river rises high in these hills, but only a few miles from the Bristol Channel.

This famous Dublin landmark is situated on the north bank of the Liffey, a little to the west of the centre. It was designed by James Gandon, and built between 1785-1802.

The end of our coastal journey brings us to one of the finest churches in Devon. St Michael's is a delight.

Overlooked by the cathedral, New Road is one of the most attractive grounds in the country. There has been a county side since 1847 but the present club dates from 1865.

Surmounted by four sundials and a weathervane, it was erected in 1795 over the original medieval cross for the princely sum of £35 10s 3¾d.

The third Duke of Argyll decided to build a new castle: Roger Morrison was the architect and William Adam the clerk of works. The new site was eighty yards or so from the old castle.

A young boy looks out around the fence of the George Hotel, his attention drawn not by the other boys fishing nearby but by the photographer.

When the inn was built in the 14th cen- tury Newark was one of the most impor- tant market towns in the East Midlands, and about the same size as Nottingham.

The annual running costs of a great house like Chatsworth are over £1 million a year, and apart from selling off the odd painting or other treasure such places have no alternative but to charge visitors

A busy scene on the Esplanade above The Spa.

Sham timbered lodges and a refreshment pavilion graced the newly-laid-out park, and mature trees retained from the Abbey Fields formed an essential part of the emparkment scheme.

In the four years since the previous picture was taken some redevelopment of the north side of the street has taken place, though there was more to come.

Crown Close is pictured less than 20 years after the erection of these new public buildings.

By the 1650s Lionel Copley had become one of the leading ironmasters in South Yorkshire, thanks to a leasing arrangement with the Earl of Shrewsbury which gave him access to Shrewsbury charcoal woods

The premises of Haydn W Morris, an optician, are on the left-hand side of the photograph.

Runcorn Hill, with all its quarries, is on the left. In the distance it's possible to see the industrial area of Weston Point.

In fact there was a public outcry in the town at the time at the expense of the purchase - it cost £2,250.

In 1882 a group of French Benedictines re-established a community here. In 1907, in an act of quite astonishing faith and tenacity, the six monks started to build a new abbey.

St Giles's Church is virtually unique in possessing an apse at its west end - apses (rounded ends) usually occur at the east of churches.

Nether Hall was the home of the Colt family. This great 15th-century mansion was demolished in 1773 - all except this gatehouse, which proved just too sturdy.

For those taking the waters in Edwardian times, there were plenty of hotels. The most expensive was the Clarendon, with rooms at 6s 6d, breakfast at 3s and dinner at 5s.