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There is an interesting group in front of the attractive church. The man in the white hat in the background and the three boys in front of him are all looking this way.

During a French attack on England in 1545, a large fleet of warships anchored off Brading harbour in the hope that the English fleet could be lured out of Portsmouth.

The Angel Hotel is a remarkable late 15th-century stone-built inn, rebuilt on the site of a Knights Templar hostel where King John had held court in 1213; in this building Richard III signed the Duke of

Sad to say, this is an archive view, for since 1904 all the dignified Georgian and early Victorian buildings on the right have been replaced as far as the middle distance building with a corniced parapet

Begun as a manor house, Bishop Auckland was castellated around 1300, though much of the building shown here dates from the extensive alterations carried out in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Situated between Hythe and Folkestone, Sandgate Castle was yet another of Henry VIII's fortifications; it was built with rounded bastions in the German style.

Set high on a spur of land overlooking the river Lambourne, Donnington was probably founded in the 11th century; it eventually became the property of Sir Richard de Abberbury.

Its prior, as the agent of the abbey of Grestian, used its vast medieval barn to store the produce collected from the abbey's other estates, which were located in half a dozen other counties.

Smarts occupies part of a block known as Bordeaux House, so named because when it was built in 1894 it was the home of a wine importer, Rutlands.

Some believe that there was once a temple to the Anglo-Saxon god Woden on the hilltop site where St Bartholomew's now stands.

That began to change in the first half of the 20th century, but it was only after 1950 that the real housing boom began, resulting in massive residential estates.

Railings, partly hidden by trees, enclose the tomb of John Horrocks.

Ladies in long dresses and shawls and bowler-hatted gentlemen wander amongst the shops, several of which display their wares outside to attract customers.

A wonderful variety of shops surround the Square as well as several pubs.

A niche above the gateway once held a figure of the Virgin Mary and below, much worn by the passage of time, is carved a lion's head.

This monumental masterpiece of Victorian engineering lies on the railway route between Preston and Hellifield.

Created around 1860 and overlooking the River Ribble, Miller Park is one of several in the town, a welcome contrast to the close-packed housing developments that accompanied Preston's industrial expansion

A 17th-century packhorse bridge spans the River Yarrow, and beyond the cottages rises the square, battlemented tower of St Michael and All Angels' Church.

But for its battlements, the tower would hardly clear the roof of St Wilfrid's Church.

Middleton is an ancient place, its name suggesting a Saxon origin and, with such a history, it is heartening to know that some of its very old buildings still survive.

The first floor has oriel windows, in the centre of which are the arms of Charles II. The plasterwork under each window represents Europe, Asia, Africa and America, the latter with a tobacco pipe.

This is the entrance front; the rows of Nissen huts and a water tank above the roofline are features of the former Nautical School, linked to HMS 'Ganges'.

The buildings on the extreme right in this picture have all gone, now replaced by modern shops. Many of the units on the left, including Young & Son, have also disappeared.

One of the oldest pubs in this corner of Hampshire, the Feathers is a sturdy, oak-beamed building dating back to the 14th century.