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It is the calm before the storm of the modern motor age, though a delivery lorry on the bend presents quite an obstruction.

During the reign of King John, the castle was a royal arsenal, manufacturing 109,000 crossbow quarrels.

During the reign of King John, the castle was a royal arsenal, manufacturing 109,000 crossbow quarrels.

When the Oxford Canal finally reached Oxford in 1790, the city bells were rung to celebrate the arrival of the first barges loaded with coal from Coventry.

Here we see several more of the local ironstone cottages with their well kept and productive gardens. There is a fine crop of runner beans in one garden as well as the usual flowers.

In the era of the stage coach, the George Hotel was classed as the best hotel on the Great North Road, and it is still one of the best in the area.

Children have been playing near railway lines for generations and the temptations of two lines so close together were obviously too much for the determined (probably) small boys who prised

At the top of the street stand the Lister Hotel and the Half Moon, looking onto the area known as 'the Triangle'.

As well as the old church, Braddan has a newer one built out of local stone in 1869 (at a cost of £4300) to a design by John Loughborough Pearson.

Twenty-four men, accompanied by a band, march round the town, their faces blackened, carrying barrels of blazing tar above their heads.

Castle Street is 'the finest Georgian street in Cornwall', according to Sir John Betjeman, who knew a thing or two about the county.

With the introduction of the one-way system, traffic now travels only out of town through the arch. Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

Castle Street is 'the finest Georgian street in Cornwall', according to Sir John Betjeman, who knew a thing or two about the county.

The building of Holyroodhouse was started in about 1500 by James IV; the work continued under James V, who added a new tower and quadrangle.

Although relatively little of the medieval castle remains, the highlight is undoubtedly the late 13th-century gatehouse with the arched gateway flanked by massive drum towers.

To the left is part of the garden wall of the house destroyed by fire in 1929.

On the right is what was once the most important building in the town: the Railway Institute, built by the directors of the railway.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

The 'Brick' building sited opposite the Boot and Shoe was erected in 1770 out of bricks not needed for the Cloth Hall. In the 19th century, New Street became a banking location.

It is now a major roundabout, with a Tesco's on the left and the Works and house replaced.

Arriving on the ferry, walking the promenade, we were teenagers trying to impress. It was cheap and tacky, but the arcades and fairground were just what we wanted.

The Cathedral stands on the site of an earlier building destroyed by fire in 1192. The choir and tower date from the 13th century, and the spire was added about two centuries later.

The mid 12th-century Great Hall of Robert le Bossu survives in Castle Yard; up to modern times it has been in use as an Assizes Court and Crown Court.