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Launceston Castle is of the classic motte and bailey design: a high central tower stands on a mound surrounded by the bailey defences.

Two ancient churches occupy sites in the Old Town: St Mary's in nearby Lowgate, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, shown here with its attendant market stalls.

Situated on the Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart, Clydebank was little more than farmland until 1871–72, when J & G Thomson began the construction of a shipyard.

The church of St John the Evangelist was consecrated in 1634 and retains its oaken interior and a great screen which is considered to be one of the finest of its type in England.

The original design proved too weak to carry the weight imposed on it. Ealdred was involved in the initial construction, and it is probable that Serlo did the strengthening work.

The parish church of Saints Peter and Paul became famous in 1851 when the vicar discovered a series of early wall paintings hidden under whitewash.

Across the way are the printing works of the Herts and Essex Observer newspaper, which also acted as a depot for the publications of the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge.

Although this photograph was taken for the view of the hotel above the bathing beach, of special interest here is the group of four new radio masts out on Poldhu cliffs.

From almost any direction this is one of the most spectacular ruined castles in Britain. The Normans built Corfe on the site of a Saxon fortress, and subsequent Kings added to it.

The fine 14th-century church of St Mary, built of local sandstone, has a Perpendicular tower with dumpy crocketed pinnacles and full-length aisles of the same width as the nave and chancel.

On the right are the Saracen's Head and the Clinton Arms Hotel, which once boasted stabling facilities for no less than ninety horses.

The beautiful village is thronged with visitors in summer, and the river full of small boats and canoes.

There were continual public fears about the purity of London's water supply.

The coming of the railway changed Whitby.

The City Hall is being re-furbished at a cost of over £12-million, the money coming mainly from the European Union and central government; Weston Park Museum and the Mappin Art Gallery are undergoing

The body of the church is early 14th-century, but any patina of age was effectively neutralised by the restorations of 1849 and 1857.

The Greedon Estate is situated on the north west side of the Seagrave Road. This is a particularly uninspiring view, but again it is a view so typical of peripheral village estates.

It was demolished in 1939, and an office block now stands on the site.

Caister, just north of Great Yarmouth, has a strong tradition for both fishing and its lifeboat. In 1901, the lifeboat was launched into a storm, and nine out of the twelve crew lost their lives.

One of the great tragedies in Plymouth's long history was the great air raids of the Second World War.

Only two of the small shops - the nearer of which is Arthur S Fry, family butcher - now survive from the four converted from cottages in the 1890s; the other two were demolished in July 1965

One of the great tragedies in Plymouth's long history was the great air raids of the Second World War.

It replaced an earlier brick house of about 1740. The trees are said to have been laid out to show the disposition of troops at the Duke of Marlborough's victory at Malplaquet in 1709.

Egerton stands at the edge of the Weald on a high greensand ridge. The church is 15th-century and built of Kentish ragstone, and its gargoyled tower is a landmark for miles around.