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On what is now Station Road, on the outskirts of the town, Marsh Hotel plied its trade in a position somewhat distant from the town.

The original monastic settlement at Minster was founded in AD670, overlooking Minster Marshes, then the open Wantsum Channel.

This inn, situated on Buckland Marsh near Tadpole Bridge, is very popular with those walking the Thames Path National Trail.

Flint and brick feature predominantly in traditional Norfolk buildings, particularly so in the pretty village of Blakeney, seen here looking down towards the marshes.

Taunton is a town surrounded by water, with the Tone passing through its heart and the marshes not far away.

This popular public house can be reached only by boat, bicycle or on foot - cars are not allowed on the narrow track across Exminster marshes.

The village of Longdon lies on the western edge of some high ground, separating Longdon Marsh from the River Severn.

Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the Weald and Romney Marsh

Long ago, this part of the Hampshire coast consisted of marsh and sandy wastes; it was from here that Henry III amassed his armies to re-conquer France.

At one time sheep from Romney Marsh in Kent were wintered here on the relatively dry sandy Surrey Hills.

In despair, his wife spent the night in a fruitless search amongst the marshes for him.

Standing on the fringes of the Norfolk marshes, Blakeney like Cley, once knew busier days.

The post office sat right in the corner of the crossroads, where a signpost directed motorists to the marshes, Woodchurch or Ashford.

Wagonettes and other horse-drawn traffic traversing Freckleton Marsh in the 18th and 19th centuries entered by this road.

Bislington looks over Romney Marsh, a region both low and flat, which was reclaimed from the sea in ancient times.

The marshes stretch towards Dungeness on the left.

an ancient spelling preserving the word 'lundr', suggests that hereabouts Norse settlers entertained a superstitious awe for a wood or sacred grove set upon or close by moorland or marsh. A

This view is from the marsh-lined River Waveney.

The road past St Mary's church originally took an indirect course to avoid a marshy area, but in 1801 the marsh was drained and a more direct road was built.

This popular public house can be reached only by boat, bicycle or on foot - cars are not allowed on the narrow track across Exminster marshes.

At this time, too, the Rainham Marshes shore on the Essex bank opposite had not yet been raised by landfill.

Long ago, this part of the Hampshire coast consisted of marsh and sandy wastes; it was from here that Henry III amassed his armies to re-conquer France.

A century earlier this part of Exmouth was just a strand, backed by dunes, marsh and pasture.

This little church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, sits on the edge of Romney Marshes; its origins go back to the 12th century.