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The village grew up around the fancy goods and woollen fabric trades, so widespread in West Yorkshire.

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

It could be said that the life of Sir William Hillary (1771-1847) was the stuff of ripping yarns.

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

The church of St John The Baptist, whose tower dominates the rising High Street, appears to date from the 13th century.

The assembled staff pose outside a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients from London set up just outside the village of Ockley.

Wycombe Cricket Club ground, it can now be seen re-erected at Chiltern Open Air Museum, complete with a toll-gate.

The town was known as 'Wycumbe' in the 12th and 13th centuries, and by the 14th century it was known as Chepping Wycombe to distinguish it from West Wycombe - 'chepping' means 'market'.

There was John Lewis Jacquet, the postmaster, who soldiered on at his work until he was 79, or Thomas Butcher, the auctioneer, who had cried the lots at the Spread Eagle; both were the sons of

St John's Bridge is on the left. The Avon Mill at this time was occupied by Hugh Dryden & Co Ltd, who sold antiques and works of art here until the late 1970s.

To reach our final village, Pilton, we must leave our straight route at East Pennard and travel almost due north for a couple of miles or so.

ONE of the great joys of Exmouth is its beautiful setting, caught magnificently between the sea, the long Exe estuary and the wilder countryside of heath and cliff that so defines east Devon, offering

On the left of D92001, below, we can glimpse the 14th-century church of St Peter with its 15th-century tower and modern stained glass.

The charters of Henry VIII allowed a fair to be held at the feast of Corpus Christi.

Mr Mark Basket later occupied it. An unknown artist painted it as it was in 1770: the house can be seen as it was in the 18th century set in a panoramic view of Dorking.

Mr Mark Basket later occupied it. An unknown artist painted it as it was in 1770: the house can be seen as it was in the 18th century set in a panoramic view of Dorking.

The alabaster effigies of the armour-clad John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and his wife Margaret lie recumbent on their elaborate 15th-century tomb in the presbytery.

Shoppers at John Harrison's would have been paying something in the region of 6s 11d a pound for sirloin, 2s 1d for brisket, 2s 11d for streaky bacon, 4s 11d for a dozen eggs and around 3s 5d for a pound

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, fought in the 100 Years War against the French.

Shoppers at John Harrison's would have been paying something in the region of 6s 11d a pound for sirloin, 2s 1d for brisket, 2s 11d for streaky bacon, 4s 11d for a dozen eggs and around 3s 5d for a pound

Tom Tower is such an integral feature of Oxford that it is synonymous with the city's world-famous skyline. Oxford simply would not be Oxford without it. John

John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, fought in the 100 Years War against the French. Shakespeare described him as 'The Scourge of France' in his play, Henry VI.

Drummond was originally built by John, 1st Lord Drummond in 1491. It has endured its share of troubles.

Having accommodated men of the United States 1st Infantry Division before they left Weymouth and Portland to land on Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion, Freshwater Holiday Camp remains one of the busiest