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The 18th-century working water-mill lies on the River Thame, about a mile from the centre of the village of Cuddesdon.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

Staithes, on the north-east coast of Yorkshire, was a fishing port of some standing.

A few miles outside the market town of Liskeard, but away from main roads, the village has largely escaped modern developments.

A thicket of fishing craft take shelter within the tiny harbour of this quintessentially picturesque fishing village, a few miles west along the coast from Looe.

This view of St Paul's Street shows the Half Moon Inn as it was before being rebuilt in 1938, and before the entrance to Star Lane (left) was widened in 1923.

The tallest of the cluster of thatched cottages at the east end of the lane is 18th-century. The lower row is 16th-century and timber-framed.

The top of the sea wall provides additional seating and a pagoda shelter adorns the prom- enade. Transient diversions on the far side of the Den have attracted a group of onlookers.

Never a very large town, Sandy owes its continued existence to the strength of the produce market in Victorian England.

Few will disagree that Sherborne is one of the most beautiful towns in Dorset: every street reveals fresh aspects of its long history.

One early visitor to the new resort was Mr Tregonwell, who bathed in the sea and walked the dunes of Mudeford.

Great Haywood lies at the junction of the Trent & Mersey with the Staffs & Worcestershire canals.

A view looking north west, past the tower and along the east wall of the harbour, to Ireland's Eye.

We are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic

At the bottom of Fore Street - down by the harbour and therefore handy for the maritime fraternity - are two pubs, the George and the Prince of Wales, both of which claim to be the oldest hostelry in

This view shows the late Norman arches of the cloisters. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536-9) it became the property of Thomas Cromwell and soon fell into disrepair.

Bladon is situated outside the southern boundary of Blenheim Park. Blenheim Palace is the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.

The road drops down into the Broadway with an array of modest but attractive late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings. What can be said in defence of the intruder on the right of the photograph?

A panoramic view of the town with the Priory ruins in the foreground and the tower of the church of St Thomas à Becket on the hill to the left. The Castle can be seen in the centre.

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

Peel Park opened in 1846 and is named in honour of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. He not only secured government funding for the park, but made a generous donation himself.

The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.

This, it was claimed, gave the benefit of the health-giving rays of the sun to those sitting behind its protection. Walkers could stand on the roof of the shelter to enjoy the view.

This is a splendid picture of the Blue House, architecturally one of the most important buildings in Frome, dating from 1728.