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Described as 'Robin Hood's village', Edwinstowe lies south of the Sherwood Forest Country Park.

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up

Westwards from Folkestone, and now linked to it as a suburb, Sandgate shared in the popularity of its neighbour as a seaside resort around the turn of the century.

These timber-clad cottages, standing at the foot of the white cliffs, are part of a small community which developed both as a bathing resort and as a residential quarter in the closing years

The priory was founded by William Marshall, the Earl of Pembroke, and it was never to be promoted to the status of abbey.

This photograph is a peaceful distant view of the remains of the ancient Guisborough Priory, which flourished, but with various setbacks, in the period 1120-1538.

Ducks sometimes swim on the river flowing through this charming village, which used to be renowned for truffle hunting.

The compact market place on the north side of the town is enhanced by its octagonal timber market cross, built in 1903 in celebration of Edward VII's coronation to replace a stone Gothic cross of 1826.

The manor or honour of Tottington covered 15 square miles, and was awarded to General George Monck (1608-70) for services to the Crown.

Over the years there have been a variety of spellings of the name Hemel Hempstead.

Bungay was one of the seats of the powerful Bigod family, who built the castle here in 1170, making use of a loop in the River Waveney to provide a natural defence.

This autumn picture of Harnham Gate and the southern corner of the Close reflects then, as now, a secluded and quiet area of the Close.

Here we see the ruined keep of Farnham Castle, romantically clothed with vegetation. Most English monarchs from Edward I to Queen Victoria have been entertained here.

St Catharine's was founded by Robert Woodlarke in 1473, then the third provost of King's.

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.

Bursledon village consists of two distinct halves - the new and the old.

Chesterfield's most famous icon is the twisted spire of its parish church of St Mary and All Saints.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

Looking from South Street the general appearance of Victoria Road has changed little in the last 50 years.

Herongate, in the parish of East Horndon, supposedly takes its name from a gate crossing the road near The Boar's Head.

The Velindra was just one of the paddle steamers that were the lifeblood of Ilfracombe`s tourist industry in the latter part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th.

These limestone crags, at the western end of Stoney Middleton, are the haunt of modern rock climbers, and the 200 routes up them have gained evocative names such as Aurora, Alcasan and Armageddon

Branscombe lies amid what a previous vicar described as 'a perfect jumble of hills'.

In this early view of the beach, there are already signs of local businesses capitalising on the new influx of visitors, with terraces of newly-built lodging houses and cheap hotels.