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The town was laid out north and west of the Abbey precincts, with the Market Place at the junction of High, Magdalen, Benedict and North Load Streets.

To the right of the picture is the foliage-covered Matrons' College, built in the 1680s as a refuge for the widows of priests who were ordained in the Salisbury dioceses.

Lack of major industrial development in Tewkesbury meant that the town retained much of its 17th- and 18th-century character and did not experience much of an explosion in its population.

The Palace, designed by the illustrious London architects Ernest George & Peto and built in 1882 at the then enormous cost of £20,000, was funded by Viscountess Ossington, sister of the 5th Duke of

Holyhead is best known as the ferry port for Ireland, and stands on Holy Island, linked by a causeway to the Isle of Anglesey.

When Basil Spence designed the new cathedral, he incorporated the ruins of St Michael’s into the scheme of things: the old church in effect became the new cathedral’s vestibule.

Magdalene Almshouses (left), were rebuilt in 1877 on the site of a lazar-house or leper hospital, apparently founded by a member of the de Leyes or Legh family, in the early 13th century.

We have two items of interest in this picture: the archway, the Gannock Gate, and the Red Mount Chapel behind the trees on the left.

To the south-east of mediaeval Finchley, the High Road drops down from the North Circular Road between an almost standard series of parade shops built around the turn of the century, and past the Rex Cinema

The placename is derived from Haecc or gate. The village is on the north-west edge of Pinner Park, itself a 14th-century deer park owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Denton Hill is part of Cuddesdon. The name of the village is Saxon and means 'Hill of Cuthwine.' From the churchyard there are wonderful views across the plain of Oxford to the Chilterns beyond.

A sheltered location and mild climate have brought generations of holidaymakers to Ventnor. The town lies at the foot of an eight hundred feet hill with gradients in some streets of 1 in 4.

Another important source of income for the locals was smuggling.

Fawley stands on the western bank of Southampton Water, just where it flows out into the Solent.

One of the attractions of this coast was the health-giving quality of the sea air. There were two sanitoria in Mundesley, one of which advertised revolving shelters for TB patients.

The Church of England Primary School, founded by Thomas Benet of Salthrop in 1743, has been part of village life for over 250 years.

A view along the north basin of the lake, including the islands of Belle Isle, Crow Holme, Maiden Holme and the two 'Lilies of the Valley'.

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

Standing beyond the market area of High Town, near to the Shire Hall, St Peter's is the civic church of Hereford.

The 17th-century mill at Harlow was part of the manor of Harlowbury. It was the main source of power to grind corn and other purposes for the parish at that time.

Behind are Big ben and the Houses of Parliament.

Apart from All Saints, little of architectural quality has survived, except for a few rather handsome houses, including the Rectory of 1808 and the Old Hall.

We see the war memorial just four years after its completion in honour of those from Poole who .

Much of this area is now submerged under the waters of Fernworthy reservoir, built in 1936-42 to supply Torquay.