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WE BEGIN the tour of the city by the Dean's Eye gate-house, the dropping-off point both for mod- ern tour coaches and ancient stagecoaches.

East Dean's simple war memorial fits well on the green of this flint-built village.

Another view of W and H Dean's Emporium where Armadillo Wine is on

William Turner MD (1508-1568), 'Father of English Botany', cultivated his herb garden behind the battlemented wall while he was Dean of Wells.

The names over the shops - Ivor Griffiths and Williams the tobacconist's, Charles Kay and Birt's Stores - remind us that the Forest of Dean lies between Wales and England, embracing elements

Cinderford is one of the two main towns in the Forest of Dean; its name reflects its involvement in the coal mining and iron working industries of the area, whose history reaches back to

The late 17th-century Town Hall was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, whose father was Dean of Windsor.

The Forest of Dean was an extensive royal hunting ground between the Wye and the Severn, extending as far north as Ross and Gloucester.

Blakeney stands at the edge of the Forest of Dean at the point where Blackpool Brook and Soudley Brook meet.

The Dean's seat is just one of the many superb examples of wood-carving in the stalls. Bench ends, misericords and canopies are individually carved.

The building on the left is Dean's Central Stores --a modern retail outlet for a Dorset village of half a century ago.

At the bottom right is Dean's Eye, a gateway built in 1453. The Old Priory Café (left) is a jettied medieval building with a pargetted (carved plaster) 17th-century façade.

He was Rector of Blunham from 1621 until his death in 1631, during which period he also held the post of Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London.

It was designed by George Nicholson, architect to the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral.

At the top of the street is the Sun Inn where, in 1835, Lizzy Dean was a barmaid.

The Lydney Canal is just one mile long with one lock and the tidal doors seen here, but it was an important and busy port for the shipment of coal from mines in the Forest of Dean.

A pre-requisite of an English seaside holiday has always been a bucket and spade and these two young visitors study the selection offered for sale by W and H Dean.

When John Fell was Dean of Christ Church, one of his students based a famous Latin epigram on him following a reprimand.

Robert Peel, William Gladstone and W H Auden were among the college's more distinguished students, and when John Fell was dean here, one of his scholars based a famous Latin epigram on him following a

The museum and its matching building, the National Library, were built in 1885-90 by Sir Thomas Deane.

Continuing south, cross the Eastbourne to Seaford road into the centre of East Dean village with its steep winding lanes.

In 1451, Bishop Bekynton commissioned his 'New Works', which included the Dean's Eye, or Browne's Gate, built in 1453, which connected the cathedral precinct with the city.

On the right is a striking 19th-century congregational church with a large Tuscan portico, while nearby are some almshouses founded in 1607 by Sir James Deane.

Little remains of the chapel inside the castle of which Thomas Becket was once Dean in the reign of Henry II. The later Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary is also just a ruin.