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On the south bank of the Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster is this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic

On the south bank of the Thames, opposite the Palace of Westminster is this handsome building, for centuries the official residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury.The entrance is through a Gothic

Walking along with their sun-bonneted charges, these three ladies have a wonderful view of the bay.

Tucked away under the hills of Hindhead and Blackdown, and close to the edge of the county, this little village was the home of the novelist George Eliot, who wrote much of Middlemarch here in 1871.

A quiet village on the outskirts of Woodbridge, maybe, but the sign on the pub is a reminder of the concentration of military bases in East Anglia at the height of the Cold War, with the radar station

Two miles north of Mary Tavy is Wheal Betsy, one of Dartmoor's most famous mines; in the middle of the 19th century it was producing over 1,000 tons of lead and 2,000 ounces of silver annually.

We can just see the spire of the church of St Michael and all Angels towering above the thatched cottage (centre).

A timeless scene in one of the many creeks of the long estuary that runs between Salcombe and Kingsbridge.

An Edwardian lady relaxes in a meadow on Colthouse Heights, on the eastern shores of Esthwaite Water. She is looking across to the knoll of Roger Ground, near Hawkshead.

THE WATERFALL c1960 This little scene of timber and water gives a feeling of how tranquil the Forest of Feckenham must have been when it covered the hills and vales round about.

The east end of Brimington's 19th-century parish church is just visible behind the trees in this view of the centre of the village, between Chesterfield and Staveley.

Beoley predates Redditch, but it remains a small village on the northern edge of the present New Town.

This view of the village on the side of the valley gives a glimpse on the left of the priory which William Leigh, who had just been converted to the Catholic faith, had built; the Dominicans moved into

The imposing west front of the Abbey is seen here, following the completion of its restoration 30 years before.

The Cathedral 1888 A springtime photograph of the massive and imposing cathedral, the first in Britain and the seat of the Primate of All England, as well as one of Europe's most celebrated places

The south side of Windsor Road lay undeveloped until c1880 with the construction of the block seen here beyond the roundabout.

The church is just visible to the left of the picture.

A majestic yew tree marks the approach to St Lawrence's, which has a west tower of flint and stone blocks topped with early brick.

From the foot of the Foxton flight of locks, the canal cuts through the classic late 18th-century enclosure landscape of straight hedges.

The Lady Chapel is also known as St Mary's Chapel, and just to confuse matters further it is popularly known as St Joseph's Chapel - 'Joseph' being Joseph of Arimathea who was said in legend to

Built of red sandstone, Chester cathedral was founded in 1092 as a Benedictine abbey on the site of an earlier Saxon church dedi- cated to St Werburgh.

This similar view of the village gives a closer impression of the mission house and the row of managers' houses (right).

Standing above the valley of the River Wolf, the Church of St Nicholas is first recorded in 1288 when a Parochial Quota of £13 was paid to the Deanery of Tavistock.

Though not a castle, the Abbey was chosen by Bruce as a depot for his stores and reserves of ammunition prior to the Battle of Bannockburn.