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The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, but it was known in 1488 and in 1755 as the church of SS Peter and Pawle, a name used by the followers of St Augustine in around 600AD.

The Grand Pier Pavilion, opened by the Lord Mayor of London in 1910, had already been gutted by fire in 1970.

An earth and timber castle was established here by the Normans in 1110. After several attempts, the Welsh took it in 1165, rebuilt it in stone and held the first Eisteddfod within its walls in 1176.

Market Street leads from Old Market Place behind the photographer to Upper Parliament Street, and is terminated by the Theatre Royal's 1865 stuccoed front with its six-columned portico.

At its east end, down by the River Wey, is a superb brick manor house of the 1680s, which has been much altered subsequently and is now divided into apartments.

By the river, a road leads off Walton Lane under the bridge towards Walton Marina.

In December 1216, the castle was besieged and captured by the army of the French Dauphin.

Now owned by the National Trust, it was the home of the Luttrell family for six centuries.

Mona House (left) was partly thatched until a fire in 1924, when Lady Jones was rescued from her bedroom window by the local publican climbing up a ladder.

Whalley means 'the clearing or field by the hill', and we can see how close the hill known as Whalley Nab is.

Situated on the north bank of the Medway, the original motte and bailey castle was replaced with stone by the early 13th century, when the shell keep was built.

The brick and ornamented stone interior of the church was augmented by the chancel screen, installed here in 1931, which was designed by Ryan Tenison and had formerly stood in the chapel of St John's College

By 1891 the Grimsby fleet numbered 800 sail and 35 steam vessels; yet by the beginning of the 20th century it had changed to 500 steam and 34 large sailing trawlers.

Standing between the Dartford Road and Seal Hollow, and with its Club Hall visible on the north side, it was built by the Constitutional Club company for social and political meetings, and

The village was a modest settlement up until 1795, when it was reached by the new road from Fort William. Corpach is where the Caledonian Canal joins with Loch Linnhe and the route to the sea.

It is the wealth created by the years of shipping which has given Wisbech two of the most perfect Georgian streets in England - the Brinks on the banks of the River Nene.

Originally the first of the Cinque Ports, its Saxon harbour had silted up by the late 14th century, ending its role as the chief place of embarkation for the Continent and as England's premier naval

It was on this street that a chantry house was provided, built by the widow of wealthy Newark merchant Alan Flemyng.

By the 1950s it had become Ye Olde Barn, and it is still a restaurant today.

This was given by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), who donated part of his American fortune to building libraries in the United Kingdom in memory of what he had learnt in his Scottish youth

The south-west section is dominated by the Norman cathedral, established here after 1072, when the Bishopric was moved here from Selsey.

Dunster's Mill House was a 15th-century semi-aisled hall house with an associated watermill; it has now been moved because the old site is inundated by the new Bewl Water reservoir.

Now in the care of the National Trust and run by the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, it is open to visitors. The South of England agricultural showground is in the locality.

There was a bakery by the mill house. The mill is now being restored by its owner. Iron electricity poles line the road; they are of a type only seen in this part of Sussex.