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This is a closer view of the Church of St Thomas. One might almost call it a utility building.

One of the darkest deeds in English history took place in Saxon times, when King Edward was murdered, probably by order of his stepmother, in 978.

Mardy village in 1955 had far less housing than it does today. The semi-detached houses on the left of this picture were the only buildings at that date.

He is in the gown of an Alderman, and he was a Lord Mayor of London.

De Vaux Place 1928 On the Salisbury side of Harnham Bridge, De Vaux Place leads to The Close - the Harnham Gate is at the far end of the wall.

The coming of the railway in 1856 prompted a rapid expansion of this village: in 1851 it had a population of only 437, which within twenty years had grown to 3,577.

Originally called 'Ac stede', 'the place of oak trees', old Oxted now has the busy A25 sweeping through its High Street, and it is unlikely that the two mothers with prams would envisage making such casual

Silverdale is a beautiful limestone village in the midst of woods and craggy outcrops.

The Victorian stepped gables, porch and Tudor-style windows of Old Castle House beyond mask a timber building of c1600. The adjoining Victoria Cottage with round-topped windows is dated 1839.

The King's Guard Chamber contains one of the world's greatest displays of weaponry.

The street lighting has been upgraded, though the gradient of the road still forced the cyclist to dismount to push his bike.

This small elevated village lies about a mile to the north-east of Melton Mowbray on the A607 Grantham road.

The huts are arranged just above the high tide mark along the length of Par Beach. Much of the sand has been derived from waste entering the bay from mines and china clay works inland.

The pound lock replaced the hazardous flash locks in the middle of the weir in 1773.

Simply elegant, this is the last of a superb series of 1930s underground stations extending along the northern section of the Piccadilly Line, including Arnos Grove, Southgate and Oakwood, all designed

The Causeway leads from the town of Buntingford to the original, and now derelict, parish church of St Bartholomew, Layston.

This view looks towards one of the entrances to the series of underground canals that extended to the Duke's pits at Walkden.

Just north of the village is Brewery House, home of Sir William Hooker and his son Joseph.

These charming houses are at the east end of the quay; the left-hand one, Ferry House, is a reminder of the Colne ferry that crossed the river here. To the right are the cranes of a boatyard.

Part of Ramsgate's famous fleet of fishing smacks are moored in the inner harbour.

A swan cruises on the river as it curves into the east side of the village, running by a municipalised garden of finely-mown grass, and a statutory wooden seat carefully placed under the only tree of consequence

The elegant Abbey Crescent was built in 1858 in anticipation of the opening of the nearby railway station the following year.

Christchurch is the mother cathedral of the Church of Ireland. It is situated a short distance west of Trinity College.

The small town of Watlington, at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, used to be famous for its many inns.