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An excellent view of the rebuilt suspension bridge, which is for pedestrians only. On the far bank is one of the stages for excursion steamers, and a station for the hire of rowing boats.

It was served by the narrow gauge Tal-y-Llyn railway, the first of the slate railways of North Wales to be preserved. The railway runs inland from Tywyn on the Cardigan Bay coast.

This fine church in Queen's Road was consecrated on 10 September 1879 and was named after Margaret Snowdon, the daughter of the vicar of All Saints' Church.

Highway improvements have swept away the Italianate and balustraded mid 19th-century buildings in front of the spire, which is that of St Paul's Church. At the far right is the Swan Hotel.

In 1679, the Duke of Monmouth defeated the Covenanters at the Battle of Bothwell Brig.

The village is said to have begun as a result of a shipwreck, when the survivors from a French ship scrambled ashore and decided to stay.

The parish church of St Michael sits behind the buildings on the left of the now peaceful main street. Canal Street, Wharf Street, and Mill Lane on the right run back to the river.

Named after the original landowner, Justin de Cave, South Cave is a village of two halves, separated by the castle, built in 1787.

Moulsham Street has now been cut in two by the building of Parkway. It is a continuation of the High Street, which we see in C73044.

On the north side of the High Street, behind the Mini Traveller stands the Westminster Bank, previously Ellwoods; next door is R & O Hall, newsagents, who later became Buxton`s paper shop and is now

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

The monument on the hill was erected by the local people in 1836 in memory of their landlord, George Granville Leveson- Gower, Duke of Sutherland.

The parish church of St Michael sits behind the buildings on the left of the now peaceful main street. Canal Street, Wharf Street, and Mill Lane on the right run back to the river.

A motor historian's delight, this view of the old Market Place shows it being used as a car park on market day.

The village green, the King's Head and the parish church lie at the heart of present-day Lanchester.

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

To most people, it means Stonehenge and Salisbury, or somewhere that appears on a sign as travellers rush up and down the M4 motorway, heedless of what is around them.

Following its destruction during the rising of 1287, Oystermouth was rebuilt as a courtyard castle. At one end was a three-storey gatehouse whose top floor was occupied by a large chapel.

The gardens were originally laid out in the 17th century by John, second Earl of Perth and relaid in the early decades of the 19th century. The layout shown here dates from 1840.

At the top of Angel Hill is the Angel Inn, an early 19th- century building. It was once a stop where coaches and travellers changed horses before the descent into Sutton.

Reaching Spalding we are in the heart of the bulb-growing country; the surrounding countryside is a glorious carpet of daffodils, tulips and other flowers at different times of the year.

Though it passes through an industrial landscape, this canal has many quiet rural stretches where the narrow boats chug along under a dense canopy of green.

Dolgellau was the county town of the old county of Merioneth, and is set amid the mountains which are famous for Welsh gold—the mines here provided gold for Royal wedding rings.

The steep roofs and gables in the Dutch style overlook a hive of activity in this street scene.