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The West Lodge and Gates are at the head of De Parys Avenue.

Its foundation stone was laid by the Marquess of Tavistock, the eldest son of the Duke of Bedford, in 1811. The costs proved high.

Beyond the route suggested in this chapter, which finishes at Bedford Park, the 1950s and 1960s expansion of Bedford to the east was well planned with parks, shopping parades and schools - many of the

He at once embarked on a programme of rebuilding and extension, doubling the size of the house, and moved the entire village of More Crichel except for St Mary`s Church, a mile away to the south in

Although spinning and weaving were Paisley's main industries, there were also several shipyards along the banks of the River Cart. The longest lived was Fleming & Ferguson.

The 16th-century house on the left still has its original brackets supporting the exposed joists of the first floor.

The Sir Frederick Milner School was built as a secondary modern school in the south- east of the town, amid a maze of narrow streets.

This slow growth of population in the 1900s is explained by the fact that Runcorn was very much a cul-de-sac town.

A mile south of the main road, on a spur some 80 feet high on the edge of the Pevensey Levels, lies the parish church of Herstmonceux and this spectacular brick-built castle.

This attractive group, which makes the most of the possibilities of tile-hanging walls, is on the Petworth Road just south-west of the Green.

Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

On the exposed Wolds, the ironstone church is situated on the south side of the village street, away from the main A606 Nottingham to Stamford road.

The east side begins with the projecting porch of the 16th-century building known as the Old Castle (far left), which is now Bridport Museum.

Moving down the lane away from the green there is a row of architecturally more mixed houses, some 1840s Estate houses, others older before the Estate went into picturesque Tudor mode.

The actual width of the road can be estimated by assessing the relative sizes of the open-top bus and horse-drawn vehicle passing it.

This much fought-over castle dominates the skyline of the Isle of Purbeck. The Saxon King Edward was murdered here in 978.

The church of St Margaret was rebuilt in 1852 and has a tower dating from 1507, which is just visible through the trees. The Pigeon House is a medieval yeoman's house.

Apart from a plethora of now silent industrial mills, now mostly put to other uses, the steep lanes of Nailsworth are lined with the cottages of former cloth workers. The streets are steep.

We are inside the three-sided courtyard of Sizergh Castle, near Kendal. Originally a 14th-century defensive pele tower, Sizergh was the home of the Strickland family.

We are looking in the opposite direction from 72955 (pages 52-53) along the Esplanade, with the tower of the town church of Holy Trinity to the left of the clock tower.

This labourer would not dare loiter for the camera in the middle of the street today.

The obelisk was erected in 1892 on the site of the execution of two Royalist captains, Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle, on 28 August 1648.

It is now the School of Law of the University of East Anglia. It is screened from the modern university buildings by dense trees.

In the background is St Wilfred's, which was repaired in 1612 at the expense of Sir William Craven. The church houses an 11th-century font and some fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture.