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The first monastic house in the county was founded at Burton, endowed by the Saxon thegn, Wulfric Spot.

The Gatehouse of the present Bindon Abbey, in the grounds of its mediaeval predecessor, was built by Thomas Weld between 1794 and 1798.

The castle stands opposite Netley Abbey; most of the surrounding area has now been filled with housing.

shows some of the house clearances of the last ten years.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

The stone-arched building on the right was the postern tower built in 1497 on St Mary's Abbey walls; it is now an office for First York Buses.

It was the second Gothic Revival building to be completed in County Durham; the style had become fashionable thanks to Horace Walpole, who had used it to great effect at his own house, Strawberry Hill,

The 18th-century Worth Abbey is on the site of a town house called Paddockhurst.

Lacock was given to the National Trust in 1944 by descendants of William Fox Talbot, who lived at Lacock Abbey between 1800 and 1877.

Irby Hall was built on the site of the ancient manor house of St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester.

This view, until 1886 concealed by houses, shows the tall, elegant west tower of the parish church now dominating St Mary's Butts.

Next to an 18th century house of some interest, the post office, along with the pub, was the focal point of village life.

Next to an 18th century house of some interest, the post office, along with the pub, was the focal point of village life.

Only this church and Westminster Abbey have the honour of holding the relics of the saint to whom it is dedicated.

Dating from the late 15th century, the three-storey porch originally housed the administrative offices for the abbey.

Looking back to the former Empire Hotel, opened in 1901 and a poor counterweight to the Abbey, we see the houses of Terrace Walk on the left, now with ground-floor shops, which faced the Greek temple-style

A dye house and two corn mills were there by the mid 17th century.

The stone-arched building on the right was the postern tower built in 1497 on St Mary's Abbey walls; it is now an office for First York Buses.

Now renamed The Abbey Hotel, this terrace of houses became an hotel in 1879.

Monks from nearby Jervaulx Abbey began the tradition of horse breeding in this dale.

Hidden by the trees to its left is Culham Manor, a fascinating house; its core is a 15th-century grange of Abingdon Abbey.

Sir Reginald became Treasurer of England, being involved in building Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

Just beyond the west tip of Nag's Head Island is the Malthouse (creeper-clad) and Fairlawn Wharf to the right, now housing and formerly warehouses and barns.

It was now firmly on the map: its narrow crowded alleys and harbourside streets, its ruined abbey and its souvenirs made from jet, fossilised wood found in the local area, proved a magnet for day trippers