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Back to the west of Blindley Heath the route reaches Outwood, a hamlet on the edge of heath and woodland, some of it owned by the National Trust.

Looking West towards Commercial Road To the right is the Central Library. The old terrace of shops to the left include J N Read & Son, butchers.

A Norman castle was built on West Cliff by William the Conqueror, which was replaced by a stone one. All is romantic ruin, and it is a much-favoured spot with visitors.

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

The Prince Regent, later George IV, was Nash's patron, and the park was formed from Marylebone Park, which had reverted to the Crown in 1811.

To the west of Thoresby, on the Ollerton to Worksop road, the first Earl Manvers of Thoresby built a small estate village around 1810.

Ellington lies on the present A14 road to the west of Huntingdon. At Domesday, the manor was held by the Abbot of St Benedict`s, Ramsey, and the parish had a population of about 150.

This view on the Stainby Road, with the houses on the left fronting onto the High Street, which runs left from the signpost, hardly does justice to this large and attractive village in whose part-Norman

Apart from All Saints church, West Rasen is noted for its 15th-century pack horse bridge which crosses the River Rase, from which the Rasens are named, and which descends from The Wolds to merge with the

South of Redhill, east of the A23 Brighton Road and west of the M23 motorway, Salfords has avoided much of the development that has affected less isolated parts of this area.

Many of the buildings can be recognised today, but they are now separated from the water in the harbour by walls supporting a road and a walkway.

The cathedral was rebuilt in the 12th century, when it began to assume the form in which we see it today.

Iona lies just off the extreme south-west shores of Mull. In 1203, the Benedictines founded a monastery on the island that lasted until the Reformation.

Iona lies just off the extreme south-west of Mull. In 1203, the Benedictines founded a monastery on the island which lasted until the Reformation.

Apart from All Saints' Church, West Rasen is noted for its 15th-century pack horse bridge which crosses the River Rase, from which the Rasens are named, and which descends from The Wolds to merge with

It was also the site of the ancient Christopher Inn (1404- 1862), and until mid 1887 it was the Somerset Hotel, with a cast iron covered porch, stone walls and sandstone floors.

Services in Lyme Bay were reinstated for a short time after a break during the Great War, from Weymouth via West Bay on summer Tuesdays and Thursdays, and went on to Seaton, Sidmouth and Torquay.

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

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

This chapter finishes with a flourish in Glastonbury, one of England's most historic smaller towns, a major centre of pilgrimage in the middle ages and still regarded by many as of mythic importance.

Westport was separated from Malmesbury as it was situated outside the west gate to the town, and it was linked to the town by Abbey Row.

This photograph, probably taken from the top of St Mary Woolnoth Church, shows the view west down Poultry which leads directly into Cheapside.

In the mid 19th century the council rented the west side of the Cairn from E W Veale, a local solicitor, before buying the whole area for £910 in 1899.

This photograph somehow conveys the feel of a picturesque West Country creek, with its thickly wooded shore and little boats stranded at low tide. The scene has changed little today.