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This is another viewpoint on the Edge, from which it is usually possible to see the Cage in Lyme Park.

Two miles south-west of Michelham Priory, further downstream along the Cuckmere River, we reach Arlington, another scattered village of farmsteads bisected by the meandering river.

There has been change here, with development on both sides of the road, though the white building in the centre and the terrace of houses remain.

Here we have a closer view of the quiet main street; note the sign of the Golden Cocker Café by the street lamp.

In the 17th century the building that is now The White Hart Royal was a manor house, and Charles I stayed there in July 1644 after the Battle of Marston Moor.

Drummond Castle Gardens is noted for its many rare shrubs and trees, but it also has another unusual feature.

It was the second Anglican church in the town and is situated high on the moor side of town.

The name of the town does not refer to any beach, but comes from the Old English word 'beck', meaning 'stream'. Clayhithe was the harbour of Waterbeach; the word 'hythe' means 'landing-place'.

The London & Provincial Bank established itself c1883, relocating to a vacant school building on the corner of Stanwell Road c1886. It became Barclays (left) after bank amalgamation of 1919.

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.

While boys and girls are taught separately, the educational organisation for both is similar, with Junior, Lower and Middle Schools and a Sixth Form.

Now a tree-clad hilltop fort, this is another example of the many forts built by the Iron Age people. To date it has never been excavated.

To the left is the Queen's Hotel with its central flag-poled turret. Built in 1864, it replaced a much older hotel, itself a replacement for an inn, the Antelope, which existed here in 1538.

By the end of the 19th century, New Street was both the principal business street in the town and the best for shopping and entertainment.This view is from Paradise Street.

The first stone bridge over the Wharfe was constructed in 1233; the bridge we see today was widened in 1826 to cope with the increase in livestock traffic to the town market.

The last of the transatlantic paddle-liners, Cunard's 'Scotia', was finally withdrawn in September 1875, while the last transpacific paddler managed to linger on for another six years.

He was close to both Henry V and Henry VI, and was responsible for the building of many fine churches; he also suppressed Jack Cade's Kentish rebellion after his appointment as Chancellor

Cenarth, on the Teifi, is set in a spectacular gorge with a number of waterfalls, and is famous as one of the last places in Britain where licensed coracles were used, both for salmon fishing and (as we

At the right in both views is Temple Island, the start of the course, with its gar- den temple by James Wyatt, erected in 1771 as a fishing lodge for Sambrook Freeman of Fawley Court.

Seen here from beyond the River Parrett, it once had a castle; now it is crowned by the altered medieval tower of St Michael's church, another example of this dedication on a hill site.

He was lucky to be allowed to go into exile, his estates forfeited to the Crown. Another victim of James's vendetta, Lady Glamis, was burnt at the stake for alleged witchcraft.

Now a tree-clad hilltop fort, this is another example of the many forts built by the Iron Age people. To date it has never been excavated.

A visitor noted that 'in town boys are limited in their mischief, but at the seaside they command another element and keep you in a state of nervous fever'.

This is another village that has moved with boundary changes. It has been in Yorkshire longer than in Lancashire, but Lancashire is where it is now - so we can include it.