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The church of St Mary and St Hugh was badly damaged by fire in 1708, which burnt down the spire and melted the bells.

A great many gravestones and stone crosses occupy the churchyard at North Stoneham. The church has a three-gabled east end and a west tower rather reminiscent of a Devon church.

Much of the church dates from the 14th century, but the old west tower fell down and was rebuilt in 1850; further restoration followed.

These gates were known as ports and were called the Stable Green Port (north), the Gallowgate Port (east), Brig Port (south) and Trongate Port (west).

Rather than admire this tarmac desert, it is better to turn through 180º to see, and if possible visit, the Golders Green Hippodrome, designed by Bertie Crew in 1913.

This view, from the end of a path leading past the Brownlow Arms to the west bank of the Trent, looks across the tidal river from Nottinghamshire to South Clifton in Lincolnshire.

Completed in 1789, All Saints' survived in its original form for less than sixty years before it was remodelled and the west tower added.

The steamer to the right is the 'Alverton' from West Hartlepool.

These are the gaunt Victorian lines of the Coastguard Station at West Bay, looking eastwards towards East Cliff, with Rocket Houses seaward from it (right).

Not visible in this photograph, but well worth walking to see at the west end of the street, is St Stephen's church, a large and handsome building which was founded before the Norman Conquest.

Here, we are on the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow; it is the end of May, and the annual Eights Week, when the college boats race each other, is in full swing.

The cottage stood on the west side of the northern end of Elstow High Street, but was demolished in the 1960s. The village is not a great deal larger than is indicated in the picture.

It was once the seat of the powerful Douglas family, wardens of the Border Marches and lords of Galloway.

Here we see a peaceful open carriage ride on a hot Edwardian summer's day; the lady, protected by an umbrella, passes the 1850s east lodge to Offington House.

We are looking west towards the cross-roads in the part of Upton known as The Village.

Situated at the west of end of St Peter's Street, this fine Regency terrace was constructed between 1827 and 1831 on the site of the bowling green to provide houses for 20 middle-class families.

The village of West Lulworth is seen looking north- westwards from the slopes of Hambury Tout.

As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.

We end this chapter in St Peter Street, which originally led to the old wooden bridge replaced by the present one further west.

There is no disputing the claim that the Minster is one of Europe's most beautiful and finest churches.

At the junction of Gold Street and Bridge Street, with The Drapery to the right, this view looks west from the end of Mercers Row.

We are looking north-west, with St Mary's left of centre. The row of houses on this side of the Common vary from the 14th to the 19th century.

An inland view from Britwell Drive (foreground), looking northwards over the car park and a dozen coaches at the end of the B3070 in Lulworth Cove hamlet.

Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540.