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His estate was confiscated by the Crown and later given to Margaret Tudor and her husband the Earl of Lennox.Their son married Mary, Queen of Scots.

One of my earliest memories is of an early 1950s caravan holiday at Churt.

It is difficult to connect the town of Cranleigh with its name, which means 'clearing of the herons, or cranes'.

The setting south-eastwards from the Mill Pond includes tenements in former Church Farm (left) and cottages on Church Hill (centre), though those below Wyvern Cottage have since been replaced by the

The 17th- century thatched barn on the right is part of the Monks Eleigh Hall Farm. Christopher Wordsworth, younger brother of the poet, was rector here from 1811 to 1816.

that was described in 1834 as 'celebrated for its situation, being surrounded by a beautifully romantic and picturesque scenery' where, according to another visitor in 1795, 'lovers of

Beneath a clump of trees near Aylesford, Kent, is a confused group of sarsen stones, some twenty in number, which probably formed a Neolithic burial chamber 5,000 years ago.

Behind and just to the right of it is a rare view of the town gasworks with its own quay for unloading coal in the background; it has long since been demolished to become a car park.

The Thames is crowded with all sorts of small craft; it is probably a bank holiday. Both shores are packed with people enjoying the sunshine.

Ashtead stands beside the Rye, a tributary of the Mole, and judging by the signs for the tea gardens and a 'cyclist`s rest', passing trade on the Leatherhead to Epsom road was much sought-after

The sign on the chimney breast reveals that the Compasses was once owned by the Surrey Public House Trust - a firm that owned a number of hostelries and hotels in the county.

This delightful stretch of towpath, with its lines of quaint cottages and period houses, is where the Kennet & Avon Canal enters Newbury on its way to meet the Thames at Reading.

The corner of Windermere Road and Brighton Road marks the point where this photograph was taken. The empty shop on the left is now occupied by Doble`s motor cycles.

The off-licence on the corner of Lackford Road and Station Parade no longer sells Watney`s ales, and currently remains empty with a chartered architect`s name by the door.

In times of flood it was impassable, and even the horses had to go by another route, three miles out of their way. In 1909 it was rebuilt by the County Council.

The bathing huts here were nearly the scene of a diplomatic incident in 1878. Alfred Price, son of the huts` owner, tried to stop a young man throwing stones at the huts, and a fight broke out.

But it is an interesting combination, and views from the inn from its position at the top of Rodborough Common are a delight.

The attractively crowded buildings in the centre of Hawkshead village are well displayed by this early photograph, with the former Market Hall on the left.

The prosperity of the town is evident in its grand commercial frontage.

A paddle steamer momentarily obscures Penarth Head on route to Cardiff where it will join the massed ranks of vessels from all around the world.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs.

A village on the eastern edge of the St Leonards Forest at a high point on the London to Brighton trunk road. The Red Lion, c1550, is an old coaching inn.

The North Shore of Skegness was slow to develop, but it now has lots of attractions for visitors, including an AstroGlide slide for children.

This is another stone village to the south of Grantham, and houses being built there now must still be stone-faced. The rounded corner house now has lots of roses growing up the wall.