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Mrs Hitchman, widow of Dr Hitchman, donated the site for this church together with a large sum of money.

He became one of the most respected of Victorian commentators on social philosophy, his views and opinions always conditioned by the childhood years he spent in this plain house and isolated rural community

The picturesque loch, which is ringed with hills, features in Sir Walter Scott's poem 'The Lady of the Lake'.

Place is dominated by the Moot Hall, rebuilt by the Bedford Estate in 1852 in Jacobethan style with the re-used clock cupola from the 18th-century predecessor bursting from the roof in a bizarre out-of-scale

St Hilary's is the old parish church of Wallasey. There are not many churches dedicated to this saint, and this church is also unique because of its two towers.

St Endellienta's church is beside the road between Polzeath and Delabole, a mile south of Port Isaac.

Construction of the Church of St Edward, King and Martyr was commenced in the 14th century but the building was not completed until the late 15th or early 16th centuries.

Tubber Hill is on the outskirts of Barnoldswick; running alongside it is part of the Roman road which once went from Preston to York.

This is the reading room of Chetham's library. The wonderful thing is that it looks exactly the same today.

When the Ship Canal first opened (our view is only twelve months after that opening on 1 January 1894), many people wanted to travel, and see the wonders of this new waterway.

The name derives from bos, Latin for ox, and ton, Anglo-Saxon for township. A Roman villa was here from AD200.

The town enjoys a prosperity founded on more than its market and agricultural traditions, for engineering works were established here in Victorian times; Dereham grew into one of the busiest centres of

The town was very popular as a health resort in the mid-18th century, which resulted in many fine terraces of houses springing up. Children crowd the foreground.

Lying peacefully on the banks of the Ure, the land was given to the monks by Conan, son of Alan the Red, who built Richmond Castle.

This is Main Road, and it is full of local limestone-built houses. Originally it was the Great North Road, and had numerous inns.

A hundred years or so before this picture was taken Park Street was already a street of shops.

Further north was the hamlet of Horley Row, with the Chequers Inn at its east end. This is now a busy road junction of the A23 and B2036 Balcombe road.

Devil's Den, near Marlborough in Wiltshire, is an example of how the ravages of the plough is nothing more than intentional vandalism.

A coal port in the 17th century, and a 'des res' for the well-heeled of Newcastle from the late 19th century onwards, Cullercoats was also a noted fishing community.

The roofs of the nave and south aisle are so low that a first glance at St Michael's often leaves visitors thinking that the building is semi-derelict.

A fishing village and yachting centre located on a creek of Chichester Harbour. A straight and wide road leading to the quay creates an impression of past importance.

Bowman's Terrace was one of the earliest, claiming space hard by the sea and near the town.

Sudbury, on the River Stour, was once an important cloth town, and has always had a popular market. Market Hill is lined with elegant Georgian buildings, with St Peter's Church at the top.

Lying in the north west of the county, Mildenhall boasts one of the most magnificent churches in the region.