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The market town of Wantage is famous as the birthplace of King Alfred, who was born here in 849 AD.

This view captures the essence of the town.

By the date of this photograph, much of the town's main streets were established, and they display the characteristic detail of the period: projecting shop fronts proudly display their goods (including

The hill-top town of Shaftesbury, or Shaston as it is sometimes known, owes its foundation to Alfred the Great, showing much evidence of its Saxon origins.

The hillsides and vales of Membury have been farmed since at least the Iron Age.

William Butterfield is one of the masters of late 19th-century architecture, but here is a slight hiccup in his portfolio of outstanding works.

It was the home for many years of General Shrapnel, who invented the armament of the same name.

The little village of Pilley lies to the west of Beaulieu Heath, above the low-lying ground surrounding the Beaulieu River.

The parish church of St Helen stands on a slight rise above the centre of the former coal mining town of Hemsworth, near Wakefield.

A typical village of the Kent Weald, with its weatherboarded cottages clustered round its green, Bethersden was once famous for its paludrina marble extracted from the local clay and consisting of the

The great chasm of Blackgang Chine was an early tourist attraction on the Isle of Wight, with its dramatic waterfall and eroded colourful cliffs.

Ely Cathedral, living up to its nickname 'the ship of the Fens', floats above the rooftops and surrounding countryside.

On the right, we see evidence of the building work which was under way from 1964 to 1970. The chapel on the side of the chancel now forms part of the transept of the crossing.

Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', lived at the Manor House as a child.

This view of the interior clearly shows the quality of the misericords on the choir stalls to both left and right. Beautiful carving is a feature of this church.

Whereas Harrow School occupies buildings spread out along the main village streets, Uppingham takes on the qualities of a university, being, in the main, laid out around quadrangles.

Two coped stones with round ends, and fragments of crosses from the 9th century, can be found at the west end of the north aisle.

The finest prospect of Barry's Palace of Westminster is to be enjoyed from the river, where the facade extends to a length of almost a thousand feet.The strong vertical detailing was clearly intended

The burial place of David II, James II and James V, and described as being one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Scotland, Holyrood Chapel was sacked during the revolution of 1688

For hundreds of years, the names of Robin Hood and Nottingham have been inseparably linked, yet it was not until 1952, through the generosity of Nottingham businessman Philip Clay, that the city acquired

Looking northwards, we can see a good selection of 18th- century architecture; perhaps the most attractive is St Edward's House (next to the three-storey hotel) with Corinthian-topped

Towards the north-west lies the mound of Beacon Hill. The earliest origins of Loughborough may be here.

Slater's Directory of 1876 lists this lovely Tudor mansion as Ferns Hall; it was supposed to date from 1557, but the earliest visible datestone over the porch is of 1696.

Thorpe is two miles east of Norwich; it became a popular spot for Sunday outings from the mid 19th century, despite the disapproval of some church authorities in the city.