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An air of tranquillity permeates this summer view.

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges passing through this now-abandoned lock, laden with bales of cloth.

The elegant Georgian house on the right of the road has been converted to offices.

Following the decline of Steyning's port during the Middle Ages, the focus of the town shifted southwards from around the church and became centred on the junction of Church Street and the High Street.

Around 350 years before this tranquil scene was captured, horses like these would have been ridden around the village by the knights of King Henry VIII.

These are Coppice House, Hollypiece House and Homemeadow House, named after fields on the Fox Hollies estate. The flats occupy the site of Zaccheus Walker's mansion, The Hollies.

The 19th-century cotton industry brought great wealth to Clayton, some of which went to build the church.

The street takes its name from the priory of Dominican friars, founded in the 13th century. The tree marks the site of the now demolished Congregational church.

This is a general view of Chapel's cobbled market place, one of the highest in the county at 760ft above the sea.

The village of Chain Bridge is on the River Usk.

Parts of this beautiful old building date back to the middle years of the 16th century.

Ber Street leads the traveller out through the southern fringes of the city. This quiet, shaded street offered a little respite from the bustle of the market centre.

In 1209, the rebuilding of Eccleshall Castle was begun by Walter Langton, Bishop of Lichfield and Lord High Treasurer of England.

The land was acquired by the City Corporation in 1934 at a cost of £8,000. The Debtors' Prison was opened as a museum, which was then extended to the Women's Prison building.

The house at the top of this view was that of the Sergeant Major from the Staff College.

This is a view of the street looking south.

Marble Arch, in the corner of the picture, was placed in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in 1851. It had been built in 1827, when it stood outside Buckingham Palace.

Little has changed of this view of the corner of Church Street and West Street since the houses were built.

Moving closer to the main town of Southend-on-Sea, The Westward Ho! Boarding Establishment dominates this scene. It went on to become one of the premier hotels of the town.

Wasdale and Wastwater can be said to have seen the birth of the sport of rock climbing, and climbers from all over Britain stayed at local hostelries such as the Victoria Hotel.

Conwy Castle is the most impressive of the ring of castles built by Edward I. Here two smart cars and a chauffeur wait while their inquisitive passengers make off to explore this magnificent ruin.

Not far from the imposing Buckden Pike, here is a picture of tranquillity in the upper section of Wharfedale.

On our route towards Watchet we move inland to Old Cleeve, a village grouped round a triangle of narrow steep lanes and amazingly secluded.

South Devon Railway purchased the first Catholic Church of 1854 for £2000 after deciding to open the rail- way tunnels beneath it.