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Walking is one of the very best ways to explore the delights of the Isle of Wight.

It was owned by the Benedictine abbey of nearby Pershore until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. Notice the oil lamp standard in the foreground of this late Victorian photograph.

Golden Cap, 626ft high, is the biggest cliff on the southern coast of England.

The name of this Whitbread pub, the King Ethelbert, is in remembrance of the Saxon king who ruled Kent from AD560-616. Part of the pub is built on an old Roman fort. Nearby there is a caravan site.

This was a Cistercian abbey founded in 1135 by Roger de Clinton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Here we see a fairly busy scene in the centre of this large and expanding village.

Sir Henry Thompson, son of a vice admiral and curate of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, helped to found Holy Trinity Church in West Street, as well as church schools in Park Lane and Fontley

There are some fine memorials within the church, notably those of the Oglander family, who had held land nearby since the Norman Conquest.

Miss Beale was a great campaigner for university education for women, and had a vision of the Ladies' College as a preparation for this.

Fore Street boasts many excellent examples of Georgian and Victorian architecture, with a Shambles and market arcade rebuilt in 1796.

The Market Square of Beccles is overlooked by the detached tower of St Michael's church.

In this 1929 photograph the north side of Hermitage Road is now built up, while the south side remains partly undeveloped.

The Minster Crypt 1886 There are many fine tombs within the Minster, including that of Saint Ethelred, a brother of Alfred, who was killed by the Danes in 873.

Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the terraces, villas and open spaces so typical

Situated a few miles south-east of Holywell, Halkyn is not really a castle but a castellated country house, one of a number once owned by the Dukes of Westminster.

Here we see Lewis's large and very ornate store at the top of Market Street, just four years after the death of its founder David Lewis in 1885.

Here, in the middle of all the people, animals and carts, stood the Market Cross - an open-sided structure consisting of a roof supported on wooden posts.

The history of St Hilary's church spans the centuries since the Norman Conquest, and it may even go back to the earliest days of Christianity in Britain.

The village of Norton dates from the Saxon period. One of the earliest references to Norton is a grant by Offa of Mercia to the monastery at St Albans.

This was one of the finest grammar schools in Leicestershire.

If one has time to glance westward, the castle is just visible from the M1 motorway as it heads northward into the Charnwood Forest.

With blissful symmetry the horizon here is occupied by Cardiff Castle - the iconic home of the Bute family, facilitators of the modern city and much of its wealth.

The attention of the children and the men is attracted momentarily from the movements of ships and the sea by the novelty of a camera.

It was a coastline that was used to the fierce storms of the Irish Sea, and there were many shipwrecks. There were also many tales of bravery and of daring rescues.