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Ampleforth is probably best known for its Roman Catholic boys' school situated to the east of the village, founded by Benedictine monks in 1808 and based on their abbey.

This is a classic view of Knaresborough from the road bridge over the River Nidd, here filled with pleasure boats.

Nearly a century after its foundation, the town was already dominating the skyline, and its beaches were among the most crowded on the south coast.

The second element of Bulphan's name is the word 'fen'.

This section of the High Street is now pedestrianised, but the east side of the street is not greatly changed from this view. Timothy Whites is still a handsome building, though it is W H Smith now.

Built in the late1820s, Fort Perch Rock Battery site was then manned continuously until the end of World War II.

Taken from outside St Mary of the Angels, the village's Catholic church, this view looks along The Nook past 17th- and early 18th-century houses.

The bridge over the River Avon at Ibsley, with its white water weir, wildfowl and waterside scenery, is a good place to halt if you are following that lovely river up from the sea.

Lymington, standing proudly above the short estuary of the Lymington or Boldre River, is first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Lentune, though a settlement existed here long before that.

The village lies north of the Seaford road, which crosses the Cuckmere River at Exceat.

Except for the proliferation of telephone lines and TV aerials, this view up the main street of Loddon might have been photographed today.

On the right of the picture is the town war memorial; to the left is the striking grey stone facade of the Talbot Hotel, a gabled 17th-century building.

Oundle, best known for its public school, lies in the north-east corner of the county. It may have expanded somewhat over the years, but it still remains a compact market town.

This tall limestone pillar stands above the quarries on Leckhampton Hill, not far from Cheltenham.

A little east of the junction with the Oxford Canal is the bustling Braunston Marina.

A market town rather than a village, Watton has a constant stream of traffic through its bustling centre.

Robins Brothers, not content with filling their windows to bursting, have extended out on to the pavement and into the road.

Traffic comes to a standstill for this large flock of sheep being driven along the main road.

This illustrious town, often called the gateway to Cornwall, crowns the dark hill that rises from the valley of the tiny River Kensey.

Because of the flat roads, bicycles were in abundance both on the streets and greens, so much so that they caused problems for pedestrians.

The chapel of St Thomas once stood on Holywell Street, but even in the 1830s it was little more than a ruin, much of its stone having been taken for other buildings.

To the immediate right is the borough gaol of 1784. Lynn was founded by Herbert, Bishop of Norwich, in about 1100; it was known as Bishop's Lynn until it passed to the Crown in the time of Henry VIII.

This area of the fairground was redeveloped and incorporated into the King's Gardens, which were opened by HM King George V in 1913.

Most of the best shops in Walsall are either in the town centre or situated on the edge; between them they pull in thousands of shoppers.