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The central position of its parish church and the rectilinear layout of the town, which can still be traced today, are remnants of medieval planning.

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort

Stourbridge's great tragedy is its ring road, one of the most damaging examples of its type in existence.

The most striking feature of Holy Trinity church is its truncated spire, which was snipped in 1563 for fear of collapse.

We are high on the limestone White Peak plateau with this photograph of farm buildings and cottages in the hamlet of Small Dale, north of Peak Dale, to the north east of Buxton.

Meonstoke is one of those villages that has expanded and developed over the years to become part of a chain of local communities, including Brockbridge and Corhampton.

Two helmeted local 'bobbies' stride towards the camera in another view of the Market Place in Chesterfield, looking up the High Street towards the famous Crooked Spire of the parish church of St Mary

This fine example of Victorian architecture was built in 1863, and brought a flush of style and prestige to Cardiff.

In 1541 a large manor house was constructed within the remnants of the old castle. It even incorporated a part of the curtain wall, gatehouse and great tower.

The highly controversial sale of the site around 1960 resulted in the demolition of the ruins and the construction of the towering Pearl Assurance building in 1967.

The College, masonry pristine, is still the visual identity of academia in the city. Having celebrated its centenary in 1993 the University of Wales is the oldest of its kind in Europe.

Bursledon village consists of two distinct halves—the new and the old.

This old market town, famed for its manufacture of nails, is situated on the slopes of the Lickey Hills.

These are the parapets of the lower bailey looking towards Marten`s Tower, which gets its name from the prisoner it housed in the 17th century.

Situated in the southwest corner of the Market Place, the building dates from the 13th century and was the home of Hugh Ripley, the first mayor of Ripon, who was appointed in 1604.

The village takes its name from the area's most famous son, Sir Walter Raleigh, who was born at the beautiful Tudor farmhouse of Hayes Barton a couple of miles to the south.

Medieval Andover was established around a market which stands in the shadow of the 19th century church of St Mary, built in the Early English style by a former headmaster of Winchester College and

The name of this small settlement on the slopes of Wansfell Pike between Windermere and the Kirkstone Pass means exactly what it says - 'the trout stream' - and it stands above a stream of the same name

Dominating this photograph is the richly-decorated Saxon tower of the church of All Saints, standing sentinel and soaring above the rooftops of the village.

Situated at the west of end of St Peter's Street, this fine Regency terrace was constructed between 1827 and 1831 on the site of the bowling green to provide houses for 20 middle-class families.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

Medieval Andover was established around a market which stands in the shadow of the 19th century church of St Mary, built in the Early English style by a former headmaster of Winchester College and described

The textile mills, forges and foundries, and the vast array of factories of all kinds that sprang up in the 1830s, attracted many people from the surrounding countryside, who exchanged the traditional

Old Sarum was one of a number of ancient sites refortified by the Normans; others included Thetford (Norfolk), Rochester (Kent) and Carisbrooke (Isle of Wight).