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Historic association abound in this section of the main street.

The oldest of three chests in St George's chapel is thought to date from the time of Wimborne's monastery and nunnery.

Built on the side of a hill, Greywell Hill was purchased in 1787 by the 1st Lord Dorchester, formerly Sir Guy Carleton, who was the first Governor General of Canada.

This is a detail of the frontage of 34 West Street, which was the 'Bridport News' office and West Dorset Printing Works in 1909.

Of Chester's main streets, Watergate Street is the least changed and retains a natural charm.

This wild and rocky landscape in Wester Ross is typical of the Highlands. The looming quartzite peaks of Beinn Eighe are in the background.

This ancient priory church occupies one of the loveliest settings in Hampshire.

The school was founded in 1726 as an endowed charity school for 'orphan gentlewomen borne of parents of the Church of England'.

Within the next decade, the outbreak of the Second World War will necessitate the removal of the statue above the roof of the Corn Exchange to a place of safety.

The town of Calne boasts a stunning and attractive Perpendicular church, which was funded by the once- prosperous local cloth trade.

Bramber was once the main town of one of the Sussex Rapes, or Anglo-Saxon administrative areas, and the seat of William de Braose's Norman castle guarding the Adur gap through the Downs.

The precinct is built on the site of the Townsend tram terminus, next to a junction known as the Cross, which is also the name of a good-looking pub on the opposite corner.

The houses are built of local stone. The stream meanders through the centre of the village, and local children play pooh sticks and just watch the stream.

This village of scattered houses on a steep hillside some seven hundred feet above sea level has two noted literary associations.

Anchor Wood is a narrow band of trees with a pleas- ant walk overlooking marshy ground downstream of the Long Bridge and at the foot of Sticklepath.

A conspicuously clean- looking street scene with only the faintest trace of horses. Loveday & Sons, the jewellers, have now occupied their shop at Baddow Road corner for over a century.

This beautiful village of brick and tile-hung cottages clusters about its small green. On the extreme left we see cottage walls constructed in the popular Flemish bond.

Between Richmond and Kew, on the Surrey bank, are the three hundred acres of the Royal Botanical Gardens, opened to the public in 1841.

Standing 533 metres above sea level, this hill is made up of a stone known as dhustone (from the Welsh word 'dhu', meaning black).

Goodmanham lies around 2 miles north-east of Market Weighton, and its history dates back to the Stone Age.

By the time of this photograph, the old wharves along the river had been cleared away to create Victoria Embankment Garden, a more fitting context for the Mother of Parliaments, which was rebuilt in Gothic

By the time of this photograph, the old wharves along the river had been cleared away to create Victoria Embankment Garden, a more fitting context for the Mother of Parliaments, which was rebuilt in Gothic

The grotto in Pontypool park was believed to have been the home of an old hermit, and is considered by academics to be the most important example in Wales.

This striking view across the bay was taken from the grounds of The Kymin. The house is one of the very few left that are 'pre Esplanade', itself occupying the site of an earlier farm.