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Five miles south-west of Betwys-y-Coed, Dolwyddelan Castle was founded about 1170 by Iorwerth Trwyndwn (the Flatnosed), and this was where his son Llywelyn was born.

Looking south-east from Maidenhead Bridge, Bond's boatyard with its balconies is on the left. To its right, the Maidenhead Rowing Club's superb new headquarters, completed in 1998, now stand.

Look south away from Stirling Corner and past Mill Hill Golf Club bordering Thistle Wood and Scratch Wood (a rural name now adopted by the local motorway service station), and take a moment to reflect

During the mid 19th century, proposals were put forward to build a railway line to connect the town with the south of England.

By 1848 the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway were keen to promote Brighton as a cross-channel port; they funded the Brighton & Continental Steam Packet Co, though it was soon found that Newhaven

To the south are large modern housing estates. This view looks north towards Barton Seagrave Hall, just visible beyond the tall lime trees.

South of the church, and facing the market place, is Jesus Hospital which was founded in 1591 for 26 poor men.

A lace maker works at a floral sprig of Honiton lace outside her cottage door at Beer in South Devon.

This is a view from the south-east, and shows the Ladies' Gate on the right and the bowed fernery on the left. The brickwork of the original windmill can be seen on the Round Tower.

The cliff walk now forms part of the South West Coast Path, the national trail which winds around the West Country peninsula.

Since it was gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Royal Tunbridge Wells, this small village south of Tonbridge supported a number of businesses in its commercial centre.

All that remains of the Saxon building is a carved doorhead in the north transept and some paving in the south transept.

The coast here, turning to the south, forms a wide, open bay. The esplanade extends for about a mile, and is lined with elegant houses and defended by a substantial sea-wall.

Much of the limewashing was carried out in The Spain, and carts coming in from the south- easterly direction would be taken through the shallow cart-wash in the Heath Pond, where the boardwalk

The photographer is looking south-west across the pretty market town of Wendover, which lies on the edge of the Chilterns.

The full-length figure (which bears the arms of FitzOsbert of Drogheda) is probably a replacement procured by the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney, when the original effigy was broken when the south nave

Some said that Burnley did not need parks, as the Pennines of South Lancashire are only ten minutes away, and some lovely countryside surrounds the town.

This view is looking south-west.

These splendid trees had already overseen the widespread development of substantial suburban houses south of the village and the station which had begun in the years following the First World War.

The four-storey round tower in the distance at the south-east angle, strongly built, remains today in perhaps the best state of preservation of all the castle buildings.

Balderton Gate is the next turning south-east off Cartergate. Here we have a glimpse of the 237 feet high spire of St Mary Magdalene's.

Ardingly hosts the South of England Show, an important agricultural event with livestock competitions and horse jumping, and has often been visited by members of the royal family.

This is the principal entrance from the south-east; travellers would then cross the city and leave it at Bootham Bar.

To the south-west is another stone in the direction of the midwinter sunset, which is a far more useful calendar date for ancient agricultural communities.