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It prospered in medieval times as an important halt for pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, since it lies just off the North Downs Way.

Until the early 19th century, Dunoon was nothing more than a small village clustered around a castle.

Situated nine miles east of Rotherham on the A361, the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet

Handsome and dignified Georgian houses and villas line the leafy street.Visitors to the town seem to have been made up from two groups: travellers using the Great North Road, who stopped over just

The North Brook runs beneath this historic building and was known to flood.

Park Street 1892 North-west from Winsford we reach Exford, where the River Exe is but a stream.

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

Visitors to the town seem to have been made up from two groups: travellers using the Great North Road, who stopped over just long enough to sample the waters in the Pump Room before departing for more

Beyond the poplars was the old London and North West Railway station on the line from Cheddington. The staion, by 1955 only for freight trains, was demolished in 1960.

Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road, and had no less than twenty-two inns.

We go north-east to Willesden, an area mostly developed by the end of the 19th century with lower-class terrace housing which swamped the hamlets that made up the parish.

North-east of the church is the Hop Pole Hotel, a good 18th-century coaching inn that also catered for visitors to the great Dukeries mansions.

Back on the A24 London to Worthing Road, and north of Capel, is Beare Green with the Duke's Head pub.

This small elevated village lies about a mile to the north-east of Melton Mowbray on the A607 Grantham road.

Tin Ghaut was just off Grape Lane, once home to Whitby explorer Captain James Cook, who is remembered in monuments and museums all around the north-east coast. This charming view no longer exists.

Much more pedestrian in style is St Luke's, at the junction of St Luke's Road and Norfolk Road to the north of the town centre, built to serve the new suburb beyond what became Kidwell's Park.

Before local government was established, Shefford was fortunate in the action of a 16th-century resident called Robert Lucas, who left his property for the benefit of the citizens of Shefford.

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

North Walsham has a long history as a weaving town producing a lightweight cloth; there were also foundries here manufacturing farming machinery and implements, which were sold all over the area from farming

In the distance is the broad concrete bridge installed in 1927-28 carrying the four-lane by-pass south to Belmont and north towards London.

Many people visit the Black Boy Inn, which has expansive views northwards across the vale towards North Marston.

This was the original roadway into the village, now reduced in stature to a footpath, as the road now crosses the water to its north. This is a rather romantic monument to the past.