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Eynesbury very much plays second fiddle to the town of St Neots, from which it is separated only by the Hen Brook.

The bare chalk in this view of the Whiteleaf Cross is nowadays not seen so clearly; the downs have since become covered in trees and scrub, with woods in the middle distant field.

This view looks west towards one of two shelters, past the brick-walled sloping bed used for those 'say it wth plants' commemorations so beloved of municipal gardeners everywhere.

Sir Reginald became Treasurer of England, being involved in building Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

The area in and around Inverness has been occupied since ancient times and it was here, in the 6th century, that the capital of the Pictish kingdom stood.

Scarborough Castle, on the skyline, once stood 100 ft tall, with walls 12 ft thick; the keep was positioned in such a way so as to command the approach to the causeway leading to the castle.

In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.

The interesting monuments include one commemorating Thomas Pile and his wife, 1560 and 1561: this is a large composition of two recumbent figures and a younger couple, Sir Gabriel Pile and his wife

This 1950s photograph somehow captures the spirit of that austere period following the war.

In the opposite corner is the village school founded by the gift of £180 from a tailor, James Thistleton.

This scene is worthy of a painting; it shows a typical windpump used to drain the reclaimed marshes.

Demolished shortly after the First World War, this magnificent structure was the brainchild of Joseph Paxton; at the time of its completion in 1840, it was the largest conservatory in the world.

At one time just under half of Surrey's settlements had at least one mill; by the 1830s there were 47 working mills in Surrey.

The war memorial stands on the triangular village green in the area within the railings, (far left).

The Nelson in Harbour Street is in the centre of the photograph. Landlords here included Henry Hills, Mrs Emily Jane Parsons, and Miss L Parsons. To the right is Duffy, the butcher's.

We are on the Downs between Brighton and Lewes. Near the rebuilt church there is a thatched barn and an early dewpond.

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.The Dicker, behind the brick wall and trees beyond the pub, is a rather odd-looking mansion, built by Horatio William

We are on the slope of the Downs between Eastbourne and Polegate. A nearby vantage point at Combe hill is 638 feet high.

The picturesque village has been used for the filming of the BBC series 'Born and Bred'. East Barsham's manor house was built by Sir William Fermor during the reign of Henry VII.

On the west side of the green area called the Croft, backing on to the river, are the workhouse and St Gregory's off to the left.

This was built in 1901 at the junction of Newton Road, King Street and Cornard Road. The police establishment comprised an inspector, a sergeant, and four constables.

Above are the round quatrefoil windows of the clerestory added in 1889, which must have made the interior much lighter.

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.

We are looking south-eastwards from the Yetminster road towards the mediaeval Hamstone cross in a triangle of cobbles (centre), with roads at the junction signed to Sherborne (left) and Chetnole (right