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John's neighbour at the vicarage was Canon Arthur Gore DD, who was vicar surrogate and canon residentiary of Chester, and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Chester.

They consist of three tiers, the topmost of which is for the Knights of the Garter and the dean and canons; the centre one is for the Military Knights, minor canons and the choirmen; and the lowest

Properly named the parish church of St Thomas à Becket, this church was obviously founded after the murdered prelate was canonized. It is first mentioned in records in 1210.

It takes its name from the canons of Wells and Salisbury cathedrals, who shared its tithes from 1220.

The battlemented building opposite the North Porch, No 9 Cathedral Green, currently the Cathedral Music School, was originally a canonical house re-built , an Italian scholar.

Reading is one of those towns that can only be appreciated on foot.

Charles Kingsley was once an honorary canon here and wrote that Middleham 'is quite a racing town. Jockeys and grooms crowd the streets'.

The original building was destroyed by fire in 1289, but the Augustinian canons rebuilt on the grand scale. At the Dissolution the annual revenue of the Priory was £628 3s 4d.

This fine, four-arched bridge over the River Aire at Kildwick, between Keighley and Skipton, was built by the canons of Bolton Priory in the early 14th century.

The Canongate was where the canons of Holyrood Abbey entered the Old Town. The tolbooth, with its projecting clock, is one of the most famous landmarks on the Royal Mile and dates from 1591.

The hotel is on the site of the medieval monastery of Weybridge, a small house of canons providing hospitality for travellers between Great Yarmouth and Norwich, both by road and by river.

The abbey was founded in 1155 by the Constable of Richmond Castle; the members of the Order were known as the White Canons after the colour of their habits.

Burton Street refers to the former leper hospital of St Mary and St Lazarus established about 1150 by Robert de Mowbray, to the south of the town; it can only be seen now as a series of earthworks to the

A few hours ago, this was covered in sea water: the state of their clothing can only be guessed at.

At the time of the photograph, it still had its railings; today they can only be seen at the side in Chapel Lane.

Canon Street is the turning to the right, and opposite are the railings which once surrounded C J Vaughan's, the wine and spirit merchants (now Threshers).

The canons developed a series of pools along Finham Brook to provide water power for their mills, as well as fish and fowl for food.

We can only envy the lady in this picturesque scene of Norfolk Broads tranquillity.

Today the ground floor has been painted white, so that the timberwork can only be seen on the floor above.

Leez Priory was a house of Austin canons, founded in the 12th century. After the Dissolution it fell to Lord Rich, who built a new mansion on the site in 1536.

It is a major ecological problem, and one that can only be solved by literally dumping thousands of tons of rock on to the beach.

The church was shared by the canons and the parishioners.

Miss Ellinor Gabriel bought the house in 1873 for the first St Mary's School, founded by Canon John Duncan, and started with six day girls and three boarders.

In the background is St Peter's church, close to which is Wolsey's Gate, all that remains of Cardinal Wolsey's efforts to build a great college of secular canons.