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Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs.

It is now all offices, and the Roman Catholic chapel has been deconsecrated.

The palace of the bishops of Ely must have influenced this almost completely 13th-century church dedicated to St John.

The tower of the medieval St Peter's Church, seen here on the left, dominates much of Dorchester's High Street.

Moving into the Thames Estuary, the river passes Erith, a much rebuilt and rather forlorn remnant with its medieval church of St John the Baptist; the town is now joined by development inland to Bexley

In the distance is the church of St John the Baptist, once a chapel to nearby Barking.

Lexden Terrace (centre) was built in the Georgian style in 1843 by the builder and developer Captain John Rees.

The parish church of St John the Baptist overlooks the water meadows of the Ouse; the sunsets from here on a winter's evening are wonderful.

In this village, just off the Knaresborough to York road, stands the ancient church of St John the Baptist, a thousand years old.

There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

When St John's was built in 1880, the nave of the former parish church was demolished.

The beautiful white gates pictured here are not the ones that give this village its name - the name probably arose from much older gates at the nearby Vale Royal Abbey, once the largest Cistercian abbey

This often meant that they would never return and see scenes like the one pictured here - the 13th-century church of St Mary and all the history that goes with it.

St John's Church was built by a nobleman, William Curling, in 1850, and a school, now the village hall, was built in 1840.

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs.

Inside the church of St Bartholomew (built 1377) is the tomb of Sir John de Melsa, who was governor of York from 1292 to 1296.

The tower and spire of St Mary's church dominates the view.

St John's Church, Kate's Hill was erected in 1840 at a cost of £3,000, four years ahead of the ecclesiastical parish it serves, which was created on 15 October 1844.

Parsons Fee leads south-west from Market Square past Prebendal House, the home of John Wilkes, the radical MP for Aylesbury from 1757 to 1764, and behind high brick walls.

All the houses on the left went to make way for the inner ring road and its roundabout; the gable on the far right belongs to The Armoury pub, which does survive.

The main buildings are 1868-dated Symondsbury School (centre) and St John the Baptist Parish Church, with a clock and six bells to its embattled tower.

The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.The village church of St James was remarkable for its time in that it was built all at once, and not over a couple

Much coal mining took place nearby at Edlington and New Rossington, but nature is reclaiming what little remains of those industrial scars.