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Near the northern end of Pitchcroft, a ferry crossed the Severn to a watermen's inn and a small quay, originally built to serve villages to the west, such as Martley.

Here we get a good view of the banded masonry along the south front. Inspired by the Theodosian Wall at Constantinople, its use at Caernarvon was deliberate and designed to impress.

A corner of the 13th-century castle can be seen at the top right of the picture, though our main subject is the country house built by Thomas Mansel Talbot in the 1770s and its 19th-century additions.

Although the railway station opened in 1847 some 200 yards south of the Cock Hotel crossroads, development did not really get under way here until the Epsom Downs line opened in 1865, and new station

This view is at the junction of Woodside and Rickmansworth Roads and looks south-west towards Oakfield Corner.

Partially hidden by street furniture and a Green Line bus, the imposing building to the left is Luton Technical College, opened in 1906 as Luton Secondary School and now the site of Luton University.

This Victorian edifice has been the venue for all manner of entertainment for all kinds of people over the decades, particularly as a repertory theatre.

This imposing brick building was built in the Gothic style to the design of George Gilbert Scott in 1868. In the distance is St George's church, another Victorian creation.

This pond with its island is a most attractive feature in the outer part of the town. While it is somewhat municipalised nowadays, it is very ancient.

A familiar sight for those heading to or from Eastbourne along the A27 as it passes north of the South Downs escarpment is the Long Man of Wilmington, a gigantic chalk figure of a man holding 250ft-long

Egham is not the most inspiring of Surrey towns. This view is at the east end of the High Street at the roundabout where it joins the A30, in effect the northern by-pass.

The town preserves its High Street well at the north end and along Church Street, a turning off it; both streets contain timber-framed and later Georgian houses of quality.

Until the 1960s there were two boat building and hiring businesses occupying the west part of the island.

The Grammar School was founded in 1491 by William Wood of Sudbury College. These buildings were designed by Robert Page of London, and opened in 1858 with 26 pupils.

This is the north end of North Street with the Masonic Lodge off to the left. The war memorial was dedicated in October 1921.

The half-timbered Kings Head inn in the background recalls the coaching age: Northleach was on the main London, Oxford, Gloucester and South Wales road (the main A40 road now by-passes the

The small village of Trelleck on the Chepstow to Monmouth road is often remarked upon for having such a large church.

The Gapper family cottage on Dowlands Landslip was approached from the coast path, after having been detached from the hamlet above to which it formerly belonged.

Church House (down to the left) dates from 1694, but Grassington's boom time was in the 18th century, when a Klondike rush of workers from Derbyshire and Cornwall came to work the lead mines - and the

The fortifications of the castle once surrounded the entire town to protect it from attack. Pembroke was also an important port and quays can still be seen under its walls.

The town's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for frontier or border.

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction. Northwards the line went to Harlech and Afonwen, where it joined the L & NWR.

Coney Beach funfair was built in 1920 on an old ballast tip. The first ride was a figure-of-eight ride, housed in two First World War hangers.