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This dramatic view of the Calvary, which lies to the north of the Abbey buildings, was taken shortly after its completion, with the addition of the figure of Christ in 1965, although it was begun in 1847

Located at the western extremity of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English village.

A great deal of money was spent on the buildings of this charitable foundation.

A strange tale relates how many of the ancient charters of the town were lost for ever.

A fine illustration of the commercialisation of Windsor Road – but the buildings on the extreme left and right are apparently still residential.

Here we see a section of Hadrian's Wall near the village of Gilsland. 73 miles long, with seventeen forts, mile-castles and turrets, the wall was one of a number of linear defences built to designate

Joining the two courts of St John's College on either side of the River Cam is the Bridge of Sighs. It borrows the idea of the covered bridge from the one of the same name in Venice.

A strange tale relates how many of the ancient charters of the town were lost for ever.

The founders of the modern Billingham Town Centre felt the need to introduce features which helped to take away the starkness of the new surroundings.

Surbiton Common was the scene of one of the last episodes of the English Civil War in 1648.

This atmospheric photograph of the Medina at Newport gives some idea of the harbour at the height of its prosperity.

It was here that the head of Richard Duke of York was displayed following the Battle of Wakefield.

Great heathlands cover much of the countryside east of the Exe, including the commons of Woodbury, Bicton and Aylesbeare.

The most striking feature of Kilnsey village in Upper Wharfedale is the great hooded cowl of Kilnsey Crag, rising beyond the whitewashed Tennant Arms Hotel.

Converted from a Georgian private house, the Village Stores and Post Office was the communal centre of the former West Yorkshire village of Wortley, which is now not much more than a suburb of the city

A couple of miles to the north lies the tiny hamlet of Kettleness, or rather what is left of it. During a violent storm in 1829, the cliff fell into the sea, taking most of Kettleness with it.

Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.

This photograph shows the dovecote at the end of the Abbot's garden, the wall of which is undergoing repairs at the time of the picture.

A further view of the Working Men's Convalescent Home, showing the sunken gardens, laid out on the dry bed of the former lagoon of the Belle Vue Hotel, which can be seen in the centre of the

The historic heart of old Winchester, once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex, is seen here from the heights of St Giles hill.

It is recorded that the site of the present St Peter's Church was used as a place of worship as early as the 9th century at the time of King Bertulph of Mercia.

They stayed here until the Dissolution of the Monasteries three hundred years later. Four hundred years after it was dissolved, the Carmelites returned.

On the right is that well-known hotel, the Royal County, created in the 19th century out of former town houses belonging to the Ratcliffe and Bowes families.

Loch Lomond became a popular destination for day trippers from around Clydeside, especially after the opening of the Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway.