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Driving through West End, the visitor is reminded of the Dutch engineers who were brought over to work on the fenland drainage and for whom some of the terraced cottages were built.

The four reservoirs of this valley were created between 1892 and 1903 from a 9-mile-long string of natural lakes to feed the demands of Birmingham.

Camborne's massive Dolcoath mine reached a depth of over 3000 feet. To work it economically many thousands of gallons of water had to be pumped out.

Down the years, pyramids of waste have scarred the landscape above St Austell, creating an eerie, lunar atmosphere.

An excellent view of the gable end of this church showing the 13th century lancet windows and above them the roof-line of the original nave.

This church, dedicated to St Martin of Tours, is the oldest of the town's three medieval churches and was built in the 12th century settlement of Castleton.

On the right is the clock tower of Cambridge Hall; the clock and chimes were paid for by William Atkinson.

The rugged nature of the cliffs is typical of the Cornish coastline, where at low water level jagged rocks continue to cause hazards to the unwary mariner.

The name of the town was first recorded in AD 955 as Andeferas. Andover was a municipal borough as long ago as the reign of King John, and later became an established centre for the wool trade.

Brixham has known sadness and tragedy as well as the tough but idyllic life of the fishing heyday. Two hundred Brixham men died during the First World War, many of them fishermen.

An exceptionally rewarding High Victorian church and typical of Woodyer, Christ Church was built in 1861-62 and enlarged in 1874.

By 1960 some of the 1890s trees were fully mature. Subsequently there has been much thinning and opening-up to the benefit of the castle's setting.

The old cattle market occupied part of the former bailey of the castle, until 1960 when it moved out to make way for a car park.

Yet another vanished Surrey watermill, testimony to a virtually forgotten source of power. This mill stood on the Pippbroook, a tributary of the Mole, but has now been demolished.

We have an attractive glimpse of the medieval castle keep on its mound, which dominates the roofs of the town and the surrounding countryside.

A distinguished 16th- and early 17th-century three-storey building, which incorporates part of an earlier structure, and stands close to the eastern wall of St Ann`s Church.

Here we see the east front of Chatsworth from the French Gardens, now with pillars removed and known as the Rose Garden.

The uniformity of dress amongst the men is striking. The sheer size of the building indicates the importance of Brunel's railway to the town. Gas street lighting was common at the time.

Yachts and motor launches idle in the Yacht Basin under the gaze of the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club, housed in the startling white building at the end of the harbour.

The lane to the right leads to Gosmore, and at the top of the hill in front of us, hidden by the bushes, is the Moorhens public house. The footpath follows the original level of the road.

The Isle's main town of Fortuneswell grew up, as the name implies, around a supply of fresh water, as did many of the Portland settlements.

In Sussex is the small hillfort of Chanctonbury Ring. It is now festooned with beech trees, planted in 1760, and for which it has a local reputation.

In 1900 Thomastown Park, built on the site of an old quarry, was the first public park in the Borough. Situated east of the town, the total area of the park covers 17 acres.

In Sussex is the small hillfort of Chanctonbury Ring. It is now festooned with beech trees, planted in 1760, and for which it has a local reputation.