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Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

Chesapeake Mill dates back to 1820 and was built by John Prior, a miller, partly of woodwork from an American warship of that name, captured by the much smaller British HMS 'Shannon' off Boston Harbour

The so-called Giant's Grave in the churchyard of St Andrew's is actually a pair of tall Norse-influenced Saxon crosses with two hog-backed grave slabs in between.

There are records of bull bait- ing in Ashburton as far back as 1174.

Young's drapery shop next to it is now a bank.

village, camp and caravan site with associated amuse- ment arcades that have grown from the glorious expanse of Camber sands, where the tide goes out for over half a mile, leaving a wide sandy beach backed

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found

This view shows the sturdy, buttressed bridge over the Swale at Grinton, which is situated on the south bank of the River Swale nine miles west of Richmond.

The National Provincial Bank, a familiar sight in most High Streets until the company's closure in the 1960s, can be seen further down the street (centre left).

The green now boasts a locally crafted village sign, and no parking is allowed!

Nestling on the south bank of the Humber, the wide boulevard of Whitecross Street has changed little.

Further back, to the right of the triangular buttress, is the site of the Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club and beyond that, the Cattewater.

The village of Wargrave has an Edwardian feel to it, but its origins date back many centuries. The Bull, seen on the left, was once a popular coaching inn, close to the busy Bath Road.

There are records of settlements here dating back to the Roman occupation. This mill became a carpet factory in the 20th century.

Boot and shoe repairs are undertaken in these premises in one of the back yards in the cramped village of Mousehole. Perhaps it is Mr Jeffery himself who is posing at the steps in the foreground.

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

Note the identical fold-back roofs fitted to each boat. This allowed everyone in the centre cockpit maximum exposure to the East Anglian weather.

Although the foundations of the church date back to the 13th century, the flint tower was only built in the 16th century.

Regimented pollard trees do little to provide a backdrop screen which will mask out the endless row of unattractive house backs, against which the memorial tends to be lost.

I wonder how the two children are to get their little boat back without wading into the water!

At the junction of the road leading to Lenham is the grander Pierce House, set back from the road.

This fine Early English church, set back from the village and behind a narrow green, boasts a raised 13th-century chancel and a tapering, shingled broach spire.

Regimented pollard trees do little to provide a backdrop screen which will mask out the endless row of unattractive house backs, against which the memorial tends to be lost.