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On days of royal celebration, buns are thrown from the balconied roof; this tradition dates back to the coronation of George III.

The High Street has many interesting houses, some dating back to the 16th century. Over the years they have been repaired and re-fronted, making them look more modern than they really are.

At a later date, stone from the cloisters and the top of the tower (seen behind) was taken to build a farmhouse.

The Town Cellars, with a magnificent timber roof, date from the 13th century, and were the largest of their kind in Europe when they were biult.

The two buildings which dominate this view are of very different dates. The bank on the left was built as a private house in 1649, and the Cabin public house was built in 1930-31.

Like others rising towards Beacon Fell, this terrace, dating from 1865, testifies to the enterprise of the Penrith Building Society.

Behind the cross can be glimpsed the Boot and Shoe Inn, an old coaching inn dating from the 17th century.

Much of this interesting cross church dates back to the 13th century. A monastery which stood here in the 9th century was given to the Church of Worcester.

The branch of the London Co-op grocery on the right dates back to pre-war days.

The Bull dates largely from the 17th century, though the wing on the right, with its projecting gable, is two centuries older.

The present Castle Rushen dates from the 12th to the 14th centuries.

To its right is Cameo House, a colourful and ornate late Victorian refronting, dated 1890, of an earlier house. Weatherill's, the gabled building next to the Astoria, is still a chemist, Garlicks.

Here sits a fortress dating back to Roman times. In 1170 the four knights who murdered Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral gathered here before carrying out their deadly deed.

Initially a hamlet, the village of Barns Green dates from the Middle Ages, but grew rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries following the opening of the Mid-Sussex railway line.

The estate passed to the Wandesfords of Kirklington, and over the front door is a plaque dated 1596 with the initials of George Wandesford.

The first church in the Palatinate in the Early English Gothic style, St Cuthbert's dates from about 1180, when its construction as a collegiate establishment was begun by Bishop Hugh le Puiset.

The miller's house is dated 1728, and the three-storey mill building is also 18th-century.

The present Castle Rushen dates from the 12th to the 14th centuries. It was here in 1265 that Magnus, last of Man's Norse kings, died.

Looking back upstream past the boathouses in front of the 1830s St Helena Terrace and The White Cross, we see a fine view of Richmond Bridge, which dates from the 1770s and is one of the Thames' finest

Parts of this bridge may date from the 1670s, when the river was made navigable. The Borough of Thetford had the right of tolls until 1872 and was responsible for its repair until 1950.

This group of buildings (dated 1668) flanks the bridge over the River Lark, which provided power for the water mill. John Godfrey installed a steam engine and roller milling plant in the 1880s.

The three groups of cottages are timber-framed and date from the 17th and 18th centuries. There is a white brick Gothic battlemented arch between the first and second group.

This famous memorial, encased in iron, dates back to 1841 and marks the spot where King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was accidentally killed by an arrow shot by the nobleman Sir Walter

Hope Cottage near the church is dated 1888, and at No 16 Church Street a tall tree has replaced what looks like a broken-off post (right).