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Religion had been the mainstay of lives high and low for centuries, but the industrial revolution was raising questions and creating pressures and hardships that were disturbing a long-settled

In 1237 the manors of Carleton, Langwathy, Scotby, Sowerby and Penrith were granted to Alexander II.

The royal apartments were situated on the west side of the quadrangle. It was here that Queen Margaret kept vigil whilst James IV fought at Flodden. James was between a rock and a hard place.

The picture-postcard village of Cockington forms a green oasis between the urban sprawls of Paignton and Torquay. The thatched building on the left is the famous Cockington Forge.

The picture-postcard village of Cockington forms a green oasis between the urban sprawls of Paignton and Torquay. The thatched building on the left is the famous Cockington Forge.

The twin villages of Cawsand and Kingsand nestle into the hills on the west of Cawsand Bay; they were once, like so many Cornish villages, a centre for smugglers.

This railway viaduct crossed the peaceful estuary of the River Leven. It was demolished in the 1970s to make way for the A590, which bypassed the village of Greenodd.

Derwent Reservoir lies to the north of Edmundbyers. Not quite a crescent shape, it covers approximately four square miles and is the largest of several reservoirs in the county.

This shows the garden within a few years of planting. The chancel of the cathedral was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and was built between 1865 and 1869.

This railway viaduct crossed the peaceful estuary of the River Leven. It was demolished in the 1970s to make way for the A590, which bypasses the village of Greenodd.

Carrying Holburn Street over the Ferryhill Burn, South Bridge is an essential part of the great developments of the early 19th century. It gets no recognition from the bureaucracy.

High tide in the Basin, looking eastwards to St John's Church (left of centre), West Bay Hotel (centre), the Custom House (right of centre) and Old Storehouse (further right).

Much of old Beaminster was destroyed during several catastrophic fires in previous times. But there are several old and architecturally attractive manor houses within strolling distance of the town.

The Market is still very much a part of modern life, and fulfils its prime function on six days of every week.

Today the bareness of the landscape is mitigated a little by the conifers of Macclesfield Forest which appear over the far horizon.

Now the tower of St Michael`s Church is more obvious, following the destruc- tion of numbers 1 and 2 Esplanade (the Berkeley and Esplanade Hotels) in September 1942.

Here we see Newquay at the beginning of the building boom which was to turn Narrowcliff into the largest concentration of hotel rooms in the county.

The parish church with its medieval tower was one of hundreds of churches to suffer from the Victorian predilection for restoring ancient buildings extremely badly.

In 1268 the earldom passed to the Beauchamp family, who set about the task of rebuilding. On the right is Caesar's Tower, which rises to a height of 147 ft. It was built by Thomas Beauchamp.

The Great War of 1914-1918 cost the lives of 26 local men.

Lawrence of Arabia rests in the little cemetery at Moreton, for his cottage of Clouds Hill is within the parish. He died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident on the road leading north from Bovington Camp.

There is an interesting mix of trades in one building on the far side of the road: a hairdresser and piano shop. What would that inspire - 'Chop-sticks', perhaps? Or maybe 'Hair on a G String'...

Pegwell Bay houses the replica Viking dragon-headed longship which was rowed and sailed from Denmark to Broadstairs to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the landing of Hengist and Horsa; it arrived

St Stephen's stands on the Green, around which people first settled when they moved from Bordesley after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.