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The spire in the background is that of St Mary's, and this view has not changed.

This general view looks west over the bay towards the town. Beyond the pier, which appears to be under construction, is Bryn Euryn, and Little Orme Head is in the distance (right).

Situated two miles south-south-west of Bridgend, Ogmore was originally a ringwork with a timber palisade built in 1116 by William de Londres to guard crossing points on the rivers Ewenny and Ogmore.

The west door of the church, a fine example of Norman work, was removed from the earlier building and incorporated into Bishop Grandisson's extension.

At its height in the 19th and early 20th century, Halifax was the greatest of the textile towns of West Yorkshire, a centre for woollen manufacture and clothing, larger even than Leeds or Bradford.

It is remarkable that more than a century after this photograph was taken, Hampton Ferry, to the west of Evesham, still exists, and it still operates in the same way: a cable is strung across the river

Ramsbottom is a small cotton town on the Irwell less than four miles north of Bury, and just over eleven miles from Manchester.

This view is taken from the top of the church tower overlooking the triangular market place, with the Jubilee Pump and Swan Inn.

Externally the church is Perpendicular, except for the west front, which was rebuilt in 1861-62.

We are looking towards Stair Hole, where the downlands of Dorset meet the sea, is hollowed out by vast caverns, many used by smugglers for centuries.The South West Way Coastal Footpath, once an old

This is how the village must have looked when the writer Eric Parker passed this way while researching his book 'Highways & Byways in Surrey', published in 1908.

We can see from the Bay Private Hotel along to Benwick Cottage and Harville Cottage (right) at Madeira Cottages.

On the west coast of England, the old fishing communities tended to be housed in cottages with thatched roofs.

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

Looking West towards Commercial Road To the right is the Central Library. The old terrace of shops to the left include J N Read & Son, butchers.

Navenby is a small market town with wide, airy views over the Trent valley to the west. There is a fine church, noted for its Decorated Gothic chancel, and a broad main street, once the market place.

Back to the west of Blindley Heath the route reaches Outwood, a hamlet on the edge of heath and woodland, some of it owned by the National Trust.

A Norman castle was built on West Cliff by William the Conqueror, which was replaced by a stone one. All is romantic ruin, and it is a much-favoured spot with visitors.

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

Ellington lies on the present A14 road to the west of Huntingdon. At Domesday, the manor was held by the Abbot of St Benedict`s, Ramsey, and the parish had a population of about 150.

To the west of Thoresby, on the Ollerton to Worksop road, the first Earl Manvers of Thoresby built a small estate village around 1810.

The Prince Regent, later George IV, was Nash's patron, and the park was formed from Marylebone Park, which had reverted to the Crown in 1811.

Beyond the route suggested in this chapter, which finishes at Bedford Park, the 1950s and 1960s expansion of Bedford to the east was well planned with parks, shopping parades and schools - many of the

This chapter finishes with a flourish in Glastonbury, one of England's most historic smaller towns, a major centre of pilgrimage in the middle ages and still regarded by many as of mythic importance.