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Beer is famed for its quarries, which were worked by the Romans and have continued in use down the years. The stone was used extensively for the arcades of many Devon churches.

In the fifties and sixties many shops and other commercial users clearly felt a need to advertise their presence more aggressively to passers-by. The

In 1993 this was replaced by the very successful design of the Castle Mall shopping centre, partly built underground below a raised park.

However, much of it has been engulfed by the sea over the years. The cathedral was built by St Wilfrid, who taught the local townsfolk to fish.

As well as the ever- popular ball games, picnics and simply watching the boats go by, the Strand at Gillingham also offered a paddling pool, a boating pool, a children's playground, miniature

This stream is crossed by the major A47 in the distance, now controlled by traffic lights owing to the large volume of traffic.

The shop by the lamp standard, 22 High Street, was that of Walter Small, 'floral specialist and fruiterer'.

At the beginning of the 11th century Wales, the 'territory of the Welshmen', was owned by the wealthy Mercian thegn Wulfric Spott, who also owned lands in Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

developed over the years, but the village still presents a deceptively leafy appearance.The bakery and tea-rooms are reminders that many Londoners came on country outings to Chigwell, either by bus or by the

It is market day, and a breezy one by the look of it, with flowery dresses much in evidence. A policeman is directing the traffic.

Londoners tended market gardens close by which are now smothered by the buildings of Kensington. In the 18th century it was considered foolhardy to venture here after dark.

This rugged and sublime rock mass is divided from Marazion by the sea, but at low tide visitors can tread a causeway to the island.

This remote church was visited by the writer Baring-Gould. The eccentric Reverend Hawker told him he found it a blessed retreat from the winds.

Things had changed by the time this photograph was taken. The Auld Brig, which is thought to date from the 13th century, is still standing.

This beautiful Tudor mansion was built at the end of the reign of Henry VIII by the successful lawyer Sir John Hynde, partly from materials salvaged when they pulled down the church of St Etheldreda

Seaton is a mostly Victorian town hard by the mouth of the River Axe. Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.

Sidmouth began as a small fishing town with a bustling local market, but even these activities had begun to decline by the time the first visitors arrived in the late 18th century.

It gets its name from the salterns, or salt pans, used by the monks of nearby Otterton Priory.

The High Street approach to the Market Place is seen here flanked by the Easiephit shoe shop and Woolworth's on one side, and the Rose & Crown Hotel on the other.

The narrowing of the river at this point shows clearly why the bridge was built here.

Henry I gave the village and living of Burton Bradstock to the great Normandy abbey at Caen in exchange for the royal regalia of William the Conqueror, which the monks claimed had been gifted to them by the

It says a lot for the beauty and resilience of the Cotswolds that the location has not been overwhelmed by the urbanisation of an industrial age.

Hanging the sails out to dry along the railings are as equal a part of small vessel maintenance as working on the hull note the man by the upturned boat on the left-hand side.

The first monastic house in the county was founded at Burton, endowed by the Saxon thegn, Wulfric Spot.