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In front is the 1911 grave of Villebois, a horse wounded in the Boer War and brought back to England by Lord Chesham.

PROBABLY the best-known and most prominent feature of the walled town is the Five Arches, which date back to about 1328.

The young man's body was brought back to St Donat's, where it lay in state in the great gallery, looked down upon by the portraits of his equally dead ancestors.

This area dates back to the Middle Ages. This gate was manned for almost twenty- four hours, and was used to collect tolls from visitors and merchants on their way through to the town.

There have been important grammar schools in Thetford right back to 1566, when the Free Grammar School and hospital were founded by Sir Richard Fulmerton.

Set off the main road, this square accommodates considerably more parked cars today.

The quarries, which roofed Victorian England from London to Birmingham and back, now offer various tours, and the Ffestiniog narrow-gauge railway carries passengers, rather than slate, to the coast at

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.

Part of this building dates back to the 16th century. It was once three separate houses, Nos 8,10, and 12 High Street, so there are still three entrances onto the pavement.

The back was occupied by a farmer, while the front housed a flourishing girls` school run by the Misses Bell, sisters to Nether Alderley`s rector.

Separated from the old town of Warrington by the Mersey and also (since the 1890s) by the Manchester Ship Canal, with Thelwall we are now back in that part of the county that was always Cheshire.

Ven House c1955 Further downhill along London Road, Ven House is set back from the road beyond a forecourt.

The railway station at the back of this picture is the reason for Dorridge's existence. Until the London to Birmingham railway was built in 1852, there was no Dorridge.

Dating back to Norman times it was one of a number of collegiate churches established in the county; others included Penkridge, Tamworth and Wolverhampton. These churches enjoyed special status.

On the left is the post office: back in 1822, when Charles Greaves was post-master, it cost a small fortune to send a letter.

Once it was at the heart of a great dairying region, but now all around are vast wheat fields where combine harvesters ply back and forth.

Though it seems we are looking back into an era long past, already the trams are electric-powered. However, the cabs and carts are still relying on horse-power.

The Duke of Montagu, who lived there, held the post of Ambassador to the Court of Louis XIV, and brought back with him an impressive collection of French furniture and china.

It was brought back from Italy by Sir Hubert Miller, the Lord of the Manor; similar statues adorn many of the buildings in Upper Froyle, giving it the name 'The Village of the Saints'.

Behind it, constructed in 1905, is the transporter bridge: vehicles and passengers crossed on a suspended platform which was dragged back and forth above the river.

The timber-framed Tudor House, one of the city's finest buildings, dates back to about 1500, and has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.

We are looking back towards the Parade and Marine Terrace from the Harbour Pier, with fishing boats and pleasure craft afloat on the rippling water.

Tickenhill Manor at Bewdley was given to the Mortimer family by William the Conqueror, coming back to the Crown at the time of Edward IV.

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham, dates back to the 13th century. In 1800 the tower collapsed and was rebuilt.