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During the revolt of 1294 the Welsh won a victory at Denbigh: it is unclear as to whether this refers to a pitched battle, taking the castle, or the town, or any combination of these three.

The Grand Union Canal (more properly called the Grand Junction) was intended to be the central artery of a web of smaller canals linking London with Birmingham, the Potteries and the East Midlands.

Already licensed by the mid 18th century, the Angel Inn (left) stands at the junction of the High Street and London Road.

The landscape designer Lancelot `Capability` Brown is buried here at Fenstanton with his wife and children. He bought the manor of Fenstanton in 1768 for £13,000.

From Crowborough the route heads back nearer to Hailsham's environs and to the village of East Hoathly, a village now much more peaceful than a few years ago.

A local preacher, John of Feckenham, became a monk at nearby Evesham. After the Dissolution, he spent some years in the Tower of London before becoming Abbot of Westminster under Queen Mary.

The Bethesda Baptist Chapel is seen in all its glory on the right.

This stream, the Lode Pit Beck, flows off the moor into the Aire at Shipley. A former drovers' track took trade over the hills to Ilkley and Otley.

Further east along The Embankment, Newnham Bridge crosses the north branch of the River Ouse at the south end of Tennyson Road. We are looking east from the north bank.

The clock was a bequest to the town by William Thomas Sim, a retired local grocer, civic leader and philanthropist, who died in 1917 at the age of seventy-nine.

Because Roundhay was on the outskirts of Leeds, transport to the Park was difficult; those who did venture along the old turnpike road found a beautiful site - but it lacked basic facilities.

Bodinnick is a tiny village built on a steep hill on one side of Pont Creek, an estuary of the Fowey River. From here the ferryboats would take the passengers across the fast-flowing river to Fowey.

Evan Evans, a monoglot Welshman, started coal mining here during the latter part of the 19th century.

The name of Aylesbury is known to everyone through its distinctive heavy breed of duck, which was developed in the 18th century for the London meat market.

For us today, with water spurting from taps in sinks, basins and baths, it is hard to imagine the time and labour that used to be involved in collecting and fetching water.

Modern golfers benefit from the latest technology: an aerodynamic ball, and well-balanced clubs made from a precise blend of metals.

In medieval times a chapel dedicated to St Michael stood on the 1595ft summit of Skirrid Fawr, Holy Mountain.

The steam tug in the foreground was very handy to manoeuvre, and is an example of working boats which have done sterling service throughout the world.

The palace was built by Cardinal Wolsey in the early 16th century, but seeing his sovereign's displeasure, Wolsey was forced to offer the magnificent palace to Henry VIII.

The church consisted of a nave, chancel and aisles, with a square embattled tower having pinnacles at the angles.

The shelves at the front of the shops and the hooks overhead indicate that these were butchers' shops.

Here we see the Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, just three years after it was opened in 1886 by Philip Goldschmidt, Mayor of Manchester. The road to the left is the aptly named Nelson Street.

The commanding view of the town led to number of schemes to erect a monument: the first was to have been the Victoria Prospect Tower in 1849.

The thirty-five mile long Manchester Ship Canal works as one great harbour, and ships moving up and down the canal have to register each movement with the control centre at Eastham.