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His bride was Emily Sellwood, whom Tennyson had known since she was a girl of seventeen.

It used to be a bona fide railway, but today it only runs in the summer season as an attraction for tourists.

This castle was reputedly part of the dowry of Princess Nest, the bride of Gerald of Windsor in 1100.

Broad Haven is sheltered from south-westerlies by the bulk of St Bride's Peninsula. It is a popular tourist destination today. People are exploring in the rock pools, centre left.

This view of the village was taken from St Bride's.

A view of Borough Hall, Bride Street. This is a rather dull building built by J H Norris, the Borough Surveyor, in 1906.

Fleet Street had been 'the street of ink' ever since Caxton's assistant Wynkyn de Worde set up his press next to St Bride's Church in 1500.

Some Saturdays, shoppers were eager spectators when weddings took place at St Edward`s Church and the bride and groom threaded their way between the market stalls in a cloud of confetti.

This view of the Glen was taken from St Bride's Hill. It is possible to reach the Glen Beach from just below the row of houses.

It was the scene of Robert Baden-Powell's wedding in 1912; his bride was Olave Soames from nearby Lilliput overlooking Poole Harbour.

The turning to the right off St Bride's Hill leads down to the Glen. The fields have now been more fully developed with residential property.

This view of the village was taken from St Bride's. The Square, the building located at the head of the slipway, was once the village post office and is now part of the Mermaid restaurant.

Taken from the bridge over the River Bride, this view looks northwards into the southern section of the High Street.

The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.

Some Saturdays, shoppers were eager spectators when weddings took place at St Edward's Church and the bride and groom threaded their way between the market stalls in a cloud of confetti.

Sir Charles travelled widely; he took his bride off on a honeymoon that lasted two years, much of it spent exploring Germany, Italy and Greece.

They stayed for two months, not unusually long by honeymoon standards of the day for those who had wealth or position; Sir Charles Monck and his bride honeymooned for two years.

This postcard, probably used for advertising purposes, shows views of and from St Bride's Hotel, with its commanding position over Carmarthen Bay.

This point - where Grace's Walk crosses Sandon Brook - has a ghost story attached to it: Lady Alice Mildmay (d1615), child-bride of Sir Henry, supposedly drowned herself in a pond here after he was unkind

It was here that the newly married Prince Arthur brought his bride, Katherine of Aragon. Within six months, Arthur had died and Katherine was betrothed to his younger brother Henry, later Henry VIII.

It used to be a bona fide railway, but today it only runs in the summer season as an attraction for tourists. It opened in 1903 to link the local farming communities to the market town of Welshpool. 

Prince Arthur, the eldest son of Henry VII, married Catherine of Aragon here - by proxy, for she was an absent bride.

We are looking inland north-eastwards from what is now National Trust land above Burton Cliff, over the Dove Inn and Southover (foreground) to the meadows of the River Bride (centre).

This point - where Grace's Walk crosses Sandon Brook - has a ghost-story attached to it: Lady Alice Mildmay (d1615), child-bride of Sir Henry, supposedly drowned herself in a pond here after he was unkind