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It is a tragedy of our century that the elevations of many of our finest buildings are defaced by the necessities of modern life. If only Mr Bird could have sited his garage elsewhere!

The palace was built by the 33rd Archbishop of York, Walter de Gray, in about 1250, using stone from a previous manor house that he had had demolished.

Bembridge, the easternmost settlement on the Isle of Wight, became popular in late-Victorian times as a centre for golf, being the headquarters of the Isle of Wight Golf Club.

The Village 1923 Freshwater gets its name from the supply of pure clean water rising so near to the sea.

Amberley church lies between the castle and the village at the western end of a ridge of high ground, which is about one mile north of Houghton Bridge.

This magnificent stone mansion was the new home of the racing driver Count Louis Zborowski; with Captain John Howey, he created the famous Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.

Kingswinford has an interesting Roman Catholic connection in Holbeche House, the home in 1605 of Stephen Lyttelton, a friend of Robert Catesby of Gunpowder Plot fame.

Repton's famous public school was founded by Sir John Port of Etwall in 1556, but it was under the leadership of Dr Pears between 1854-74 that its fame and reputation really took off.

Also at the ceremony were Prince Philip, the Duke of Beaufort, the Archbishop of Wales, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Bishop of Bristol.

The village of Sea Palling was changed irrevocably by the east coast floods of 1953.

Motorists speeding through Duffield on the A6 miss this view of the fine buttressed bridge across the River Ecclesbourne.

This picture of the village is typical of rural Wales in the 1960s. A small number of houses still manages to support a pub and grocery store - this one is part of the Mace chain.

Cranborne Church, at the heart of the ancient hunting Chase, is one of the largest churches in Dorset.

The tiny hump-backed bridge at Ashness on the narrow road which leads up from the eastern shore of Derwent Water to the Norse hamlet of Watendlath has been seen on countless Lake District calendars,

A classic view of the three spires.The spires are those of St Michael's (295 ft), Holy Trinity (237 ft), and the octagonal steeple (230 ft) of Christ Church.

The Union Jack flying on the Victoria Tower indicates that Parliament is sitting.

By the 1960s, only craft drawing less than 21 ins of water could attempt the river north of Stourport, and even then their passage into Bewdley was blocked by a shoal about one mile south of the town.

The cruciform church of St Kyneburga is the most important Norman church in Cambridgeshire.

The ridgetop village of Bolsterstone stands at nearly 1,000 feet above the sea on the edge of the Peak District moors north-west of Sheffield.

There was no traffic on Taylor Hill, Cawthorne when this picture was taken, and the parked car was the only sign of life, apart from the two pedestrians on the right.

During the first half of the 19th century, a number of churches were built to meet the needs of South Shields' growing population. The Presbyterian Church, Frederick Street, was built in 1847.

One of the earliest centres of Christianity in Kent, this village, with its main street and small shops running down to the large 12th-century Norman church on the left, was the site of a nunnery founded

The English translation is 'Church of the Lamb of God'; it was built in 1867.

Almost brand new at the time this photograph was taken, the first multi-storey car park of this size in the country opened on the site of Lee Street, the birthplace of Joseph Merrick, the tragic Elephant