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Melplash's only real claim on history is the story of Sir Thomas More (a distant relative of the saint): when he was Sheriff of Dorset, he freed all the prisoners from Dorchester gaol.

It was built in 1857 in memory of Lieutenant General Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, a notable commander of the Bengal Army in the Indian campaigns of 1845-46.

The Dean's chapel in the south quire transept has a 13th-century frieze of carvings in the spandrels of the arcading (that is, between the tops of the adjoining arches).

In the late 18th century it was the home of Rowland Hill, who became famous as a general in Wellington's army in the Peninsular War.

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

Of interest here are the prams; try getting one of these into the back of a Volvo estate car. The far pram is all the more interesting in that the design of the bodywork is ornate lattice-work.

St Mary's Church at Kempsey lies close to the banks of the River Severn, a few miles south of Worcester. Much of this interesting cross church dates back to the 13th century.

The village of West Lulworth is seen looking north- westwards from the slopes of Hambury Tout.

Little appears to have changed, even to the extent of the lack of traffic in the later photograph, which must have been unusual, even in 1955!

An interesting side view of Cyfarthfa Castle. This grand regency mansion was designed by Robert Lugar, an architect who specialised in castellated buildings.

The Nag's Head public house was one of many around Stafford controlled by Joule's Brewery of Stone, established in the 18th century and closed in 1972.

Its name is appropriate, as its architecture is perhaps reminiscent of some of the later 18th-century parts of Bath itself.

As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.

Kirby's Hotel was at the other end of the Royal Hotel, beyond that we can just see South Terrace.

Many souvenirs and postcards of the late 19th and early 20th centuries bear the legend 'the abbey'.

It was at Brampton that John Pepys, father of Samuel Pepys the diarist, inherited a large property worth about £80 per year.

Newport has a rich history, with Roman occupation at Caerleon, a medieval castle, and the Chartist Rising of 1839, which was put down by troops.

The paper mill was built on the site of a corn mill called Okestubbe Mill, which was owned by St Neots Priory and continued to operate until the early 19th century.

The church is a short distance from the Nower, another one of Dorking's parkland areas.

As part of the Temple Moore restoration of the church, the De Brus Cenotaph was reassembled to look as far as possible as it would have been in the days of the priory.

The monument of 1903 commemorates 17 Suffolk Protestants who were burnt at Bury during the reign of Queen Mary. The ruins of the Charnel Chapel are between the two avenues.

The coming of the railway in the 19th century turned it into one of the more genteel suburbs of the city.

The war memorial in the centre of Warborough was erected in memory of those who died in World War I. The building in the centre of the photograph is the Six Bells public house.

There are many charming cottages in the vicinity of Lyndhurst, some of them probably dating back to the 13th century when the harsh forest laws were relaxed somewhat during the reign of Henry III.