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Some were critical of the dryness of the company.

Just 2.25 miles south-west of Roche Abbey stands All Saints'. Its fine Perpendicular spire is unusual, in that the corner walling of the belfry is sloped off.

The Weaver Navigation prospered throughout the 19th century owing to a very active policy of continuous upgrading and modernization programmes that included deepening the river, widening the channel, reducing

It was to the wrought iron railings outside the front entrance of the municipal buildings that relatives of patients in the isolation hospital came for news of their loved ones.

Penrith Castle was built by William Strickland, later Bishop of Carlisle, who was given permission to build Penrith Castle in 1397, following the sacking of the town by raiding Scots in 1354.

On the right of the picture is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Wherwell is famous for its ruined priory, established by the Saxon Queen Elfreda, mother of Ethelred the Unready, possibly as an act of repentance following several dark deeds.

A charter of 1560 appeared to give the vote to the 'commonality' of the town. In 1669 Lord Clifford secured the vote of the council, but John Ferrers won because the common people had voted for him.

Work on the original castle began in 1072: it was the official residence of the bishops of Durham.

The line of skiffs and rowing boats indicates the popularity of such a holiday pastime. This must have been a quiet day out of season.

This small pub on the outskirts of the isolated hamlet of Blackheath, with its shaded canopy and planted tubs, has undergone a name change, and now bears the uninspired title The Villagers.

Inland from Filey and Bridlington, this village contains a pond just behind the church of St Cuthbert, which is a chapel of ease for the mother church of All Saints at Hunmanby.

Much of the church dates from the 14th century, but the old west tower fell down and was rebuilt in 1850; further restoration followed.

Hayle Bay, with its lines of evenly-breaking surf and golden sand, is now a mecca for surfers and tourists, and New Polzeath has grown along the low cliffs on the opposite side of the beach.

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

The Green c1955 We are looking across Newick's green from the pump towards the Bull Inn, famed at one time for the annual sports- man's suppers staged by Thomas Baden- Powell, cousin of the founder

The houses of Bramber are varied and picturesque. Some are built of brick or flint, and some are creeper-clad. The village was once an important port on the River Adur.

Designed by Nash in 1809 and rebuilt to look exactly the same after a fire at the beginning of the 20th century, Knepp Castle stands between the villages of West Grinstead and Shipley.

When the Earl of Leicester made the embankment in the 19th century, he also planted the vast line of Corsica pines to stabilise the dunes from Holkham to Wells.

It is thought that the name Telegraph Road comes from a 19th-century telegraph station that stood on top of the Beacons, to the west of the road; but if that was the case, it was not part of the telegraph

The village lies south of Redditch, with Studley and Astwood Bank encroaching from east and west.

Outside the east window are the arms of William of Wykeham, founder of Oxford's New College.

The college is built on land that once formed part of the ancient manor of Beckett. The War Office acquired the land in 1938 and set up an Artillery School here.

The main street of Cross Hills in the Aire Valley near Keighley was virtually deserted when the Frith photographer called.