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The parish church with its medieval tower was one of hundreds of churches to suffer from the Victorian predilection for restoring ancient buildings extremely badly.

In 1268 the earldom passed to the Beauchamp family, who set about the task of rebuilding. On the right is Caesar's Tower, which rises to a height of 147 ft. It was built by Thomas Beauchamp.

The Great War of 1914-1918 cost the lives of 26 local men.

Lawrence of Arabia rests in the little cemetery at Moreton, for his cottage of Clouds Hill is within the parish. He died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident on the road leading north from Bovington Camp.

There is an interesting mix of trades in one building on the far side of the road: a hairdresser and piano shop. What would that inspire - 'Chop-sticks', perhaps? Or maybe 'Hair on a G String'...

Pegwell Bay houses the replica Viking dragon-headed longship which was rowed and sailed from Denmark to Broadstairs to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the landing of Hengist and Horsa; it arrived

St Stephen's stands on the Green, around which people first settled when they moved from Bordesley after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

We can appreciate the full four-mile length of the reservoir in this photograph.

Ryde is decorated here for its famous carnival held always at the beginning of September.

The Barbican lines Sutton Harbour, long a fishing quay and the original port of Plymouth.

This view of Streatley shows the village centre. The Bull was once a coaching inn for the Royal Mail coach to Oxford.

The River Almond flows into the Firth of Forth at Cramond. A prophetess at Cramond is said to have warned James I of impending tragedy if he continued with his journey to Perth. He was murdered.

A view of what became Queen's University. It is situated to the south of the city centre, and was first established in 1849.

When tiring of the cosmopolitan delights of the town, visitors could climb onto the South Downs and enjoy sublime views.

This is a nostalgic 1950s scene, with plenty of period cars and typical 20th- century architecture.

This is holiday perfection, with breakwaters, windbreaks, donkeys, buckets, spades and plenty of sand, plus the bonus of the sunshine. What more could one ask for?

Perks and Llewellyn's Mount Pleasant lavender fields, on the western outskirts of Hitchin in 1901.

Serried ranks of bathing tents and a crowded beach spell out summer fun at Broadstairs during the early twentieth century.

Given that this part of the coast had a small number of harbours, the coastal pleasure boats were moored alongside Bournemouth's Pier.

A steel bascule bridge, a portion of the bridge rose upwards, to make a clear path for shipping. Notice the wooden cages around the pillars of the bridge.

The Gothic tower of the university rises above the rooftops.

Diglis Lock is to the south of Worcester on the river Severn. This lifts boats almost 8 ft, from whence they have the whole of Worcester to see. The cathedral on the right dates from 1074.

The lock chamber is to the left of this historic view, and the house beyond the trees can be seen in photograph 43000.

St Peter's Hill climbs out of the village towards Caversham's striking parish church of St Peter, which occupies a pleasant setting above the Thames.