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Whilst the main fabric of the present building is known to date from the 16th century, there is internal evidence in the roof beams and fireplaces, and in the large use of timber on one of the

The chair of Botany was instituted in 1818, and the first professor was Sir William Hooker, later Director of Kew Gardens.

the mixed forests of today.

Also here is Richard Burberry, a member of the famous Burberry raincoat family.

These opposing views of the High Street are photographed at five year intervals.

The School of Engineering is another of the science buildings east of College Park.

The merging of the village into the borough of Reading was strongly resisted by the residents of Caversham.

In 1797 a committee of seven was appointed by the trustees to negotiate with the proprietors of the newly formed Grand Junction Canal Company who required land for the extension of their canal.

Very little remains of Clare House Pier. The promenade is busy with people, a number of whom are partaking of refreshments at tables outside the tearooms.

An ancient yew tree shows the antiquity of many a country churchyard. Yew was used in the manufacture of the traditional English longbow, which turned the tide of battle at Crecy and Agincourt.

Considered to be one of the finest in Gloucestershire, the parish church has retained much of its 12th-century work, although the hand of successive centuries can be seen in its many treasures.

This photograph captures the atmosphere and feel of the village around the turn of the century. Sir John Soane, who rebuilt the Bank of England, was born here.

The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.

The unique, richly-carved granite exterior of St Mary's is one of the glories of the town.

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

The unique, richly-carved granite exterior of St Mary's is one of the glories of the town.

The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, which is filled with cars in this photograph.

Its picturesque position on the cliffs of one of the noblest bays on the east coast of England, and its fine beach, along with its splendid hotels and handsome private houses, make Filey one of the most

Motorists drive this way today to visit the shell keep of the medieval castle standing high above the Fowey valley.

John Constable is known to have painted Malvern Hall at least three times - one of these paintings is now in Tate Britain.

Winchcombe lies on the high ground to the north-east of Cheltenham; its street pattern suggests its origins as an important Saxon town, once the capital of the kingdom of Mercia.

Bisley stands high on a hillside to the north of the River Frome; it has a wonderful assortment of winding streets and rooftops at different levels, as though the village has grown out of the landscape

The older anchorages of Sutton Harbour and Stonehouse, with the greater expanse of the Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound beyond, created a perfect naval base long before the new town of Devonport was founded.

Budleigh Salterton stands to the west of the silted estuary of the River Otter. Its own beach is sandless and full of large pebbles, which seem to sing as the tides play across them.