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High and Over, or Hindover, is a vantage point on the South Downs, overlooking the Cuckmere river valley.

The remainder step down the street in chronological order: later 19th-century shops, and the Bull's Head Pub built around the turn of the century.

This splendid town hall was burned down in 1947; it was built in the Market Place on the site of the old town hall, which was demolished in 1862.

Apart from Westminster Hall, the old parliament buildings were burned down in 1834 and the present buildings, in Gothic style, replaced them.

It is said that a tunnel ran from the church down the hill to the old monastery opposite.

At almost three-quarters of a mile in length, it was the second-longest pier in England after Southend's, but was damaged by a severe storm in 1978 and pulled down the following year.

Her close neighbour at nearby Rydal Mount was William Wordsworth, who had his own pew in the church; so did the family of Dr Arnold of Rugby School fame.

Further down, a large barn and an old house beyond. A local character, Miss Barrow, lived in Ancaster House where she was well known for her vegetable garden.

Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

This picture is one of the great views of Cornwall, looking down St Stephen's Hill towards the valley of the River Kensey, with the jumble of houses clinging to the hillside beyond, capped by the castle

At No 72 High Street, which was owned by the family building firm of Croad, there is a small hole in the quarter-inch-thick pane of the bay window facing north.

Sand yachts were large four-wheeled vehicles mounting a yacht rig and capable of tearing up and down the beach at high speed.

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

Skelton Lane leads down through the commercial centre of Brotton.

The first tended to break down and the second could only carry eight cars.

We are looking down the street, away from the parish church, which gave the street its name. Church Street was never as busy or popular as Market Street.

At its east end, down by the River Wey, is a superb brick manor house of the 1680s, which has been much altered subsequently and is now divided into apartments.

We are looking south down the High Street, which runs from London Road towards the railway station. Crawley Hill is in the distance, covered in more spacious suburbs.

They extend down to Devonshire Head (centre right). The view is from Furze Close, beside the grounds of Ware House (to the left).

Baily's family turned down an offer to have him buried in Westminster Abbey when he died in 1844. Instead they chose a simple tomb in a Berkshire village.

The impressive lozenge-shaped stone came from a surface outcrop of sarsen stones (the word sarsen derives from Saracen, and means stranger) which can be found on the Marlborough Downs about two miles away

Rip tides up and down the strait made the ferry a dangerous option, and earned the Menai the nickname 'the British Bosphorus'.

Today, the increase in size of vessels has led to a new port being created down-river at Avonmouth. Visiting ships now miss this magnificent suspension bridge.

This is a 16th-century building par excellence, much altered and added to down the centuries; it is timbered, tile hung and jettied, and bears a cluster of tall chimneys.