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Zenon Vantini, the first manager of the North Euston Hotel, backed by the Rev John St Vincent Beechey, put forward the idea of a boarding school for boys, and by 1904 the school was flourishing, despite

The gardens and cottages of this rural set piece of thatch and village green today are neat and tidy.

The Church 1961 Heading back towards Highbridge and the end of this seaside tour, we head for East Brent on the north-east side of Brent Knoll; this is an Upper Lias limestone outlier rising steeply

Between Preston and Clitheroe lies Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley, backed by Longridge fells.

The Bard and his cronies had a drinking bout at this inn with the Bidford Sippers and lost. Too drunk to make it back to Stratford, they slept the night under a crab-apple tree.

Back to the west of Blindley Heath the route reaches Outwood, a hamlet on the edge of heath and woodland, some of it owned by the National Trust.

On the west side of the green area called the Croft, backing on to the river, are the workhouse and St Gregory's off to the left.

Rothampstead, for 600 years in the hands of the Cressys, the Bardolphs and the Wittewronge-Lawes, lies close to the St Albans Road.

Here the River Avon flows under Goose Bridge. This steep old bridge was unfortunately modernised in the late 1960s, but the medieval cutwaters underneath still remain.

Albion Road, the most easterly of the Victorian developments south of the railway, has its back garden fences along the parish boundary with Carshalton.

Although technically part of West Yorkshire, the market town of Ilkley, standing at the entrance to Wharfedale, is best-known as the gateway to the Dales.

Back on the A24 London to Worthing Road, and north of Capel, is Beare Green with the Duke's Head pub.

It was owned by the Benedictine monks at nearby Ramsey Abbey, whom the local farmers tended to regard as crooks.

In the early 19th century there about a dozen windmills in Boston producing flour, and many were on sites that had been used for centuries.

Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure. In 1322 the Earl of Lancaster sought refuge in the local church following his defeat by Edward II.

Standing further back from the College, we can see part of the grounds in front of the building.

The Sheffield branch of Thomas Cook & Son is dwarfed by its neighbour, Woodhouses.

Situated three miles south of Rhyl, Rhuddlan was once a strategic location, as it was the lowest point at which the Clwyd could be crossed.

The lifeline between Poole and Purbeck, crossing between Sandbanks (right) and Shell Bay (left), is the Floating Bridge.

Barnoldswick grew once the Leeds-Liverpool canal arrived around 1812. The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills.

Standing in front of a shop (now a private residence called Dial House), the sundial has been a prominent feature of Great Staughton since 1637.

Standing in front of a shop (now a private residence called Dial House), the sundial has been a prominent feature of Great Staughton since 1637.

The Coach and Horses is one of Wimborne's oldest pubs, and the only one to have retained its thatched roof to this day.

Barnoldswick grew once the Leeds-Liverpool canal arrived around 1812. The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills.