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Charles Dickens is reputed to have penned 'The Pickwick Papers' on one of his many visits to Dorking. The inn has changed little in its appearance over the last two centuries.

Beaulieu is now the home of the Montagu family. Close to the Abbey is the National Motor Museum, a splendid collection of cars founded by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.

Abbotsbury has one of the loveliest settings on the Dorset coast at the western end of the long pebbled Chesil Beach. Inland are the rolling downlands of west Dorset.

This open space at the junction of the roads leading to Hitchin, Wheathampstead and London was large enough to support the open-air market, which stretched the 100 yards through the middle of the picture

The Great Ouse has always been of importance to Bedford's economy and pleasure, and successive administrations have successfully managed the environs of the river to keep them as an amenity for the benefit

Rising above the High Street are the tower and delicate spire of All Saints' Church, built in the 18th century to replace a Norman church which was destroyed when the spire collapsed on top of it in

Across the Bain, Tattershall is altogether less ravaged by 1960s and later rebuilding.

When Ascot commemorated the accession of Edward VII by building a new grandstand, the Duke of Richmond responded by building an imposing two-tier grandstand to accommodate 10,000 persons at a cost of £40,000

Houghton on the River Test lends its name to one of the most exclusive fishing clubs in the world. Founded in 1822, the Houghton Club is restricted to fewer than 20 members.

This rural scene can be found to the west of Darlington. A huge green on either side of the road gives breathing space to the village.

Hipswell Hall is a 15th-century fortified manor house built for the Fulthorpe family, whose coat of arms is carved on the bay window to the right.

One mile south-east of Bishop Auckland stands St Andrew's Church. It holds the distinction of being the largest parish church in County Durham.

Emmanuel College was originally the site of a Dominican friary. After the dissolution came a short period of disuse before Sir Walter Mildmay restored parts of the friary for use as a college.

The nave is the oldest part of the minster church, dating from the mid 12th century. The pillars and arches are of different Norman periods.

This simple but well-proportioned bridge spans the River Rothay on the western fringe of Ambleside.

Taken from the corner of Pioneer Avenue and the Rothwell Road (A6), and looking towards the town, the photograph shows the five-storey Co-operative Wholesale Corset Factory on the left

A temporary bridge was erected from a ledge below the Store or Detachment Shelter on the left to Castle Hill, which allowed the passage of building materials and labourers from mainland to

Although its style is medieval, this church, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, was built in 1885 by Sir Gilbert Greenall, a Lancashire MP and founder of the famous brewing company that bears his

This triangular Bath stone fountain stands at the junction of Silver Street, Vicarage Street and Church Street; it was erected in 1783.

Soham lies on the road from Burwell to Ely along the edge of Soham Mere, which marked the western edge of the old East Anglian kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons.

This village stands on the south-west edge of the Isle of Ely. In the 17th century the fens around Sutton were drained by farmers, with the help of wind pumps.

The Norman tower and later spire of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Yorkersgate.

As well as timber, Sharpness handled all manner of grains, linseed, palm kernels, cotton seed, offal grains and ground nuts.

North of Bakewell, an ancient packhorse bridge crosses the water. For centuries, lines of horses would lumber over this bridge weighed down with freight. Often, lead would be the main load.