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Now in the care of the National Trust, Ditchling Beacon was one of a chain of fires lit to warn of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Much earlier than that it was a hill fort.

A herd of Shorthorn cattle is driven down the main street of West Witton, which stands at the eastern entrance to Wensleydale.

The recent history of the ancient village of East Keswick is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the nearby 'big house' of Harewood.

The Abbey of St Benet-at-Holm was founded in 1020 AD by King Canute.

Hoveton is one of the centres of Broadland, and is crowded in the summer months.

This view of the village on the side of the valley gives a glimpse on the left of the priory which William Leigh, who had just been converted to the Catholic faith, had built; the Dominicans moved into

The church is just visible to the left of the picture.

A majestic yew tree marks the approach to St Lawrence's, which has a west tower of flint and stone blocks topped with early brick.

The charters of Henry VIII allowed a fair to be held at the feast of Corpus Christi.

This similar view of the village gives a closer impression of the mission house and the row of managers' houses (right).

Edward I granted Berkhamsted to his second queen, Margaret of France. On her death, Isabella, queen of Edward II, succeeded to the Manor.

This was the first of the open spaces provided for the workers of Wakefield at the end of the 19th century.

Located to the rear of the Hypostyle Hall towards the sanctuary, this fallen obelisk (1896, above) is one of a pair originally erected by the female pharaoh Hatshepsut – she put up four obelisks in

The famous twin towers of the Norman church, built on the site of an earlier Saxon abbey and the centre of the Roman fortress of Regulbium, built around AD 280 by Carausius, were for many centuries a landmark

Barrow-in-Furness sprang from a tiny hamlet in the 19th century to become the world's largest producer of iron and steel, and a major force in the world of shipbuilding.

Six miles south of Craster, the seaside resort of Alnmouth was once the port for Alnwick.

A charming view of Glynn, a little Irish village about a mile to the south of Larne, on the western edge of Larne Lough. Just to the south of the village are the ruins of the old church.

A game of billiards is in progress under the cast iron Victorian columns of the games room.

The extensive remains of Ratae Coritanorum, the origins of the city, and a Roman regional capital, are not only to be seen exposed on the surface, but extend under surrounding build- ings.

As rural areas were eaten into by the great building boom, pleasant tree-lined areas of mature countryside were more appreciated.

It is famous for the 'Paisley pattern' shawls which were the height of European fashion during most of the 19th Century.

In translation, Tal-y-Llyn means 'the end of the lake': that aptly describes the location of the village, with its little church and inns in the shadow of Cadair Idris.

Its official name is the Church of St Thomas and St Luke, but everyone in Dudley knows it as 'top church.'

The east end of Brimington's 19th-century parish church is just visible behind the trees in this view of the centre of the village, between Chesterfield and Staveley.