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1550), who after going to Oxford became one of Henry VIII's chaplains, and in 1520 was appointed Canon of Windsor.

A protest led by Canon Rawnsley, co- founder of the National Trust, succeeded in preserving several original features.

At the time of the photograph, it still had its railings; today they can only be seen at the side in Chapel Lane.

The author Charles Kingsley was an honorary canon at the church of St Alkelda and St Mary.

The Abbey was founded in 1128 for the Augustinian Canons by David I, who as King was responsible for the re-introduction of monasticism into Scotland.

We can only envy the lady in this picturesque scene of Norfolk Broads tranquillity.

It is a replica of the ancient Ruthwell Cross, and was placed here in 1892 by the efforts of Canon Rawnsley, one of the founders of the National Trust.

The abbey of the White Canons was transferred here from Minsmere in 1363, and rebuilt after a fire in 1382.

The latter was begun by Canon Woodard in 1867 with the intention of complementing the school buildings.

The abbey was founded in 1155 by the Constable of Richmond Castle; the members of the Order were known as the White Canons after the colour of their habits.

In the latter part of the 19th century, Royle Hall was the home of Canon Arthur Townley Parker, the long-serving incumbent of St Peter's.

It was re-discovered by Canon W H R Jones, the vicar of Holy Trinity and a keen antiquarian.

Danby is perhaps best known as the parish where Canon J C Atkinson wrote his Forty Years in a Moorland Parish, a wonderful evocation of moorland life.

Lady Isabel de Cressey founded this priory for Augustinian canons in the reign of King John.

Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540.

Founded in 1182, it was not until a couple of hundred years later that the abbey really made its mark when a group of Premonstratensian Canons moved here from nearby Minsmere.

The long Asparagus Island on the left can only be reached across the beach at low tide.

Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540

At the time of the Domesday Book there were already 21 houses in Christchurch, and 24 canons attached to the priory church.

The twin-archwayed late 15th-century gatehouse is Canon Gate, which leads into the Cathedral precincts.

The Institute and Reading Room, built in an eclectic Arts and Crafts style, recalls the contribution to that Movement made by local protagonists like John Ruskin, Albert Fleming, W G Collingwood and Canon

Before the days of refrigerators, patrons often suspended bottles of beer in the canal to keep it cool - one can only hope that the seals were sound!

In 1837 the local squire, Reverend Canon Rogers, commissioned James Rendell to design a harbour for the Loe.

Not long after, the enthusiastic wood-carving cleric Canon Wilson adorned the interior with much of his own work.