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An excellent view of the rebuilt suspension bridge, which is for pedestrians only. On the far bank is one of the stages for excursion steamers, and a station for the hire of rowing boats.

The parish church of St James, Finchampstead was first recorded in the early 12th century. One of its later additions was the brick tower in 1720.

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Mayfield stands on the summit of a hill, and has one of the most picturesque long streets in the county.

Greyfriars Green is dominated by the spire of Christchurch (c1350), all that remains of a monastery established in 1234 and demolished in 1539.

This is the classic view of the Duke of Devonshire's mainly 17th-century Derbyshire home of Chatsworth, seen from James Paine's entrance bridge over the River Derwent.

The Bishop of Winchester granted a weekly market here in the 13th century, and looking at this photograph of one of the village streets, little has changed since the mid 1950s.

This view was taken looking north along the Broadway from the crossroads, showing the extent of the redevelopment carried out by the Onyx Property Investment Company over the two preceding decades and

The village of Aiskew is now almost merged with Bedale. Looking along Storey Terrace, we see in the distance the tower of Bedale's church of St Gregory.

On opposite corners of Water Lane are the only two buildings to survive from the Maison Dieu, one of neighbouring Faversham's three medieval religious foundations.

His novel idea was to treat each side of the Square as a single architectural composition, so that the terraces of houses looked like single grand palace fronts with central pediments on three sides of

A set of stone steps leading nowhere might seem a rather odd thing to have on the roadside.

This is a view of the same street looking down the hill. Notice how in this and the other pictures of Whitchurch, the street lights are suspended above the centre of the street.

The bank on the corner has become the Midland Bank, while across The Square the familiar names of Boots the Chemists and Foyle's Library appear on shop signs.

St Bartholomew's was founded by Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester in 1078 for the city's lepers and sick poor. It is perhaps the oldest hospital in the country.

To the left of the River Stour is the Bell Hotel; the town records report that the mayor 'presented King Charles II with a glass of sack at the Bell tavern door' when his Majesty rode in

This is taken from Old Kirton Road, looking towards the capped top of the mill, now Mill Close. The cottages are Victorian and Edwardian, and some of them may have been built for workers at the kiln.

Built in the late1820s, Fort Perch Rock Battery site was then manned continuously until the end of World War II.

This view shows the other end of the Square abutting Market Street. Marks & Spencer can just be seen on the left.

This was the scene of a devastating lightning strike on 13 December 1779.

Basildon's market opened on 6 September 1958.

Burton is considered by many to be one of the most picturesque villages in the Wirral, and it is enhanced by the wonderful panorama over the Dee Estuary to the hills of Wales.

A number of quality villas were planned during the 1860s in the early development of Saltburn, although not all of them materialised.

There had been a church dedicated to St Werburgh, daughter of the King of Mercia, at Warburton before the Normans.