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Beyond is the crocketted spire of the church, which also received the Gregory Treatment: it is very much over-restored.

On the south-east side of the village the five-arch stone bridge, perhaps of the 16th century, steps quietly across the very reedy Rotherby Brook.

The fake timber framing is ill considered and out of place, while the rear extension leaves much to be desired. The village along Main Street possesses no outstanding architecture.

These ruined windows and arches are the remains of the cloisters. Situated in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes Abbey was founded in 1246.

This is a 16th-century building par excellence, much altered and added to down the centuries; it is timbered, tile hung and jettied, and bears a cluster of tall chimneys.

The fake timber framing is ill considered and out of place, while the rear extension leaves much to be desired. The village along Main Street possesses no outstanding architecture.

It was erected in 1907 as a memorial to M J B Baddeley, whose guide books were greatly esteemed at that time and for much of the earlier part of the 20th century.

Much of the distant area is now pedestrianised.

Miss Billenge, who then ran the mill, always kept the wheels turning to provide the power, although at times lights would flicker throughout the village if too much power was being used at any one

On the right are Tudor Shops, a high quality Tudor range, with arched shop windows on the ground floor, restored between 1978 and 1981.

Although spoiled by modern development, the tangle of streets around the old town is worth exploring and there is still much fine Georgian and Victorian architecture to be seen.

This meant that once again Bristol could compete for trade; throughout much of the 19th century it had lost business owing to high dock charges levied by the money-grabbing dock company.

The almost intimidating main gate in Dock Road was built in 1719; the Royal arms in coloured relief above the main arch are those of George III, added in 1811.

By the mid 16th century much of the castle was in ruins, though some construction work was done at this time, including the superb banqueting hall.The castle was sold to the corporation in 1897 by

These have gone and there are much more modest trees in their place. The village is a mix of 17th-century timber-framed cottages, and 1820s and 1840s to 1850s Bedford Estate cottages.

In the foreground is the multi-arched bridge across the River Honddu, which lends its name to Brecon's Welsh designation – Aberhonddu.

Beyond is the crocketted spire of the church, which also received the Gregory Treatment: it is very much over-restored.

Much of the church is 15th-century, restored in the 1860s. Wall plaster has since been removed to reveal bare stonework. There is a Charles I letter over the north door.

Under the spreading chestnut trees of St Mary`s churchyard, and on the opposite side of the village street, the photographer`s activities generate much interest from a mixed audience of both children

Since 1890, there has been much change here; on the left hand side are nasty 1960s rebuilds, and several others have been rebuilt on the right.

The waters glide under the noble railway viaduct with its lofty arches and embattled parapet.

Wicker baskets carried by the ladies (in the right-hand rowing boat) were very much a feature of life until quite recent times.

The par- ish, which included Etal, Kimmerston, Hetherslaw and Crookham, suffered much during the wars with Scotland.

It is a town with sprawling suburbs and a centre marred by ring roads and the enormous Four Seasons Shopping Centre (1972-76), which demolished much of the northern part of the old town.