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He could prove to be an unwelcome passenger.

Taking the form of a Celtic cross, it remembered the dead of the town during the First World War, which had ended just a year before.

Among the dead was the MacDonald chieftain MacIan of Glencoe, who was buried on the island of Eilean Munde.

The ornamental Yacht Pond at the seaward end of Boscombe Chine has proved to be an enduring attraction for juvenile navigators.

The impressive war memorial records the names of the dead of both World Wars of the 20th century.

Taken from close to the Spaniards pub, this view looks along the dead straight link between North End Way and Hampstead Lane, which is still recognisable.

These ships are topsail schooners and what might be an inside or outside Tamar barge at Calstock, 17 miles up-river from the sea.

There is a fine crop of runner beans in one garden as well as the usual flowers.

Of the various theories regarding the origins of the Rows, one is that they might well be an echo of a Roman pattern of domestic building; a combination of workshops, shops, the Roman equivalent

Winsford's granite cross commemorates the dead of both World Wars.

The bell on the sign bears the motto 'I call for the living, I toll for the dead, I scatter the lightning'.

It lasted only 15 minutes or so but it left over 50 Parliamentary troopers dead, some of them drowned in the Teme.

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

Tolpuddle will always be an important place in English history.

The Cenotaph replaced a temporary plaster memorial to the dead of the Great War which had been erected on the site for the Victory Parade in 1919.

The young girl in her fashionable cloche hat dips for minnows in the River Beane, whilst her friend waits patiently for her turn.

In the foreground there appears to be an event at the YMCA, and the general view over the municipal park shows another gathering in the gardens, perhaps related to the same event.

One theory is that they might well be an echo of the Roman pattern of domestic building: a combination of apartments, workshops, and shops which were the Roman equivalent of fast-food outlets.

One of its more interesting features is what is thought to be an ancient beheading pit.

It contained one chamber for the dead and was originally surrounded by a large oval mound; this was last recorded in the 19th century, but has now been obliterated by man and time.

We now know that the area was not dead but merely dormant.

In 1170 the four knights who murdered Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral gathered here before carrying out their deadly deed.

The name 'load' is thought to be an Old English word meaning 'ferry'.

Sir William had been away for several years and was thought to be dead, so she married a Welsh knight.