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In the summer time and on Bank Holidays, you could be an hour just getting through this mile-long village.

The priests of the college were 'chantry priests' who offered masses for the souls of the dead, their founder and benefactors.

A rather thin box-frame on the left is alongside what appears to be an 18th-century house, while opposite is a fine, close-studded pair of cottages.

Playing on the sands seems to be an enjoyment forgotten today, but here these youngsters certainly seem to be enjoying themselves on Egremont beach.

There used to be an inn at the end of this one, so in the local dialect it became known as T'inn Ghaut. It was deemed picturesque by artists and photographers, but life was hard here.

.` One of only eight mazes surviving in Britain, it of the unicursal type - there are no dead ends, and the narrow grass track leads circuitously to the centre without any deviation.

The area was going to be an art gallery, a town hall extension, an hotel, and an entertainment complex - but none of these plans came to fruition.

The lake was created in 1744, with the intention that a walk around its shores would be an allegory of Aeneas's voyage after the fall of Troy.

The gathering in the centre of the picture could be an orderly queue to purchase tea and coffee, sweets and other goods from stall holders, or maybe even to see and hear travelling musicians.

For the next five hundred years or so, Shrewsbury, like Hereford and Chester, would be an English frontier town; it was fought for by Welsh patriots, Normans and rebellious barons alike.

Navenby now seems to be an almost self-contained village on the A607 between Lincoln and Grantham. The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

Navenby now seems to be an almost self-contained village on the A607 between Lincoln and Grantham. The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

All good things end: the canteen was demolished in 1991, and the plaque listing the company's war dead was transferred from within to the factory front.

Out sprang Matthew, not dead but sleeping.

When Henry VIII was hunting in Sutton Park with Bishop Vesey he was charged by a wild boar, but before the animal could harm the king it dropped dead with an arrow through its heart.

representing England (John Bull) sounding note 'A'; Ireland (Irish girl) note 'B'; Scotland (The Cock of the North) note 'D'; Wales (Welsh girl) note 'G' and Father Time to strike the hours on note 'D' an

When Henry VIII was hunting in Sutton Park with Bishop Vesey he was charged by a wild boar, but before the animal could harm the king it dropped dead with an arrow through its heart.

The Princess is lies dead on a ledge, covered entirely by a heavy sheet; only the fingers of one hand hang down from under it.

The site, which included the town, is on a steep-sided mound, thought to be an Iron Age hill fort.

In 1967, as part of a reorganisation of the church, the font was moved to the north-east corner, and in 1978 this corner was refurbished and dedicated as a memorial chapel in memory of the dead of the

The row beneath contains the souls rising from the dead, lifting their tombstone lids; in the next row are bishops, kings, knights, saints, martyrs, and virgins.

Three years later he was dead.

Flodden would be an even worse disaster for Scottish arms. There, losses ran into thousands, and included 300 knights, nineteen barons, ten earls, a bishop and an archbishop.

At that time the £3,000 cost was deemed to be an unnecessary expense upon the public purse, Plants come out of Prison The colourful flowerbeds and many hanging baskets to be seen throughout are