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It is a relief to reach the archaeologically rich and beautiful headland of Brean Down, a carboniferous limestone outlier of the Mendips reaching 300 feet high, from whose bare grassy slopes are

At the north end of the village is a tall oblong keep set in a neat moat with massive towers at each angle, which was licensed in 1373 for John de la Mare, Sheriff of Somerset.

Rifleman in East Street, a Canadian soldier was arrested and taken to the police station in Ashley Road, despite the complaints of his friends.

Three years in the building, the Town Hall opened on 17 April 1889, and this day was proclaimed a public holiday in the town. The Italianate style reflected the prosperity of this weaving community.

Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Crowley was ahead of his time; he built cottages for his workers and the community had the serv- ices of a doctor, schoolmaster and a parson.

The Seven Stars Inn, a picturesque 15th-century timber-framed building, is seen on the right, with a temporary sign.

The town, granted its charter by Edward I in 1294, still has something of an English air, and much fine architecture. Castle Street is one of the two main streets, the other being Watergate.

The disappearance of the horse is marked in these pictures, probably taken on a Tuesday — by now, Tuesday had become Market Day.

The designers certainly pushed the boat out: their 1893 facade is stylishly Italianate, with lots of carved stonework, banded arches and granite columns.

Ye Olde Harrow Inn and the two- storey shops beyond went in the 1980s, but the tall three-storey brick building beyond of 1897 survives.

The town is a little disappointing - it is a mix of Rothschild fake timber-framing and earlier buildings. In this view the town is en fete for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Victorian engineering may have had its successes with its railways, bridges and steamships, but not every invention made it into the handbook or classic designs.

Burns died in 1796 at the age of 36 and is buried in St Michael's Church. It was here, in February 1306, that Robert Bruce killed John Comyn the Red.

The Free Trade Hall we see here is the third building on this spot. When the subscription list opened for the cost of the building, it was referred to as the City Hall.

Built in the mid-13th century by William de Fortibus, Cockermouth's defences were enhanced on three sides by its location at the junction of two rivers.

Like many other Cotswold towns, Burford's fortunes were founded on wool, but leather and paper making were also important industries.

The Post Office is to the left, the Harris Public Library on the right, and the County Sessions Hall in the middle.

At the right in both views is Temple Island, the start of the course, with its gar- den temple by James Wyatt, erected in 1771 as a fishing lodge for Sambrook Freeman of Fawley Court.

Cleanliness in the 12th and 13th centuries was certainly next to Godliness.The Cistercians, like the Knights Templar, were not noted for their standards of personal hygiene and rarely washed.

One of the earliest references to the church in Hailsham is in 1229, some thirty years before Henry II granted the already existing town a market charter.

We are west of Addlestone. Here the A320 Guildford Road meets the A319 Chobham Road and the B3121, Murray Road, from Addlestone at what is now a large roundabout.

The building with the clock turret and cupola is the old Town Hall of 1728.