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In 1645 Dunster was the last Royalist garrison in Somerset, and under the command of Colonel Francis Wyndham it held out for 150 days.

King John lavished money on Lancaster, building curtain walls, round towers and Hadrian's Tower. In 1322 Robert the Bruce sacked the town, but was unable to take the castle.

Outside Holroyd's shop and post office is a sign warning of a low bridge ahead. Opposite this leafy corner was the vicarage, now a private house.

The buildings round the green date from the 18th to 19th centuries, with the exception of the 17th- century barn with a hipped and thatched roof to the right of the church.

The Working Mens' Club is receiving a lick of paint. The Working Men's Club is now at The Lodge, Welton Road, just out of sight to the left down Abbey Street.

The frontage of the Angel Hotel is hidden by a tree at the centre of the photograph. To the far left is Strange's Central Garage with a petrol pump outside.

This later picture of the Belsfield Hotel emphasises its commanding position above the lake. The third storey was added when Schneider's former home became a hotel.

The foundation stone of the new Odeon Cinema was laid in 1959 by the actress Lauren Bacall.

Apart from fairly extensive modern building development, which has considerably altered this aspect of the town, the other point of interest in the picture lies in the tin church on the left, erected

These solid stone cottages, and the George Inn on the left, exhibit the robust and simple style which is common to most British fishing ports.

William de Braose, Lord of Brecon, Radnor and Builth, was not a man to be crossed. He invited Sytsylt, his son Geoffrey and a number of their retainers to Abergavenny to celebrate Christmas.

One of Chirk's more unusual claims to fame is that it was once besieged by its owner.

This is an attractive village ranged along its north-south street about a mile to the south of Kibworth Beauchamp.

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

Before the main A23 road was built, Cuckfield was busy with horse-drawn coaches on their way between London and Brighton. Visually, this scene is virtually unchanged today.

This charming view of the village of Heysham was taken from the cliff walk leading to Sandylands and Morecambe.

The parish of Overton lies five miles south-west of Lancaster on the road to Sunderland Point.

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.

In the distance in this view are the trees of St Peter's parish churchyard.

We are looking north towards Kemple End.The sizeable railway sidings that we can see here denote how important Clitheroe was as a distribution centre for this part of the Ribble Valley.After the sheep

The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one.When the railway arrived, a station was built here at Marsden.There was another Marsden just a few miles up the line in Yorkshire, so a railway

This is probably one of the most photographed views in Huntingdonshire. The thatched clock tower at Houghton was erected in 1902 as a memorial to Potto Brown`s son, George.

This long straggling village, in the centre of the old tin mining district, sits on a steep hill running down to the Tamar. We are at the bottom of Fore Street looking towards Newbridge Hill.