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The mill is just south of the village on the Birkey Burn. The miller's house is dated 1728, and the three-storey mill building is also 18th-century.

Here we see motorists in the village - they are probably touring the area. The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.

Scotland's most celebrated poet Robert Burns was born in this simple cottage on 25 January 1759.

Born at Alloway, Ayrshire in 1759, Burns's love of poetry was instilled in him by his teacher, John Murdoch.

Robert Burns was born here on 25 January 1759. The cottage was rebuilt by the poet's father and later became an inn.

Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion.

The River Nith divides Dumfries from Maxwelltown. Dumfries itself became a royal burgh in the 12th century, but the two towns were not officially amalgamated until 1929.

We are looking across the churchyard to St Margaret's Church. The church, which was renovated in the 19th cen- tury, stands on the site of a Saxon predecessor.

During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burn- ing hayricks and destroying machinery.

It was at a house in Westgate in February 1555 that Bishop John Hooper spent his last night before being burnt at the stake in St Mary's Square.

Robert Burns played in this churchyard as a boy, and the popular legends about hauntings and the ghostly atmosphere of the roofless ruin affected him deeply.

Nearby is the Grand Hotel (rooms 4s 6d, dinner 5s), the parish council building, the school board offices and a statue of Robert Burns.

The River Nith divides Dumfries from Maxwelltown. Dumfries itself became a royal burgh in the 12th century, but the two towns were not officially amalgamated until 1929.

The Burnhams take their name from the river Burn, which runs through this picture.

'And laughs the immortal river still/Under the mill, under the mill'. So wrote the poet Rupert Brooke about Grantchester's mill. The river may well be immortal, but the mill certainly was not.

'And laughs the immortal river still Under the mill, under the mill'. So wrote the poet Rupert Brooke about Grantchester's mill. The river may well be immortal, but the mill certainly was not.

Burns's father is buried in the churchyard.

Formerly Epsom's grandest house, Woodcote Park was bought by the RAC in 1911.

It was extensively remodelled during the 19th century by the architect William Burn; it had previously been modernised between 1768 and 1788 by John Carr of York.

Here the Memorial Building is viewed from the river. As well as a theatre, there was a library of rare Shakespearean books, and the view from the tower was highly recommended.

Judging from the picture, these cars were definitely big boys' toys. The cars rattled and juddered around the circuit, and on hot days there was always the pervading smell of burning oil.

Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.

While many houses burned down in the fire of 1659, the 15th century church of St. Edmund survived because the churchyard served as a fire break.

Judging from the picture, these cars were definitely big boys' toys. The cars rattled and juddered around the circuit, and on hot days there was always the pervading smell of burning oil.