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Bridge St view from the Abingdon Bridge, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. -
Abingdon

Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675...

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Alcester
Alcester

Alcester developed as a market town in Roman times. It grew out of a settlement at the meeting point of two roads and two rivers, the Arrow and the Alne...

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Alford, Lincolnshire
Alford

Deep in the Lincolnshire countryside, not far distant from the golden sandy beaches between Mablethorpe and Chapel St.Leonards is the pleasant market town of Alford...

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The River Aln from Alnwick  Castle
Alnwick

Set magnificently in the heart of the beautiful northern countryside is the great castle that has dominated the life and times of Alnwick for centuries...

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High lovelady Shield
Alston

At a height of over 1,000 feet in the far reaches of the Pennines, this is one of England's highest market towns. Alston is a lively bustling place of steeply rising narrow.....

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House Front, Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
Altrincham

First developed as a quiet hamlet on the edge of the sweeping Cheshire Plain, where life went quietly on...

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Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Amersham

Amersham is one of those towns where with one cast of the eye, you immediately know that this is a place with a long history for around the broad High Street is a mixture of fine.....

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A picture of Ampthill
Ampthill

The lovely town of Ampthill lies sheltered by hills in the sandstone belt of Bedfordshire...

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axbridge village square 03
Axbridge

Interestingly, in Saxon times, this quaint little town was a Royal hunting centre..

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Axminster, Devon
Axminster

Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon...

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Aylesbury
Aylesbury

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, taking over the mantle from the town of Buckingham during the 16th century. Aylesbury is a very busy vibrant town, situated at.....

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Banbuy's Town Center, Oxfordshire
Banbury

This is one of the best known town's in England. It was made famous by its celebrated cross of 1859, built in honour of the wedding of Prince Frederick of Prussia, it replaces an.....

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Butcher's Row, Barnstaple, North Devon (Sept 05)
Barnstaple

The surrounding countryside to the pleasant town of Barnstaple was the inspiration for the book - Tarka the Otter. This is unsurprising as the town nestles amidst fine Devonshire countryside in the valley of the River Taw at a point where the river is spanned by a 15th-century multi-arched Long Bridge...

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Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels
Beaconsfield

On arrival in Beaconsfield you are immediately struck by the spaciousness of its wide streets and the wonderful show of Victorian buildings and houses in the main street...

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 St. Benets Catholic Church
Beccles

A town of picturesque buildings, with many relaxing places in which to quietly roam...

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Bedfordshire
Bedford

Bedford is the historic County town of Bedfordshire with a beautiful riverside setting on the great River Ouse. John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's has strong associations with this town...

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Beverley Market, Beverley, East Yorkshire
Beverley

This is a town best known for its impressive Minster church which is without doubt one of the most splendid in Europe. It is mostly Early English in style and was begun in 1220......

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Canoes by Dowles Bridge
Bewdley

The graceful arches of the bridge designed by Thomas Telford (1757-1854) are a dominant feature of this lovely old town which nestles on the banks of the River Severn...

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Town Hall, Bishop Auckland.
Bishop Auckland

This was the busy social and commercial centre of the south-west Durham coalfield, but the town is actually much older than the Industrial Revolution, although that historic.....

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Blandford Forum in Dorset
Blandford Forum

Utterly delightful, a town of matchless elegance, of quintessentially English beauty, are but a few of the attributes to the fine Market town on the River Stour...

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