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March, Cambridgeshire. Town Hall.
March

A curiosity of the town is the tradition of the March, March march. This is when a group of Cambridge students gather in the town to walk back to Cambridge stopping at all convenient inns to quench their thirst!..

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Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire
Market Drayton

Market Drayton is famous as the home of Gingerbread, and as the birthplace of Robert Clive - Clive of India, he was educated at the Grammar School, founded in 1558, and his desk bearing his carved initials is still preserved...

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Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
Marlow

Marlow developed into a thriving town from a small community situated at the side of the River Thames...

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Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
Minchinhampton

Uniquely, Minchinhampton is reached only by a narrow winding road that climbs upwards and travels across remote and windswept common land..

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Moreton in Marsh
Moreton in Marsh

The delightful market town of Moreton has welcomed visitors for many centuries. ..

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Town Clock. Nailsworth, Gloucestershire
Nailsworth

Nailsworth is a handsome town that has a history stretching back to beyond Roman times...

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Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire
Newark-on-Trent

As it's name implies, this town enjoys a fine position on the River Trent. The great castle where King John died in 1216 lies in ruins on the banks of the river...

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Newbury, Berkshire.
Newbury

Newbury is a lovely town, it is rich in 17th century buildings with the Tudor granary building being of immense attraction...

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Newmarket, Suffolk. High Street 2003
Newmarket

You can hardly drive through this handsome town without seeing some reminder that the history of the town..

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A picture of Newport Pagnell
Newport Pagnell

Visitors here can find plenty to interest them, the town has the worlds oldest iron-bridge still in use for motorised traffic...

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Sherborne Arms, Bar & Restaurant, Northleach
Northleach

The town is utterly beguiling, it has many beautiful old timber frame cottages and some handsome houses of mellow cotswold stone...

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Church at Olney, Buckinghamshire
Olney

Amongst other things the small town of Olney in Buckinghamshire is famous for its hymns - Amazing Grace was one of the so-called Olney Hymns written by the rector John Newton, and William Cowper, the poet...

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Looking down into town from Ruff Lane. Ormskirk, Lancashire
Ormskirk

The town is noted for it's beautiful church dedicated to St.Peter and St.Paul. The church is Perpendicular and the second of it's two towers was added in the year 1540 to house bells from Burscough Priory after its dissolution...

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Victorian day at Painswick, Gloucestershire
Painswick

The streets of Painswick are narrow and crammed with fine examples of glowing honey coloured stone buildings from all periods..

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Pickering  Station
Pickering

The enduring popularity of the East Coast of North Yorkshire owes much to the excellent long sandy beaches, while the lure of the wild moorland and its communities never fades...

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Went Valley in Spring 2009
Pontefract

Pontefract has a ruined castle which has seen many tragedies, Richard II was murdered there in 1400, and later it was the scene of bitter, bloody battles between Roundheads and Royalists...

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Potton town square. The library clock tower.
Potton

Potton is a small market town lying close to the Cambridgeshire border. It has a long history, holding its first market in the 13th century when much of the land on which the town stood belonged to the Earls of Huntingdon...

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A picture of Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough

An exquisite feature of the town is the Norman Church of St.Mary, the church shows restoration work from the 13th and 14th centuries and a modern spire built during the early part of the 20th century...

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Reigate Castle Grounds. Reigate, Surrey
Reigate

This is a bustling part of the Surrey landscape, it is easily reached via the M25 from London and is right on the North Downs Way...

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Easby Abbey, Near Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond

Richmond is a lovely old market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire...

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