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Sweets in Fowey: Medieval Cornwall's Busiest Po...

Fowey's sheltered estuary made it medieval Cornwall's busiest trading port, home to the privateer sailors known as the Fowey Gallants — and, centuries later, to novelist Daphne du Maurier.

Sweets in Fowey: Medieval Cornwall's Busiest Po...

Fowey's sheltered estuary made it medieval Cornwall's busiest trading port, home to the privateer sailors known as the Fowey Gallants — and, centuries later, to novelist Daphne du Maurier.

Sweets in Wallingford: A Saxon Town on the Thames

Wallingford was founded as an Anglo-Saxon burh around the 9th century, and its street layout is one of the best-preserved examples of Saxon town planning in England.

Sweets in Wallingford: A Saxon Town on the Thames

Wallingford was founded as an Anglo-Saxon burh around the 9th century, and its street layout is one of the best-preserved examples of Saxon town planning in England.

Sweets in Arundel: Nearly 1,000 Years Under One...

Arundel Castle has stood above the River Arun since 1067, founded by Roger de Montgomery shortly after the Norman Conquest, and has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk...

Sweets in Arundel: Nearly 1,000 Years Under One...

Arundel Castle has stood above the River Arun since 1067, founded by Roger de Montgomery shortly after the Norman Conquest, and has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk...

Sweets in Lyme Regis: Birthplace of Fossil Hunt...

Lyme Regis was the birthplace of pioneering fossil hunter Mary Anning, whose 19th-century discoveries on the Jurassic Coast helped shape modern palaeontology.

Sweets in Lyme Regis: Birthplace of Fossil Hunt...

Lyme Regis was the birthplace of pioneering fossil hunter Mary Anning, whose 19th-century discoveries on the Jurassic Coast helped shape modern palaeontology.

Sweets in Nairn: The Town Split by a Language Line

Nairn is traditionally said to be the town where Gaelic and Scots speakers met, with the River Nairn roughly marking the boundary between the two.

Sweets in Nairn: The Town Split by a Language Line

Nairn is traditionally said to be the town where Gaelic and Scots speakers met, with the River Nairn roughly marking the boundary between the two.

Sweets in St Austell: The China Clay Discovery ...

In the mid-1700s, William Cookworthy identified rich china clay deposits in the hills above St Austell, sparking an industry that reshaped the town and left behind the white spoil heaps...

Sweets in St Austell: The China Clay Discovery ...

In the mid-1700s, William Cookworthy identified rich china clay deposits in the hills above St Austell, sparking an industry that reshaped the town and left behind the white spoil heaps...