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The village and salt marshes here have had an uneasy relationship over the years.

The Thurne is a tributary of the Bure, winding through vast, flat landscapes of salt marsh.

On the other side of the church lie the marshes of the Blyth estuary, which is why this magnificent church is known as the Queen of the Marshes.

Next to Westminster Bank, Marsh`s cards and artists` shop arrived in 1925.

Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'.

It was once known as Ramper, a high dyke built (along with the draining of Thornton Marsh) to keep back the sea.

From Winner Hill, showing the reclaimed marshes.

The bay itself, an expanse of salt marsh and sand, has become the domain of ornithologists and bait diggers.

Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'.

Marsh Mill, built by Bold Fleetwood Hesketh, is now the only working windmill in the Fylde.

In this typical scene, a wherry sails past a disused early 19th-century drainage windmill, typical of the 200 that once turned to keep the marshes drained.

A fine view of Marsh Street, with its fine ivy- clad buildings and chapel.

In this typical scene, a wherry sails past a disused early 19th-century drainage windmill, typical of the 200 that once turned to keep the marshes drained.

Now long-disused, this is one of many 19th-century pump mills built to lift water from the drained marshes.

The Holme takes its name from an ancient Scandinavian word which means 'an island surrounded by marshes', but the oldest part of the house dates only from the early 17th century.

Glastonbury Tor once stood like an island in the surrounding marshes, and it has been linked with King Arthur's Avalon.

The Hydro looks out over marshy ground occupied by cattle of Grange Marsh Farm.

An evocative shot of the mid 20th-century coast, with seaside paraphernalia squeezed between the marshes and the sea.

Taken east of Bassetsbury, this view looks across the mill pond (now filled in) to Marsh Green Mill, first mentioned in 1759, but probably much earlier.

Its marshes, tidal waters and mudflats are a favoured and sheltered spot for sailors and an important bird reserve.

The low-lying marshes of the Broads were drained by windpumps until the 1940s, when electric pumps took over.

Now long-disused, this is one of many 19th-century pump mills built to lift water from the drained marshes.

A E W Marsh describes the village as 'the prettiest for miles around'.

This type of elegant windmill came into its own during the spring and autumn when the marshes were often full of flood water; during this time it was literally 'all hands to the pump' to ensure the safety