William Lax was an English astronomer and mathematician who served as Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge for 41 years.
The former grammar school at Kirby Hill
Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Somerset House in 1836, where the Royal Society met in Lax's time.
St Ippolyts Church
Ravensworth is a village and civil parish in the Holmedale valley, within the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-west of Richmond and 10 miles (16 km) from Darlington. The parish has a population of 255, according to the 2011 census.
Ravensworth village green with its ancient sycamore tree
Ravensworth Castle
The Bay Horse Inn, which has been a public house in the village since at least 1857
Holme Bridge, once the main bridge into the village, but since superseded