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In 1907, in an act of quite astonishing faith and tenacity, the six monks started to build a new abbey.
These two small children pose dutifully in front of the local school, which was originally built in a traditional style after the passing of the Education Act in 1870.
The base of the cross probably dates back to the late 1200s, and would have acted as the focal point for most village activities.
The pre-Beeching Act railways meant that people were able to visit a vast array of holiday destinations.
An Act of 1952 closed the waterway to traffic along most of its length.
Four years after the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the much larger Guildford Workhouse opened, doing away with this smaller poorhouse.
The bill - 'An Act for the Good Order and Government of the Makers of Knives, Sickles, Shears, Scissors and other Cutlery Wares, in Hallamshire, in the County of York, and the parts near adjoining
The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.
It is amazing to think that it was only as recently as 1844 that an Education Act required local authorities to provide secondary schools for all.
Sloping concrete blocks act as sea protection.
However, its fortunes were later revived by Act of Parliament.
Under the 1944 Educaton Act, the site of Medstead School was declared inadequate for a 3-classroom school with an assembly hall, as it should have had one acre of playing field and one acre for the school
It was intended that the building would act as an annexe to the Savoy Hotel in London, which D'Oyly Carte owned; but no licence was granted, so the house came to be used as a private residence.
The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.
Wherwell is famous for its ruined priory, established by the Saxon Queen Elfreda, mother of Ethelred the Unready, possibly as an act of repentance following several dark deeds.
All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.
The Round Tower and neighbouring Square Tower squat on the old curtain wall, acting as a permanent reminder of the city's need to defend itself from enemy attack.
The Round Tower and neighbouring Square Tower squat on the old curtain wall, acting as a permanent reminder of the city's need to defend itself from enemy attack.
Before the Education Act, pupils paid 1d a week to attend.
The first Christian church at Newers Wood had a moat.
