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Here the Penrith-born artist Jacob Thompson had often stayed with the Blands while on his painting trips to the area.
Instead, little has happened since 1965, except that the spindly trees on the right have matured and The Huntsman pub (previously The New Inn) has been rebuilt in a bland red brick.
The changes did not, fortunately, lead to a bland uniformity in the way in which the town appeared.
Something really fascinates a crowd of very curious beach-goers - not just a landing of fish.
The Roman road from the bridge over the Wye at Chepstow ran through what is now the racecourse, which stands on land formerly belonging to the Clay family of Piercefield House.
On the left is a landing stage or quay where we can just see a 2- ton crane.
The extension, apart from its importance as a landing stage for steamers, also sported a restaurant and a bandstand.
A superb view of the Chain Pier from the west, showing clearly the pier head, which was designed primarily as a landing-stage for cross-channel traffic; it opened in 1823.
In August 1405 a substantial French army in excess of 10,000 men landed here at the request of Owain Glyndwr.
Doubling as a landing stage for steamers, North Pier was the first of Blackpool's three to be built and opened in 1863.
By 1894 Brighton's West Pier had been extensively rebuilt, and a landing stage had been added together with a new pavilion.
He was also a land-agent, who sold plots at Laindon and Langdon Hills for £5 a time.
He was also a land-agent, who sold plots at Laindon and Langdon Hills for £5 a time.
Carrog, or Llansantffraid Glyndyfrdwy, is in the heart of the lands of Owain Glyndwr, the marcher lord.
Though William was himself a farmer, he was also a land surveyor, property developer and investor in canals.
Though William was himself a farmer, he was also a land surveyor, property developer and investor in canals.
They initially consisted of a jetty leading to a landing stage for boats, but they soon became fashionable promenades extending over the sea.
Steamboat trips ran from a landing stage.
Until the area became too built-up, Southbourne was used by pioneer aviators as a landing ground for their flying machines.
Passengers from Falmouth disembarked at the quay here when the tide prevented a landing at Truro.
