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In 1927, under the Birkenhead Extension Act, to celebrate its 50 years the town took in more outlying areas, thus doubling its original size of 1872.

When Sarah Bernhardt was engaged to play the female lead in 'The Lady of the Camellias', she had so much difficulty in making herself heard that she walked out at the end of the first act and never went

This shop also acted as an agent for the local dye works.

Main Street c1955 Victorian visitors had a number of inns to choose from when seeking sustenance in the town, some acting as fully-fledged hotels.

Bath Street connected the Pump Room with the Cross Bath of 1784, and was designed by Thomas Baldwin; the foundation stone was laid in 1791 as part of the 1789 Bath Improvement Act works.

The Governor declared that ecclesiastical courts were acting illegally and that they must drop all such cases.

These were not at all regulated at first, so that the air here was particularly foul – in 1862 the Alkali Act was passed to ensure stricter control of the conditions under which people worked.

The pavement outside many of the outlets also acts as an extension to the windows, with various items on display.

Horses grazing peacefully in a paddock act as a reminder of that rural past, and the Stourbridge Canal and the Staffordshire countryside are just a stone's throw away.

Designed by Maxwell & Tuke and completed in 1894, the Technical School, Broad Street, was built to fulfil the requirements of the Technical Instruction Act (1890).

Facit, to the north of Whitworth, was elected for a church under the Rochdale Vicarage Act, 1866.St John`s was consecrated on 1 December 1871.

history: the villagers were united by the infamous Penrhyn Lockout, when the quarry owner, Lord Penrhyn, locked his workers out, bringing them ultimately to heel by great hardship and starvation, an act

When the mill was demolished the pond was filled in and grassed over for use as the village green - a generous act by two local benefactors.

In the days when the village had two MPs (before the Reform Act of 1832), election day was something to behold.

The young Scottish queen was married to Francois, Dauphin of France, an act that was to establish the Auld Alliance.

An impressive modern commercial waterway, the Weaver acts a a funnel for industrial products from Cheshire, carrying them down to Weston Point Docks, where there is a link with the Manchester Ship Canal

The grand scale and decorated gables of the Institute are a visible reminder of a wealthier town; here the iron-works acted as a magnet which drew workers in high numbers.

Local gentry applied for an Act of Parliament to allow them to build a new town and to develop the harbour, and work began in 1807, when the grid of broad, airy streets was laid out.

The Vagrancy Act of 1824 made it illegal for them to be out in the open air without visible means of subsistence.

These baths are around the corner from where Throwley Road once turned to the north (it is now Throwley Way and acts as an inner relief road or High Street by-pass).