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This village, archaeologists believe, is the 'Cloveshoo' of Saxon times - known then as a big town with several ancient councils.
The recent history of the ancient village of East Keswick is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the nearby 'big house' of Harewood.
In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.
The big car is overtaking the little car in a manoeuvre that would be impossible with today's vehicles and traffic volumes.
Avon Castle 1891 This late 19th-century mock castle was built 'at great cost and with the best materials and workmanship' by John Turner Turner, a renowned sportsman and big game hunter.
In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.
Arthur Ransome described Pin Mill with its 'crowd of yachts and its big brown sailed barges and steamers going up to Ipswich or down to the sea'.
Still a busy canal for commercial traffic, everything here was built on a big scale.
Constructed in 1080, its floor plan is half as big again as the White Tower's.
There were numerous chalets which could be hired for the day or week along the promenade, and the big wheel is also to be seen in the far distance – it has now gone.
The chapel bell, which cost a further £33 3s, was cast in 1855 from the same batch of metal as Big Ben.
This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.
The cantilevered pub sign over the front door advertises Home Ales from the Home Brewery in Nottingham, now a cog in Scottish & Newcastle's big wheel, but still producing good real ale.
The boys are walking across the quad from the Big Schoolroom.
Standing by the gatehouse to the 'Big House'—Holker Hall—these four schoolchildren from Holker pose for the camera on a wet day.
It received a market charter from Charles II, and at its centre is a big triangular Market Place.
Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters
The town sits in a big loop of the River Tees, and has on rare occasions in the past seen several feet of floodwater standing in the High Street.
This monumental clock tower, surmounted by a richly-decorated belfry and spire, is known more popularly as Big Ben, and was designed by E B Denison in 1858 after considerable technical difficulties.
The building opposite Big Ben was demolished in recent years to make way for Portcullis House.
