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Caption For Kenilworth, From Below Footbridge 1892

Work began around 1389, with only the keep being retained.

Caption For Chippenham, Monkton Park Golf Course C1960

As the housing estate at Monkton grew up, the owners of Monkton Park, the District Council, began to develop the area for recreational purposes.

Caption For London, Westminster Abbey C1867

Henry II began the reshaping of Edward the Confessor’s old church.

Caption For Glasgow, George Square 1897

Whereas Glasgow Green had been a part of the common grazing land of the burgh since the earliest times, the greening of Glasgow really began in 1852 when the city acquired the estates of Woodlands

Caption For Axminster, Trinity Square 1902

Manufacture ceased in 1835 but began again in 1937.

Caption For West Runton, Roseberry Road 1923

West Runton was a sleepy village until Cromer and Sheringham began to be popularised as holiday resorts.

Caption For Netley Abbey, The Abbey 1908

In the 18th century it passed to a Southampton builder who was killed by falling tracery as he began to demolish the site.

Caption For Lichfield, The Cathedral C1955

Work on the present structure began in the late 12th century, and took around 150 years to complete, though additional work was undertaken during the 15th century.

Caption For Aldershot, Princes Gardens C1955

The Princes Gardens had been the site of the first temporary military encampment in November 1853 when a detachment of Royal Engineers began assessing the locality's suitability for the

Caption For Rochdale, Memorial Gardens C1965

The Hippodrome on the left was where Gracie Fields, one of Rochdale`s most famous citizens, began her singing career: she came joint first in a talent show at the age of 10 and won 10s 6d.

Caption For Tonbridge, High Street 1890

Visitors camped on the common until building began; in 1638 a promenade called the Walk was laid out.

Caption For Swanley, The Village C1950

This was the year that the Whitbread brewery began making special celebration pub signs.

Caption For Edgbaston, Birmingham University Medical School C1955

Construction began in the early 1930s on land donated by the Cadbury family, and the first patients were admitted in 1937.

Caption For Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Road C1965

It retained its predominantly rural character until industry began to develop in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Caption For Oakengates, C1960

This photograph and O1033 are particularly interesting because they were taken not long before work began on the construction of the new town of Telford.

Caption For Haddon Hall, The Entrance Tower 1886

It was unlived in from 1740 for nearly 200 years; then sympathatic restoration began in 1912, taking some 20 years to complete.

Caption For Upchurch, St Mary The Virgin C1955

Seventeen years later, Francis Drake began the historic round- the-world voyage that earned him his knighthood in 1581.

Caption For Newport, Commercial Street 1910

Newport began to grow as a town in the 13th century, and expanded as a port during the Industrial Revolution.

Caption For Cambridge, Clare College 1890

It was one of the first colleges to be built in red brick at the time when the rather expensive fashion of imported stone began to decline.

Caption For Dawlish, Blenheim Hotel 1925

Dawlish began as two discrete hamlets, one inland by the parish church and another on the seashore, but quickly grew as the first visitors arrived to holiday in the late 18th century.