Caption For Henbury, Blaise Castle C1955
In 1765 Thomas had been a member of a delegation sent by the Society of Merchant Venturers, of which he later became Master, to deliver a petition to Parliament against the renewal of the Sugar Act.
Caption For Henbury, Blaise Castle C1955
In 1765 Thomas had been a member of a delegation sent by the Merchant Venturers to deliver a petition against the renewal of the Sugar Act; the government intended to use it to make the American colonies
Caption For Launceston, Newport 1935
Just visible inside the Round House is the broken granite stump of the old Newport Cross, which from 1529 to 1831 was the spot at which Newport's two MPs were declared.
Caption For Teddington, Sign At Tide End Cottage, Ferry Road 2005
Douglas Tough, among others, received a call from the Ministry of Shipping asking him to act as an agent to secure small craft for an expedition from Ramsgate and Sheerness to rescue the soldiers.
Caption For St Mawes, 1895
It also had the distinction, following an Act of Parliament in 1562, of sending two MPs to Parliament - voted in by an electorate of only twenty!
Caption For Newport, High Street C1955
Justice Fleming survived into the reign of
James I, when he presided over the trial of
Guy Fawkes; an act of judicial importance
that is commemorated in Newport's Guildhall.
Caption For Headingley, 1894
However, in 1894 Leeds corporation took advantage of the Tramways Act of 1870 and bought out the private tramway operators for over £100,000.