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Edinburgh fell, Holyrood was burnt.

During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burn- ing hayricks and destroying machinery.

During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burning hayricks and destroying machinery.

We are looking back across the Wye to the village.

The following year, Hertford was back in Scotland, burning five market towns, sacking 243 villages, and laying waste to crops.

She remembers the two classrooms with old paraffin lamps and tortoise stoves which 'used to get red hot so we burned in the front and shivered in the back'.

Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.

The corn mill burned down in 1961, and then in 1964 Dr Beeching swung his axe and the pretty railway line from Buntingford to Ware was closed.

The stall backs are fine pedimented panels dating from the 17th century, and came from Oxford Cathedral.

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.

Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.The Sessions House is just beyond it on the right.

Blackburn's Public Hall opened in 1923.

Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.

This photograph captures the great changes that were going on in Blackburn during the post-war period.

This bridge is a railway bridge, and is now part of the west coast main line.Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.

Another railway bridge (to Blackburn) can be seen in the distance.

This photograph captures the changes that were going on in Blackburn at the time.

Stationers and Bookshop.The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards the Town Hall.The Sudell family can be traced back

Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken.