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It was here that the head of Richard Duke of York was displayed following the Battle of Wakefield.

Newport was founded by a group of beachmen or salvagers in 1841; nine of the founders were drowned attempting a salvage operation in the following year.

The main road from London follows the Fosse Way here into Bath. Trams, originally horse-drawn, once ran along the same route.

It was in a hospital here that Lawrence of Arabia died following his motorcycle crash in 1935.

Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the locomotive workshops

It was sold in 1937 to London and Surrey County Councils, following the death of the last member of the Farmer family, who had lived there for many years.

An early traveller from Worcester bound for the Westside would first cross the bridge, then follow a causeway across flood meadows before trudging up narrow, winding Cripplegate to St John's.

Following the passing of the Technical Act of 1889, the Corporation began this fine building in Hopwood Lane; it was completed in 1895.

Following the Norman Conquest, it was given to William de Braose, and in 1617 it became a corporate borough with a common seal and elected bailiffs.

The construction of Penrice took place over about fifty years, beginning in c1250 with a stone round keep, followed by curtain wall, gatehouse, two round towers and five small turrets.

It was in Victorian times that Stretton became popular with visitors, following the building of the railway line.

For instance, the timber building on the right was built the following year.

It was opened on 28 October 1829 with a dinner for over 200 people followed by a grand display of fireworks.

Other wealthy gentlemen followed his example, but it was to be the middle of that century before the town achieved popularity as a holiday resort.

The Georgian style can be seen following along the left side of Leys Avenue and on Station Road at Lloyd's Bank (left).

Next on the list were the Caledonian, the Station and the Royal, followed by the somewhat cheaper Royal British, the Douglas and the Bedford.

Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and so it became popular for runaway marriages of English couples following the passage of Lord Hardwicke's act in 1754.

The landscaping of these gardens was only completed in 1964, following the pur- chase of Linda Vista House and gardens by the council in 1960.

The path through the park was supposed to follow the route of a Roman road.

Following a fire in 1973, this was rebuilt as two conventional storeys. The front to Union Street is dramatically austere, in the Aberdonian manner.

Following the closure of the post office and stores in March 2003, a community shop and post office opened in the barn of the Swan in December 2003.The single-decker bus is approaching another now

Poore's Victorian brewery office became Handel House around 1920, with a wide altered shop-front sellling pianos, followed soon after by A B Scott's shoe shop.

Not many years later, following the Haweswater Act of 1919, Manchester Corporation would be given the right to acquire the lake and its surrounding catchment area for a major reservoir.

Following a two-year building programme, the £670,000 National Sports Centre opened in 1971 on a site near the Pavilion - the culmination of a ten-year effort to create a central home for