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An Act of 1952 closed the waterway to traffic along most of its length.

Four years after the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the much larger Guildford Workhouse opened, doing away with this smaller poorhouse.

The bill - 'An Act for the Good Order and Government of the Makers of Knives, Sickles, Shears, Scissors and other Cutlery Wares, in Hallamshire, in the County of York, and the parts near adjoining

The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.

It is amazing to think that it was only as recently as 1844 that an Education Act required local authorities to provide secondary schools for all.

Sloping concrete blocks act as sea protection.

However, its fortunes were later revived by Act of Parliament.

Under the 1944 Educaton Act, the site of Medstead School was declared inadequate for a 3-classroom school with an assembly hall, as it should have had one acre of playing field and one acre for the school

It was intended that the building would act as an annexe to the Savoy Hotel in London, which D'Oyly Carte owned; but no licence was granted, so the house came to be used as a private residence.

The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.

Wherwell is famous for its ruined priory, established by the Saxon Queen Elfreda, mother of Ethelred the Unready, possibly as an act of repentance following several dark deeds.

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

The Round Tower and neighbouring Square Tower squat on the old curtain wall, acting as a permanent reminder of the city's need to defend itself from enemy attack.

The Round Tower and neighbouring Square Tower squat on the old curtain wall, acting as a permanent reminder of the city's need to defend itself from enemy attack.

Before the Education Act, pupils paid 1d a week to attend.

The first Christian church at Newers Wood had a moat.

In 1927, under the Birkenhead Extension Act, to celebrate its 50 years the town took in more outlying areas, thus doubling its original size of 1872.

When Sarah Bernhardt was engaged to play the female lead in 'The Lady of the Camellias', she had so much difficulty in making herself heard that she walked out at the end of the first act and never went

This shop also acted as an agent for the local dye works.

Main Street c1955 Victorian visitors had a number of inns to choose from when seeking sustenance in the town, some acting as fully-fledged hotels.

Bath Street connected the Pump Room with the Cross Bath of 1784, and was designed by Thomas Baldwin; the foundation stone was laid in 1791 as part of the 1789 Bath Improvement Act works.

The Governor declared that ecclesiastical courts were acting illegally and that they must drop all such cases.

These were not at all regulated at first, so that the air here was particularly foul – in 1862 the Alkali Act was passed to ensure stricter control of the conditions under which people worked.

The pavement outside many of the outlets also acts as an extension to the windows, with various items on display.