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According to the records of the Eastbourne Natural History Society, Darby's Hole was in fact part of a cave system which had formerly been used by the local smugglers.

Disease, specifically bubonic plague - the Black Death, carried by the fleas on black rats - killed between a third and a half of the population of England in the 14th century.

Among the stalls were one established by the Molloy family in the 1920's, selling furniture, and a curtain stall belonging to Inglebys, while Joe Barton's grocery cart stood near the Talbot Hotel

satisfy the demand for a suitable educational venue and a library in Ormskirk, the Working Men's Reading and News Rooms were opened in Burscough Street in 1865, to be followed two years later by the

The most common way for faithful men to be rewarded for services rendered was by the giving of lands.

Above the gate we can see the coat of arms of Sir Rhys Mansell (1487-1559), who by the reign of Queen Mary had risen to be one of Glamorgan's major landowners.

It served as a trough for the pump until it was rescued by the Rugby historian Matthew Bloxham.

A central post office had been built in High Street in 1882-85, but in 1907 it was replaced by the present building in Wide Bargate which was soon extended to include the sorting office and the

Sheep and pigs were given a particularly critical assessment by the very knowledgeable crowds, and some no doubt also enjoyed the ale from the nearby Dolphin pub!

It is conceivable that, following the Grammar School's hasty exit from the old refectory, it had been patched up and gentrified until, by the 18th century, it had mutated into one of the town's

It was 'a handsome house … built in the modern taste, and adorned with shrubberies', when seen by the cartographer John Edwards.

For the greater part of the century the affairs of Berkhamsted had been governed by the Berkhamsted Urban District Council and the Berkhamsted Rural District Council; the former was based in the

The opening ceremony was performed by the Earl of Roseberry. Like many old houses, the building in this picture has been built up over hundreds of years.

New Brighton is situated on the extreme tip of the Wirral Peninsula, and is separated from the busy city and port of Liverpool by the River Mersey.

I was always honest with them until an unhappy disaster which hath brought this misery to me." So said Poyer after he had prayed and before he raised his hand to indicate he was ready.

By the time he had taken out his 48 acres and added them on to the estate of Four Oaks Hall, the shape of the Park had been changed forever.

It was subsequently taken over by the North East Essex Health Authority and was used to accommodate up to 70 mentally handicapped patients and as a small day care unit.

Their regular visits were ended by the First World War. In 1934 the castle and park were given to Belfast.

They were eventually taken over by the North Metropolitan Tramways Company in 1901.

The Broadway was originally flanked on its eastern side by the extensive garden of Arnolds, whilst opposite was a mixture of residential houses whose large rear gardens stretched down a rather

This was completed in 1899, and opened on 9 May by the Duchess of Kent. A popular promenade, it was also used as a low water landing stage for excursions and paddle steamers.

None the less, by the 1580s the river could be navigated as far upstream as Yalding, six miles above Maidstone.

There was even a cotton mill in the middle of the town in the late 18th century, owned by the Bowen family.

Eventually patched up and refloated, she was heading for St Helier accompanied by the tug 'Em.Z.Sviter' when water started pouring into her.