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Canon Sir James Philipps, rector from 1859 to 1897, paid Blomfield to renew the church of St Denys in 1887- 89.

In 1929, the Dublin-born crime writer Freeman Wills Crofts came to live in Blackheath.

The village features in the story surrounding Wulfhere of Mercia and his two sons Ulfred and Rufin.The two claimed to be going hunting, but came instead to Eccleshall; here they were baptized by

It is thought that the chancel screen came from Sawley Abbey.

Old Sarum is a hillfort built by the people of the Iron Age, who came to Britain from around 500BC. Its spectacular ramparts and ditches enclosed their community.

The addition of 'under-Scar' came in the 16th century to distinguish the village from other Prestons. In the village are the parish church (1862) and the Wesleyan chapel (1805).

Lord Craven refurbished Stokesay for Elizabeth; it is sad to think that she never even came here.

The cannon 'Mons Meg' is said to have been cast at Mons, Belgium in 1486, on the orders of James III.

Nine years before it was taken, a young Flora Thompson, who wrote the trilogy 'Lark Rise to Candleford', came to Grayshott to work at the post office.

He came from a wealthy family, and spent much of his fortune developing St Catharine's (named after the patron saint of learning).

The timber came from the Haigh and from Crawford's estates in Jamaica.

Much of the money for the gallery came from wealthy glass manufacturer Thomas Osler, whose firm made the famous glass fountain centrepiece for the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace.The clock

The village of Waddington has won the 'Best Kept Village in Lancashire' title on many occasions.When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1953, the village erected a Coronation Bridge and laid

Before the railway came in 1838 and today's town began to grow, this was the centre of Woking. Here it appears as though it is completely deserted with not a soul to be seen.

The sea came well up to the promenade; in later years, as at Southport, it has receded. Picture postcards often featured this hotel—one reads 'All the nobs stay here'!

A further boost to the port's success came with the construction of a spur to the Lancaster Canal in 1826, and a huge basin was built to accommodate the barges that transported the cargoes inland.

The early 18th-century Bell Inn on the Eastbourne Road was one of several important staging inns in this village when Cobbett came here in 1822 and lauded it as being beautiful.

Even the Pre-Raphaelites came. The arrival of the railway in 1867, and the 1872 National Bank Holiday Act, opened Walton up to everybody.

In the church of St John the Evangelist, W S Gilbert, of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, sleeps under the widespread wings of a white angel; Gilbert lived at Grimsdyke, a house designed by the architect Norman

From this came the nautical cry of 'ahoy'. They continued to operate into the 19th century, until ousted by the steam packet service in about 1815.

The Eastern Telegraph Co's large cable station was established in the valley just inland from the beach at Porthcurno, where undersea cables came ashore.

Edward VI dissolved all chantry chapels in 1549 and the building eventually came into corporation ownership. They created a grammar school.

Taw Vale Parade is to the right of the Albert Clock, whose building was started in 1862 and not completed until a decade later; the money came from public subscription.

From this came the nautical cry of 'ahoy'. They continued to operate into the 19th century, until ousted by the steam packet service in about 1815.