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Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

Next to it stands the Church of St James, built in 1754, enlarged sixteen years later, then following a century of use restored in 1873.

In September 1906 the tramway announced record takings for the year of £70,295 and the following year the record was broken again with takings of £73,514.

In the early years following the end of the Great War Embleton was one of the Northumberland courses where golfers could get a round on Sundays.

The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, but it was known in 1488 and in 1755 as the church of SS Peter and Pawle, a name used by the followers of St Augustine in around 600AD.

At almost three-quarters of a mile in length, it was the second-longest pier in England after Southend's, but was damaged by a severe storm in 1978 and pulled down the following year.

The new factory was commissioned in 1912, and was built over the following eight years.

The GNR cut the return fare from Sheffield to just 5s; the Midland followed suit, and thanks to Thomas Cook tearing up his written agreement, the latter could reduce the fare to just two or three shillings

The harbour was built owing to the foresight of the Reverend Alban Gwynne following the enabling 1807 Harbour Act, and he spent his wife's inheritance building the planned Georgian town to go with it.

This building stands at the northern end of The Parade; it was built in 1926 on the site of a former coaching inn, the Pengwern Arms, which had to be demolished in 1885 following storm damage.

Following de Lacy's death in 1311, the castle passed through a number of hands.

Forming a boundary with the original Augustinian priory site established by Henry I, the High Street follows the route of the Watling Street ancient trackway.

Later it was dissected and, following a Yorkshire custom, her skin was tanned and distributed in small pieces to those who applied.

The Iron Age Museum followed in 1986. By this time New Street had been diverted behind the building and Church Close created.

It reminds us that Buntingford High Street and Royston Road follow the line of the Roman Ermine Street.

At a riot following the execution of a man named Robertson, Porteous ordered his men to fire on the crowd.

Following defeat at the Battle of Dunbar, Major General David Leslie and several thousand survivors of his army took shelter in Stirling. The town eventually fell to General Monk.

On the left-hand side, W Cushen, a silk mercer and undertaker's office, is followed by a fruiterer and greengrocer's, a stationery shop, a barber's, and a fishmonger.

Families followed the country fairs and markets and often ventured into London for the festivals and fairs held on the commons.

At the northernmost point away from Hailsham we reach Crowborough, a village that became a health resort in the 1870s when Lord Abergavenny followed the advice of a Dr Prince.

A branch line soon followed, and Eastbourne station opened in 1849, but Polegate grew, and until it was by-passed recently it was something of a bottleneck on the Bexhill Road, the A27.

These had been opened in 1923 following the clearance of the wharves and warehouses; the river had become a leisure amenity rather than a commercial highway.

In 1322 the Earl of Lancaster sought refuge in the local church following his defeat by Edward II.

St Athan is home to RAF Athan, and has formed part of the local community and economy for many decades, particularly following the Second World War.