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Swindon adopted the Public Libraries Act in 1942, and its first public library opened in McIlroy's departmental store in Regent Street the following year.

Seaton developed as a resort in the 1850s, and in the years that followed a number of hotels were built to cater for the town's popularity with visitors.

Its expansion followed rapidly on its new site, occupying the buildings seen in this view designed by Edwin Dolby in High Victorian style and opened in 1870.

Following the First World War, many changes took place once again around Britain, and in Barrow and Furness in particular.

Inserting the tower on four piers inside the existing building was a great feat of engineering skill, and following the 1539 Suppression, dismantling the tower proved too difficult.

The following year he was betrayed to the English, captured, and taken to Shrewsbury, where he was hung, drawn and quartered.

In fact, its west end, seen in the photograph, gives the false impression that the grand nave arch has been blocked following the demolition of more elaborate fabric.

The fact that the churchyard is circular suggests that it follows the line of some earlier Roman structure.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a number of new streets were built following the grid pattern of the mediaeval town.

The Colonial & American Meat Stores (right) are next to the emporium owned by Charles Cox, which is followed by Watson's, selling toys and fancy goods.

A similar view to the one above, but this follows work carried out to the chancel by Sir Charles Nicholson in 1932.

The shops on the right are Thompson Bros, clothiers, at number 16, followed by Wild`s Hat Manufactory, established in 1850, then Freeman, Hardy & Willis (boots and shoes) at number 20, Thomas Davies

The following year the boundary was extended to bring all the land acquired into the borough.

This photograph shows the later building, built in 1937, which itself became redundant following the amalgamation of the Grammar School and the Secondary Modern School in the 1980s.

This view shows Caerphilly following the restoration both of its fabric and its water defences by the Marquis of Bute.

Inserting the tower on four piers inside the existing building was a great feat of engineering skill, and following the 1539 Suppression, dismantling the tower proved too difficult.

A few roads had been added during the following three hundred years, but the main High Street is still very long and busy.

When the roads on the Portmore estate were adopted by Weybridge UDC in the 1890s, following extensive house building, Mr Ward presented the pillars to the council on condition that they were preserved

In 1924, Richmond House, a large house with extensive grounds on the river-front by the Embankment, came into council ownership, following an unsuccessful bid at auction, a fumbled attempt at compulsory

In the decades that followed there were a number of minor landslips, forming the wild and jumbled wood and cliff that we see today.

Following closure in 1981 and the establishment of the London Docklands Development Corporation that same year, all of the former docklands have been transformed with stylish flats, warehouse

Following the devastating fire of 1857, a room was rented in the Ship Inn for Sunday worship until a new church could be built.

The compact grey stone 14th-century church was rebuilt following a fire in the mid 15th century at the behest of its then rector James Goldwell, who later became the Bishop of Norwich.

The castle was owned by the mighty Neville family until the 16th century, when in 1569 it was confiscated by the Crown following their involvement in the Rising of the North and a plot to overthrow