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Following a procession in full regalia, the mayor, the councillors and other dignitaries process from the Council Chamber to the area in front of the Guildhall where the scales have been set up.

Priory garden was acquired by St Neots & District Recreation Club Company and developed for various sports, especially bowls which gained great popularity in the area in the years immediately following

themselves would hardly have strayed much beyond their villages, except to visit nearby market towns, or to drive livestock from parish to parish along the ancient droving routes which can still be followed

the 19th century it became common practice for boats to go into south-east Irish waters and fish for mackerel from March to June, to return to Man for the herring season, and then from October to follow

The church tells of the human needs that followed. It was as early as 1832 that the Seamen's Friendly Society was set up; by 1836 it had a small building of its own in Pilot Street.

Shaw had to wait until 1863 for its rail- way, but the industrial expansion that followed was also substantial; the photographs capture a character that is uniquely Shaw`s.

Troubles of this kind continued through the following centuries, providing the legal profession with a steady source of income.

The modernised station did not follow the then fashionable Art Deco style of architecture, though the nearby Caffyns garage did; it is a fine example of Art Deco, incorporating curved window

The statue was sculpted by Raphael Monti, who reputedly committed suicide following the discovery of a flaw in his creation.

By looking first at the Fryerns Neighbourhood, then Lee Chapel North, followed by more recent building near Laindon Station, you can see the changes that have taken place over the years.

Boots the Chemists were still next door to the hotel, but not for long: they were soon to move further along the High Street as Grantham's shopping centre gravitated towards St Peter's Hill, following

The grotto was demolished in 1948 following neglect and vandalism, but the statue remains in Elmbridge Museum.

, although the local Staffordshire Newsletter and Stafford Post each brought out special editions, and there was correspondence debating whether the millennium actually began in 2000 or the following

Its design followed that of a 13th-century church in France, and it was constructed in white stone rather than brick. The money ran out towards the end.

In 1956 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone opened a Methodist church in Langdon Hills, and in the following year the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited Kingswood Junior School, officially opened

He worked from some of the earliest photographs of the crowd, and had many followers in Derby genre scenes.

To 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

For many years Sir Joseph helped other people to follow scientific exploration, and it was due to him that many Lincolnshire men were involved in the exploration of Australia, including George

Following Charles II's defeat at Worcester, Dunnottar was the only fortress over which the royal standard of the house of Stewart remained flying.

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

THE MAIN EAST-WEST thoroughfare in Bearsden, one of Glasgow's northern suburbs, is named Roman Road, for it follows the line of a roadway constructed by the Romans in AD 142 along the south side

Its design followed that of a 13th-century church in France, and it was constructed in white stone rather than brick. The money ran out towards the end.

It was followed by the Commonwealth and Protectorate under Cromwell, and the restoration of the Stuart monarchy under Charles II in 1660.

Follow a heritage trail around Chelmsford, however, and you can be forgiven for thinking that half of its history lies under car parks. In some cases, you would be right.