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His decision to enclose the land with a high wall in 1637 was not popular with the local residents and landowners.

Today, all that remains of the Plume of Feathers is the stableyard, now used as garages, which can be seen from Tythings Court.

The grounds are open to the public and delightful to walk through. Here, too, by the house, is St Mary's Parish Church.

The first and second floors provided a manager's residence for many years, which enjoyed a walled garden to the rear.

Trudi Westmore-Cox trained as a nurse and saw a desperate need for a hospice in Basildon, where care for the carer as well as for the patient is high on the list.

Above all, the revolution was about new technology, and working practices were changing fast.

All four cemetery buildings were set in well kept lawned burial areas, punctuated with a gridwork of symmetrical paths and attractive topiary; the cemetery was bounded by a stone wall with wrought

the base of the arch, and also the entrances to the two stone spiral staircases which lead up to the window at the very top of the arch, across which many an intrepid Gisborian claims to have walked

Against the wall on the right is the grindstone for sharpening tools.

Setting up a monastery gained influence with the Church, which was the civil service of the time, as well as gaining merit for the Hereafter.

The astonishing trade of Belfast, and the charges on ships and goods, provided all the money required and some to spare. The non-profit-making commissioners built these handsome offices.

Among them were the Nightingalls of South Hatch in Burgh Heath Road, another father-and-son team; Tom Walls the actor, who won the 1932 Derby with his April the Fifth; and George and Bessie Duller

The Antonine Wall is being put forward as a World Heritage site, in collaboration with Germany, Austria and Hungary to mark the European boundary of the Roman Empire.

After the livestock market on Monday (the sheep market), Tuesday and Friday, animals would head out all over Lancashire. The origin of the name Clitheroe is surrounded by doubts and mystery.

It was once Shergold's grocery, and still has beautiful tiles on the walls.

It was also the site of the ancient Christopher Inn (1404- 1862), and until mid 1887 it was the Somerset Hotel, with a cast iron covered porch, stone walls and sandstone floors.

A large manor house was built within the remains of the old castle in 1541, incorporating some of the original curtain wall, the gatehouse and the great tower.

One of the tower columns bears an inscription: 'Orm vocatur qui me condidit': 'He who founded me was called Orm.'

One of the tower columns bears an inscription: 'Orm vocatur qui me condidit': 'He who founded me was called Orm.'

Internally, the church shows its Norman origins with two-bay arcades north and south and unmoulded arches separated by pieces of wall.

It depicts a kneeling Eton schoolboy called George Kenneth Vansittart-Neale who died aged 14, in 1904. A brass in the nave west wall, a 16inch figure dated 1517, relates to a Thomas Crekett.

In 64486 we are looking from the north along the line of the walls. The Chapel of St Thomas the Martyr (better known as Thomas à Becket) is at the end, through an archway to the left.

They were not satisfied that the new Shire Hall provided them with a suitable trading floor. Inside, the building was darkened and cluttered by dividing walls and architectural fripperies.

The tower is separated from the rest of the fortress by a deep ditch, wall and gatehouse.