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Following a fire it was rebuilt (in much the same style) in 1861. Still privately owned, it is opened to the public in the summer months and can also be hired for private events.

One of Southsea's most famous landmarks is South Parade Pier, opened in 1879 and rebuilt in 1908 following a fire.

Vivary Park was purchased in 1894 and a bandstand and the gates were added the following year. The park has been recently renovated with the help of a National Lottery grant.

Formerly known as the Council House, it has recently been renamed the Town Hall, following the construction of a new red-brick Council House next to it.

It follows the road to Lodge Farm. The bypass, which opened in 1981, necessitated the realignment of this road from the new roundabout.

Fashion decreed that much of Georgian society should follow the monarch's example, creating a minor bathing resort on the edge of what had been a lonely estuary.

Following the Wye valley for several miles, it then climbs steeply towards Taddington before plunging dramatically downhill to rejoin the river again. The road has not been improved very much today.

It was in a hospital here that Lawrence of Arabia died following his motorcycle crash in 1935.

In this quintessentially English scene, one can almost hear the sound of bat hitting ball, followed by the ripple of applause from the knowledgeable spectators.

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

These follow the patterns of old burgage strips, and on market days, sheep were driven in single file along the narrow ways to be counted.

peaceful and idyllic rural scene, with the horse and cart behind a small girl pushing a pram outside the church of St John the Baptist, belies Crawley's mid 19th-century expansion into a railway town, following

It is possible to either take the lanes or to follow the coastal path, admiring the views towards Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight along the way.

It also reveals a somewhat insensitive example of infill, no attempt having been made by the architect to follow the existing roof line.

The pier building's tall seaward end has now gone, and the pier beyond it has been closed following extensive storm damage.

Following bombing during the Second World War, the familiar tower is today attached to a new church. The wall survives, but the lychgate has a new position.

Wycombe Abbey School's first architect, was commissioned by the school to build boarding houses, classroom blocks and dormitories, which were mostly built between 1898 and 1902, with the chapel following

In 1935, following their success in an architectural competition, James & Bywater, with Rowland Pierce, oversaw the building of the new County Hall in Peggs Lane.

Following a collapse of the rock face in 1996, access to the terrace overlooking the Meadows has been restricted until repairs have been completed.

Pleshey's curving roads generally follow the concentric lines of the castle's ramparts.

The soaring parish church tower, carefully rebuilt following its collapse in 1785, closes the view.

The Buckland Drives, following the rim of the flatter land high up on the eastern bank of the Dart, were very popular during the 19th century.

It also had the distinction, following an Act of Parliament in 1562, of sending two MPs to Parliament - voted in by an electorate of only twenty!

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort