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Fleetwood was founded in 1836 by Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, and laid out to the designs of Decimus Burton, who designed the North Euston Hotel, Queen's Terrace and both lighthouses.

They formed a hotel company which, for £900, bought from Peter Bruff the street block to the east of the pier.

Putting this right using both 'hard' and 'soft' landscaping would create a pleasing impression and dramatically improve the quality of the centre.

However, the medieval spire of St Matthew's has watched over Walsall's many incarnations over the centuries, and now the town is taking on yet another guise.

From 1874 there was a long period of depression, and farmers found it increasingly difficult to make a living on the land through a series of wet summers and bad harvests.

We must not forget that there were still nearly 200 licensed fishing vessels in Aldeburgh at this time, catching herrings and sprats and sole.

Alexander Wilson's Vauxhall Iron Works had outgrown its Vauxhall site in London, and in 1905 by chance moved to another area associated with the legendary Falkes de Breauté.

From there they fall away in a picturesque series of steps, rising again to the same level as Leith Hill at Hindhead and Black Down. Leith Hill and its tower is a beauty spot not to be missed.

It was not just the service industries and manufacturing industries that had to transform themselves, but the local agricultural scene also needed to change.

The shops displayed their wares to the elements. The traffic was slower, but the pace was more fervent. The encouragement to buy was the most important thing of the day.

The shops displayed their wares to the elements. The traffic was slower, but the pace was more fervent. The encouragement to buy was the most important thing of the day.

Within 20 years, well-to-do commuter communities had sprung up along the lines; indeed, Alderley Edge village itself did not exist before the trains came - it is a Victorian creation dating from

Another important aspect of this development is a new park, and this forms part of a wider vision to improve access to, and the environment of, the whole of the green wedge that runs through the

By 1958 cheap Italian and Japanese textiles were being dumped on the market and countries like Canada and the US had placed a tariff on British cloth.

The reference to the Town Hall is to the one erected in 1795 to the designs of Alderman Bradshaw to replace the earlier one he demolished.

The condition of today's ruins is large- ly due to the efforts of Oliver Cromwell's Roundheads during the Civil War.

The Inman Line was one of the principal players on the North Atlantic service, holding mail contracts for Liverpool to New York and Liverpool to Halifax.