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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.

The right to hold a market in the High Street was originally granted to the lords of the manor by Charles II, and afterwards confirmed by his brother James in 1685.

The Chartists held meetings behind the Unicorn Hotel and on one occasion a crude explosive device was found there. Fortunately, it was not detonated but it shows how serious matters were.

The land on which Kendal Castle stands was acquired through marriage by Ivo de Taillebois, and it is he who is thought to have built the original 11th-century fortress.

Protected on three sides by water, the rock was the ideal location for a fortification; for around six hundred years it was the capital of the Kingdom of Strathclyde.

This fine old 17th- century farmhouse, built in a mixture of materials, stone, brick, tile-hanging and long straw thatch, is typical of the area around Marlborough.

In contrast to the Early English Gothic of the Congregational Church of 1886, now the United Reformed Church, on the east side of the Broadway, the Baptists chose Perpendicular Gothic for their 1901 church

The forerunner of secondary modern schools and comprehensives, Waller Street School was established during the period when extended education beyond the age of 10 was unusual.

The Market Square is at the busy cross-roads in the centre of this delightful small town.

The north side of the Market Place has seen many recent changes: The Marquis of Granby, partly dating from 1695, was restored in 1999 and the paint removed from its stonework.

It consisted of a large motte, on top of which was built a timber tower protected by palisades; the motte divided the Upper and Lower Wards.

Perhaps it will carry a passenger who had just arrived off one of the steam trains to pass through this attractive village on its way to Ashford.

Notice how the limestone roof slates are smaller at the ridge, becoming larger as they descend towards the eaves of this fine old house.

Although no longer 'i'th wood' this wonderful building is still full of character.

On the hillside, ¾ mile east of Towneley is this splendid house. Over the main doorway, concealed by the garden wall, the owner's name, William Barcroft, and the date 1614 is inscribed.

The landlord is looking at our photographer with some suspicion, which is not surprising: this was thought to be one of Lynn's pubs with a dubious reputation.

Taxal is a small village south of Whaley Bridge, lying in a cul-de-sac overlooking the lovely Goyt Valley.

This mansion just north of Richmond has been altered by successive owners: the Aske, Bowes and Wharton families, Sir Conyers D'Arcy, and, since 1763, the Dundas family, now ennobled as Marquesses of

This view from Horsehold overlooks the wooded Calder Valley; it shows Heptonstall's two parish churches, one in the valley at Mytholm and the other on the hill above (centre background) in the actual hilltop

Here we see a quiet corner of the Ribblesdale village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

The Army, probably from the neighbouring garrison town of Catterick, was on parade in the sloping, rectangular Market Place at Leyburn in Wensleydale when the Frith photographer called for this picture

This is probably the most dull row of buildings in Edgware town.

Now renamed The Abbey Hotel, this terrace of houses became an hotel in 1879. It is part of the elder Wood's Royal Forum, with its long, formal composition fronting North Parade.

In the 13th century, St Ives was one of the biggest markets in Europe. Since then, encroachment by buildings greatly reduced its size.