Search Results

Southampton came complete with dry docks, graving docks and a foreign animals wharf.

In 1844, railway surveyors came to this agricultural village with the aim of linking two main lines to provide a route from West Yorkshire to Lancashire and Cumbria.

It came into the possession of the Dukes of Bedford in 1738, and in 1794 the then Duke removed the roof and most of the fittings. The reason is not recorded.

A further boost came in 1792 with the opening of a link between the Dudley and Birmingham Canals. The major industrial development at Brierley Hill was building the Earl of Dudley’s

By the 1750s his fame had grown, and his celebrity status attracted visitors.

People came from miles around for the Sunday service, and afterwards took lunch in one of the many inns surrounding the church. Broth with dumplings cost one penny a bowl.

Stourbridge came into existence at a crossing point of the Stour.

Apsley Mills came under the technical control of the Ministry of Munitions and Nash Mills made mortar bombs and small shells.

The impressive harbour with its fine breakwater was constructed in 1906, in an effort to entice the great sea-going ships away from Liverpool and Southampton, but this idea came to nothing.

In the summer of 2005 the harbour was alive with ships as they came to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson.

James Ainsworth was a master mariner like his father before him, and James Wright came here to work for the Great Northern Railway which itself expanded to meet the needs of the dock.

New town planners distrusted the earlier, casual dispersal of houses and manufacturers along the same street, deciding that in future there would be zoning, with different areas of the town set

Hundreds of locals came to see it, and 'tarmacadam' became a huge success.

After Willand & Robinson moved to Rugby in 1911, Auto Carriers (makers of the AC cars of later fame) occupied the buildings.

Milford then turned to oil again, but this time a different kind of oil, and four oil refineries came into production from the 1950s, making Milford the second largest oil refining port in Europe in the

He came to Haywards Heath in 1920, and established his practice at Boltro Chambers - this was just a stone's throw from the railway station.

Her 230,000-strong force was expected to win another glorious victory - wives and children came along to celebrate.

Family legend has it that grandfather came home with two left boots from the looting that followed the riot.

Many of the vessels employed in the beach trade were old when they came to it, costing their new owners between £200 and £500.

Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558. Her stays in Enfield were in 1564, 1568, 1572 and 1587.

In the summer the first protest came from a house next door, because young nurses were sitting on an adjoining bench with babies who cried.

Wood Green Farm still cultivates acres of pasture on the north bank of the Severn as far as Burlish Top, but changes came about after World War II.

In the 1920s the future looked very bright for Loughborough, but the Depression of the 1930s came as a cruel blow to the town.

In the early 1900s the road was widened and the market house and several buildings in the same row were built to the designs of W J Tamlyn.