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The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten.

The rigorous approach does not appear to have been particularly successful; many of those who came here now lie buried in graves at St John's cemetery in the village.

Soon after their birth they had been moved to St Neots, first to their doctor's house, The Shrubbery, in Church Street, and later to a large house, The Gables, in New Street, where people came

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Situated away from major routes, the town has derived its fame from the Battle of 1485, when Henry Tudor, later Henry VII, defeated Richard III on Ambion Hill to its south.

The name Granny's Bay came later, and Commonside fishermen used Granny's Dock.