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The Abbey of St Mary de Pratis, which is laid out in the north- west angle of the park, was one of the largest in England of the Augustinian Order.

We are looking north-westwards up Bell Street from the Assembly Rooms.

The ground floor has Norman windows reflecting the prominent Norman work inside, together with a north arcade of 1858 by Woodyer.

At the time of the opening of the Leeds Town Hall in 1858, an arch commemorating Queen Victoria's visit was erected in north Leeds.

The arid area of grass and the 1950s housing (both family and sheltered) could, with a lightness of touch, have provided a more special entrance to the village from the north, under the shadow of

It has five striking jacks representing England (John Bull) sounding note 'A'; Ireland (Irish girl) note 'B'; Scotland (The Cock of the North) note 'D'; Wales (Welsh girl) note 'G' and Father

Coity Castle stands less than two miles to the north-east of Bridgend.

To the north of the town, Crendon Lane was gated near where the station now is, and a track wended its way towards Amersham over Wycombe Heath, an area infested by highwaymen.

On the left is the North Hunts Constitutional Club, now the offices of Ewing Reeson, photographer.

This caused the Sardinian Chapel to be moved several hundred yards north.

This caused the Sardinian Chapel to be moved several hundred yards north.

An 1821 Act of Parliament specified financial limits within which Worthing Town Commissioners could purchase land to erect a building to hold their meetings and provide and maintain a town clock.

The Falcon, a 17th-century inn, received an 18th-century front, while on the north side the Red Lion was re-fronted in brick in 1792 (the porch, surmounted by a carved wooden lion, was added about

The statues are badly worn by the strong westerly winds (which give the name of 'kill canon corner' to the north-west corner); they were also damaged by the 17th-century iconoclasts, who

Before this it was the premises for Brooke, a baker in the mid 19th century, and then a smaller Malmesbury bank which was taken over by North Wiltshire Banking Co.

IN 1908, in his Round About Wiltshire, A G Bradley wrote an idyllic description of the five mile 'run' between Beckhampton and Calne: 'One is on the wide open down, traversing the north-western

More cars on the cobbles are noticeable now. The

It is 1897, and a golden age for the Clyde excursion steamer industry is dawning: operators sense that the ban on landings at some piers on the Sabbath will soon be broken.

To transport the huge coal output, the North Eastern Railway ran the line to nearby Castleford from 1878.

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.

The gardens were laid out in front of the North Euston Hotel, which by 1861 had become Euston Barracks.

services to Belfast were the IOMSPCo, the Barrow Steam Navigation Co, controlled by the Midland Railway with sailings from Barrow and Morecambe, and a joint Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North

The playground was the street, with the girls allowed on the south side, the boys on the north side near the Black Bull.

The house, which was at one time the largest building in the north of England, was built by Sir Nicolas Sherburn (Shirburn) around 1690.