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It changed the look of the town. Ormond House, on the corner of the new road, now had its garden view dominated by a huge engine shed, and the price of the house fell accordingly.

During the Second World War the town was declared safe for both industry and people.

At first there was only an apsidal chancel and nave and a singular bell turret. A new vestry and two new porches were added in 1875. By 1884, a transept had also been added.

owing to the growth of cheap foreign holidays and an industrial recession.

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished.

The church had cathedral status, and its structure is an example of Plantation Gothic. Its slim steeple tells of a Georgian's ideas on the style.

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished.

down, and nobody appeared to be very interest- ed in it.

This shows the far end of the Avenue, looking into York Street.

Pullman's Westbrook Mill produced soft, chamois type leathers; Gay & Co in Ockford Road worked on small skins such as rabbit; and Rea and Fisher's by the railway, the heavier hides.

The town had two brickworks, the one on the Warren operating from 1750 to 1919 and one on the Porlock road operating from 1897 to 1947.

Before 1984, dramatic life in the town had centred on the Ebbisham Hall, built in 1929 by a church group called the Epsom Brotherhood.

FOR MUCH of its existence Teddington has been regarded as a quiet town between the busier Richmond, Twickenham and Kingston centres on the River Thames.

The Broadway site was then demolished and replaced by a parade of retail units with offices above.

The new library and mayoral suite were seen as the first phase of a new block of civic buildings, though in fact it was another 30 years before the rest of the site - the Civic Centre and Civic

The inscription described her as a 'rat catcher who has lodged in many a town and travelled far and near. By age and death she is struck down to her last lodging here.'

While many of the buildings on the right remain, several were pulled down in the 1980s and their sites now form part of a supermarket car park.

An interesting view showing the Ha'penny pedestrian bridge across Rifts Wood and the road bridge between the old town and new town.

A panoramic view of the town and Castle showing how the latter dominated the scene even in 1955. Note the scaffolding around the tower.

A panormaic view of the town and castle showing how the latter dominated the scene even in 1955. Note the scaffolding around the tower.

Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

On the right the Old Post Office Buildings, faced in red terracotta, were a triumphant memorial to the Victorian splendour of the town, and to Gotch and Saunders, the architects.

On the right the Old Post Office Buildings, faced in red terracotta, were a triumphant memorial to the Victorian splendour of the town, and to Gotch and Saunders, the architects.

Every morning some of the inmates would wend their way into the town to work in the houses or the inns.