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Built at a cost of £2,000 on the junction of Basset Street (left) with Trevenson Street, the Passmore Edwards Free Library was opened on 23 May 1895 and boasted 5,400 volumes.

A new Ford Cortina saloon cost £669, and a Zephyr £933.

It cost £5,000 and would win recognition from the Board of Education. Colonel Colfox gave more land for playing fields, in 1918, and it would then be re-designated as a Grammar School.

Dating from the mid 15th century it was extensively restored in 1866 at a cost of £1,200, mostly paid thanks to the benefaction of Mr Robert Copeman, many of whose ancestors are buried within

Dyserth is most famous for its waterfall, attracting visitors in their hundreds.

The land was acquired by the City Corporation in 1934 at a cost of £8,000. The Debtors' Prison was opened as a museum, which was then extended to the Women's Prison building.

This high class variety proved expensive, so new leasees introduced less costly entertainment such as beauty contests and film shows.

The cost of the church was met by Miss Pilling-Taylor and her sister Mrs Edwards-Taylor of Moreton Hall.

Swanage has an advantage as a resort in that there is little difference between high and low tides, allowing good bathing at most times of the day.

This ornate fountain was erected in 1912 and cost £180; it was the subject of much public debate.

Costing £30,000, this was the very first purpose built hydro in this country.

More costly granite, however, was used for pinnacles, windows and the arcades of the interior. The church is best known for its carved bench ends. Nearby is the small St Swithin's holy well.

It has a squat tower, about 40ft high, which was rebuilt at a cost of about £7,000. The ceiling of the nave was painted with a thousand stars.

A poster advertises the Victoria Pierrots.

Built from the bricks for which the town is famous, it cost £13,000, of which the Corporation borrowed £10,000.

One such three-day visit by the king in 1634 is said to have cost the Duke £15,000, a phenomenal amount of money in 17th-century England.

The total cost was £3,700, and the architect was James Hicks of Redruth.

The parish church of St Margaret was rebuilt in the mid 19th century at a cost of around £3,000, having originally been erected in the late 15th century.

A mineral drink, crush drink or milk shake was 6d (2p), and TT milk cost only 4d (2p). The pot of tea, however, is unpriced. 'TT milk', incidentally, was milk that had been Tuberculin tested.

Netley Hospital, which opened in 1868, was a quarter of a mile long and cost more than £300,000 to construct.

Haigh Hall was designed by the twenty-fourth Earl of Crawford for himself and built at a cost of £100,000 between c1832 and 1840.

A new Ford Cortina saloon cost £669, and a Zephyr £933.

A mineral drink, crush drink or milk shake was 6d (2p), and TT milk cost only 4d (2p). The pot of tea, however, is unpriced. 'TT milk', incidentally, was milk that had been Tuberculin tested.

Dedicated to Wisbech's most famous son, Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846): one of the key figures in the movement for the abolition of the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries.