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The construction of Penrice took place over about fifty years, beginning in c1250 with a stone round keep, followed by curtain wall, gatehouse, two round towers and five small turrets.

Following the passing of the Technical Act of 1889, the Corporation began this fine building in Hopwood Lane; it was completed in 1895.

It was sold in 1937 to London and Surrey County Councils, following the death of the last member of the Farmer family, who had lived there for many years.

An early traveller from Worcester bound for the Westside would first cross the bridge, then follow a causeway across flood meadows before trudging up narrow, winding Cripplegate to St John's.

Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the locomotive workshops

Following the Norman Conquest, it was given to William de Braose, and in 1617 it became a corporate borough with a common seal and elected bailiffs.

It is suggested that the remains of Herstmonceux Castle form part of the oldest brick mansion in Britain; it was built in 1441, following a grant from the king to Roger de Fiennes to ‘embattle’

Here the Lollards, followers of Wycliffe, were imprisoned and tortured.

Here the Lollards, followers of Wycliffe, were imprisoned and tortured.

Many others followed in the 1960s and 70s, and the school occupies most of the south side of the road, with its playing fields extending close to the River Nene.

They were eventually demolished following accidents, but one has since been re-erected in an adjacent field.

It was envisaged that the population of Stevenage would increase from 7,000 to 60,000 in the following twenty years, and indeed 67.000 people lived in the town in 1971.

Poore's Victorian brewery office became Handel House around 1920, with a wide altered shop-front sellling pianos, followed soon after by A B Scott's shoe shop.

The landscaping of these gardens was only completed in 1964, following the pur- chase of Linda Vista House and gardens by the council in 1960.

Next on the list were the Caledonian, the Station and the Royal, followed by the somewhat cheaper Royal British, the Douglas and the Bedford.

Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and so it became popular for runaway marriages of English couples following the passage of Lord Hardwicke's act in 1754.

The path through the park was supposed to follow the route of a Roman road.

Following a fire in 1973, this was rebuilt as two conventional storeys.

Following a two-year building programme, the £670,000 National Sports Centre opened in 1971 on a site near the Pavilion - the culmination of a ten-year effort to create a central home for

The Georgian style can be seen following along the left side of Leys Avenue and on Station Road at Lloyd's Bank (left).

It was opened on 28 October 1829 with a dinner for over 200 people followed by a grand display of fireworks.

Following the closure of the post office and stores in March 2003, a community shop and post office opened in the barn of the Swan in December 2003.The single-decker bus is approaching another now

Other wealthy gentlemen followed his example, but it was to be the middle of that century before the town achieved popularity as a holiday resort.

Not many years later, following the Haweswater Act of 1919, Manchester Corporation would be given the right to acquire the lake and its surrounding catchment area for a major reservoir.