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A stone keep was added in 1170, followed by curtain walls and improved living accommodation.

This central section of Regent Stret follows the line of the old Swallow Street, where London's notorious highwaymen left their horses in livery.

The old road follows the line of the ridge and the beach was once occasionally used to load coal onto boats at high tide from the nearby Trefân Cliff Colliery.

Following a favourable report on the medicinal properties of the waters, a baths and hotel were built, and Leamington was on the spa trail.

Such modernisation has proved successful in helping attract students to its university campus in the decades following the war.

The following year Sir Walter Hungerford regained the castle for his family, the twist being that Sir Walter had been knighted on the field of Bosworth.

These roads followed the exact lines of the present Quebec Street and Front Street, and the village was built around these.

Boots and International Stores had both been long-term tenants of this corner, but in 1976 Boots moved away, and the Leeds Permanent Building Society, followed by the Halifax, moved in.

There was a time when Corbridge held a weekly market, but this petered out as the town declined following the Civil War.

At the height of the season, Peel harbour was often full of fishing boats - Manx, Cornish, Irish and Scottish - as they followed the migrating herring into Scottish waters.

'Discovered' in 1873 and restored the following year, its origin is still unknown.

Following the move of the gaol and assizes to Bodmin in 1842, the grounds were landscaped and turned into a pleasure park by the Duke of Northumberland.

Following their defeat at the Battle of Dunbar, Major General David Leslie and several thousand survivors of his army took shelter in Stirling.

It opened on 26 August 1936, and the first film to be shown was 'Follow the Fleet' starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

This was finally implemented in Britain in 1752, whereupon the 2nd September was, somewhat abruptly, followed by the 14th.

This last chapter follows on geographically from where the fourth chapter finished, at Burgh le Marsh four miles west of Skegness.

Once the village of Ebbisham, its immense popularity as a spa resort after the Restoration, followed by its emergence as a racing centre, brought Epsom to national prominence.

The distinctive central tower of King William's College was designed by John Welch and was a feature of a major rebuilding programme following a fire in 1844.

Cut off from all support, Sir James threw Bruce's heart into the ranks of the enemy and he and his followers charged in after it.

Following its dissolution in the 16th century, Lilleshall Abbey has become a ruin - its stones were used for the building of many houses in the area.

This coaching inn, which dated from Tudor times, was rebuilt in 1676 following the Great Fire of London in 1666.

The pub was threatened with closure in 1995, but it was saved following a successful campaign to 'Save our Swan'.

They had their patch and followed the local farming calendar.

Following the decline of Steyning's port during the Middle Ages, the focus of the town shifted southwards from around the church and became centred on the junction of Church Street and the High Street.