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Following the '45, Duart was garrisoned by government troops, but was abandoned by the end of the 18th century and allowed to fall into ruin.

It is sad that the building is at present empty, following the closure of the museum and TIC in 2004.

Following its surrender to the Parliamentarians at the end of the English Civil War, the castle was ordered to be slighted so that it would be of no further military value.

Behind the bank was the Post Office (1907-1988) and the magnificent Empire Theatre (3rd July 1909 to 24th April 1955) whose closure, caused by TV and cinema, was so sudden that the stars booked for the following

He and the vicars who followed stressed the need for physical fitness, and some formed football teams.

camera looks at the early 16th-century Great Barn, which was originally one of four opening onto the farmyard; a second smaller one has quite recently been particularly well restored from a skeletal state following

Following many name changes, it was partially demolished after becoming unsafe. In 1871 the grand Italianate structure known as the Imperial Hotel was built on the site of its auditorium.

The church is full of treasures, not least the brass chandelier given by a builder following severe flooding from the River Wyre.

Two years later the market area was paved over, and additional trading took place each Thursday, followed by a Friday antiques market.

There follow more 18th-century buildings where the façades usually conceal much older rem- nants. The Crown Hotel and Price & Son, boot and shoe- makers, can be seen.

The Royal Lion Hotel and New Inn are followed by Middle Row (centre). The Toby Jug, Fudge Kitchen and Mulberry Manor front the next pavement, in a row of shops uphill to the Three Cups Hotel.

All of these were demolished in the following decades to make way for new department stores.

On the other three sides of the building are carved the following inscriptions: 'The Mental Riches You May Here Acquire, Abide With You Always', 'On Earth There Is Nothing Greater Than Man.

Following the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the Manor of Hemel Hempstead was returned to the Crown. In 1702, the manor was leased to the Halsey family, who purchased it in 1815.

Thomas Webster commissioned The Elms, and Edenfield and Fairlawn followed after, mansions with wonderful views over the Ribble estuary.

The Hutton and Pinchinthorpe estate was sold by auction and split up in 1902 following the collapse of the Pease's business empire, and the Hall was bought by J W Pickering, a prosperous ship owner

A wooden plaque bears the following inscription: 'Borne by his faithful friends from his loved home of Lindisfarne, here, after long wanderings, rests the body of St Cuthbert in whose honour William

It became the Western National following merger with the motor services of the Great Western Railway in 1929. The buses met each train and took passengers on to Lynton and beyond.

Following the death of William ap Thomas in 1445, the castle passed into the hands of his eldest son, another William, who took the surname Herbert.

It was designed by E W Mountford and built between 1891 and 1896, and was opened the following year by Queen Victoria who was greeted by Sheffield's first lord mayor, the Duke of Norfolk.

Previously a journey from London to Portsmouth entailed one of two options: to go to Croydon and then to Brighton, with a change there onto the South Coast line to Chichester and Portsmouth, or to follow

Following a procession in full regalia, the mayor, the councillors and other dignitaries process from the Council Chamber to the area in front of the Guildhall where the scales have been set up.

Priory garden was acquired by St Neots & District Recreation Club Company and developed for various sports, especially bowls which gained great popularity in the area in the years immediately following

William Seward, a major businessman in the town during the early years of the century, built a new boot and shoe shop in the High Street in 1901 and followed this up with other new premises in