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The Lady Chapel is also known as St Mary's Chapel, and just to confuse matters further it is popularly known as St Joseph's Chapel - 'Joseph' being Joseph of Arimathea who was said in legend to

The birds have always been a very popular attraction for local children.

Over the years it has maintained its popularity and is still well attended.

This apparatus was quite popular in those days, and was used to lift gear on and off the boats in the absence of a mobile crane.

The popularity of Box Hill, once called the White Hill from its chalk bluff and affording a splendid view across the Weald from its summit of just over 600ft, reached an apogee during the late Victorian

Brungerley Bridge is still popular today because of its proximity as a leisure area to Clitheroe town.

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

His decision to enclose the land with a high wall in 1637 was not popular with the local residents and landowners.

Started in June 1838 to accommodate the Liverpool Music Festival, which was held every four years and had become a very popular event, St George's Hall is one of the greatest buildings in England.

Everyone said that the idea would never work, but it did; she proved very popular with families desperate to avoid having to mix with the heavy drinkers, who often made trips miserable for everyone

Two other garages were established before the First World War but a petrol shortage during the First World War meant horse drawn carriages and bicycles remained popular until the 1920s.

The then-popular Daily Sketch secured exclusive rights to their story.

At the sale of Frank Day's estates, the Priory garden was acquired by St Neots & District Recreation Club Company and developed for various sports, especially bowls which gained great popularity

This was a popular event which continued until the Second World War, and concluded with a firework show and a set piece by Charlie Shore himself.

There has, for example, been a garage on the same site in Leicester Road since 1923 in the early days of popular motoring. An older Loughborough is still to be seen today.

Dunchurch, 4 miles to the south- west of Rugby, is a small village of thatched cottages and popular public houses and restaurants.

Other sports are popular in the town, notably cricket, and the club's ground is certainly in a very attractive setting; it has enthralled appreciative crowds since 1894.

Mineral Water factory, and in 1943 even produced Coca Cola for American troops stationed nearby; during the war German prisoners were quartered here, and another part was let off for dancing, which was popular

Built in 1704, St Peter's was a very popular church and well attended.

With the boats and quays in the background, this open-air swimming pool has a definite industrial maritime feel to it, but that did not prevent it from being very popular.

It became a popular watering place, where one drank the waters - unlike Bath, where one bathed.

There has, for example, been a garage on the same site in Leicester Road since 1923 in the early days of popular motoring. An older Loughborough is still to be seen today.

The leading two are Wallasey ferries, one probably heading for New Brighton and packed with day trippers for the once-popular resort.

Motor transport had been invented, and was becoming very popular indeed.