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Marryat…in the new, smart, red-bricked Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park, and recreation grounds, its imposing town hall - one of the finest in the kingdom - in the Portsmouth up-to-date

The imposing proper- ties at the Queen Street junction which protrude into the street are dated circa 1700.

Sir Hugh Casson's influence is evident: he designed the stands containing books of remembrance, and an imaginative and lively organ case, dating from 1950.

To the right of this pathway is another which leads to the site of the postern gate, which was part of the early 11th- and 12th-century defences of Malmesbury.

After the First World War the date of the Alderley Wakes changed to Easter, but the fun still went on until 1939, with the fair set up in the field opposite the Wizard.

the middle of the 19th century, the third (curfew) bell was rung daily at five in the morning and eight in the evening, warning householders to extinguish their fires until morning; this custom dates

At this date there were few lifeboats in service around Britain's coast, and no umbrella organisation to oversee things.

A brass in the nave west wall, a 16inch figure dated 1517, relates to a Thomas Crekett.

In the yard at the back there is a rare survival, a dovecote dating from the 13th or 14th century.

The 1870 view of the bridge is particularly interesting, for it shows the Berkshire bank before the spread of late Victorian developments that brought large houses and villas to the Berkshire hillside

The carvings on the west front date from about 1230.

The central portion of York House dates from 1635, and is one of the oldest surviving buildings locally.

testify) the number of Glaswegians denoted by the letter 'I' as having been born in Ireland was relatively high, and certain districts, notably the Gorbals, were almost entirely Irish by that date

PROBABLY the best-known and most prominent feature of the walled town is the Five Arches, which date back to about 1328.

Perhaps the date was regarded as a mere figure on the calendar, although the local Staffordshire Newsletter and Stafford Post each brought out special editions, and there was correspondence debating

The church was finished in just two years, although the clock and the lych gate would be later additions.

Whilst the main fabric of the present building is known to date from the 16th century, there is internal evidence in the roof beams and fireplaces, and in the large use of timber on one of the

The date of rebuilding is usually given as 1186, although in reality it must have been spread over several years.

This separation of St Andrew's Church from the Abbey of Leicester was to save its assets from seizure at the dissolution of the monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII — a fate suffered by both

They played a significant role in getting some of the worst local pubs closed down through (Robert Cook) The Brewery Tap dates back to the 17th century.

Ever since the town's Georgian gentrification, the school, with its curriculum of dead languages, had seemed increasingly out of date.

The buildings on the left date from c1725, when the Crown owned the castle; it is now a museum of Ribble life.

The estate dates to the early 13th century, and was owned by William de Polesdene.

The furniture legacy from this period can be found mainly in the western part of town: many are relatively small two-storey structures up to 100 feet long, and date mostly from the first two decades