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Slaid means 'flat marshy ground', burn is the Old English word for brook, so the name means 'flat marshy ground by the brook', which describes the area well.

For those unfamiliar with Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), she is most famous for the line 'The boy stood on the burning deck', from her poem 'Casabianca', written in the 19th century.

Sectarian Riots The last serious religious troubles in Stafford were the Sectarian Riots of 1715, when a mob of 'lewd fellows of the baser sort' attacked the Presbyterian Chapel with the intention of burning

St Mary's, with its very tall spire and eleven bells, has two stained glass windows executed by Burne Jones.

This provoked a riot in which Dr Ingles's door was blown off, windows were broken, and desks, benches and books were burned on the Close. Dr Ingles summoned help from the town.

His earlier one in Denmark Street burned down in 1886, and was rebuilt in brick three storeys high.

Alderley Park itself, where the house itself had largely burned down in 1932, was bought by ICI after the war. They set up their

During the early part of the 18th century, a local parson named Jonathan Darby from the parish of East Dean unofficially displayed a candle-burning lantern hung in a hollow carved out of the chalk

The town with its mostly timber buildings was burnt, though the stone Temple of Claudius defied the Britons for two more days.

Some are reconstructions of burnt down timber predecessors.

The Great Barn, or Tithe Barn, is part of Barton Manor Farm, which comprises 8 or 9 buildings grouped around a large open courtyard.

Further along is Jubilee Barn, the original tithe barn of the village.

On the south side of the station is the Barn Hotel, an attractive timber-framed complex incorporating a very tipsy barn.

Glebe Farm and the tithe barn disappeared in the 1960s; the original thatched roof was under corrugated iron sheeting.

The barn and outbuilding seen here were demolished in the 1940s as part of the long-overdue restoration programme.

The Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the Hall grounds. The bridge in the foreground is over the Barn Gill.

The 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

The herd of dairy cattle is making its way to Hall Farm, which included the former tithe barn dating from the 17th century.

Here we see the interior of the chapel as designed by Frederick Barnes in 1859, with the classical sanctuary filled with the organ.

The Great Barn of Abbotsbury Abbey was built in about 1400.

Among the old buildings, close to the new centre, is Barn House, an early barn conversion of little merit, Field End Farm House, Field End Lodge and Retreat Cottage, all timber-framed.

The tour has to reach Bury by road, but until the 1950s you could get from Amberley to Bury by ferry. The wharf was restored in 1997 with concrete steps.

Just a few yards up the hill from All Saints' Church, Barn Hill is a far cry from the commercial bustle of Red Lion Square.

The former stables of the Archbishop's Palace, for long believed to be a tithe barn. The building now houses the famous Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.