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Construction began in 1951, and took about 5 years. The shops were built in two tiers - it is said that the architect, Donald Gibson, was inspired by the magnificent medieval Rows at Chester.

Inadequate foundations meant that the tower began to show signs of instability even before it was completed, and it had to be shored up with spur buttresses.

Work began in 1743 and ended in 1770. The old castle was demolished in 1773.

The electric trams which began service in 1901 quickly proved popular with the citizens of Nottingham.

Thanks to a railway station providing train services to London, Brockenhurst began to expand during the second half of the 19th century.

In the 18th century it passed to a Southampton builder who was killed by falling tracery as he began to demolish the site.

This idea was later copied by Baron de Coubertin, who began the international Olympic movement.

Work began on Blackpool's second pier in 1867 and took less than a year to complete. Promoted as the 'pier for the masses', it was hugely popular and offered a variety of entertainments.

The first Knott End ferry began as a family business shortly after work on Fleetwood started, but in 1894, was taken over by the municipal council.

It was only in the late Victorian era when builders began to throw up lines of villas overlooking the sea that Woolacombe's attractions were discovered.

Kenilworth began its transformation from bleak fortress to luxurious palace in the 1360s when it became the property of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.

Jax, a cheerful low-price dress shop for younger customers, replaced the more staid Co-op; Millett's, which began by selling army surplus goods, branched into camping equipment and tough outdoor clothes

Work on Lichfield Cathedral began in the late 12th century, and took about 150 years to complete, though additional work was undertaken during the 15th century.

It began life as the Merchants' Exchange, with an open-arched arcade on the ground floor. This was blocked in 1718 when the building was converted for use as a Customs House.

Test cricket began at?Headingley in 1899.

Despite a campaign to preserve it, the last phase of its demolition began in 2001.

The Mumbles railway began as a tramroad authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1804; it carried limestone and coal until one of the original shareholders, Benjamin French, used a horse-drawn wagon to carry

Despite a campaign to preserve it, the last phase of its demolition began in 2001.

This hotel was probably first built at the end of the 18th century, when the Turnpike Trusts began to improve the county's roads.

Along with its neighbouring villages of Betteshanger and Tilmanstone, this settlement was a centre of the short-lived Kent coal industry, which began when coal was discovered when borings for a proposed

Work on this magnificent church began in 1928 and the east end was completed in 1933. However, it was the summer of 1993 before the church was finally completed, dedicated and opened.

Work on the present structure began in the late 12th century, and took around 150 years to complete, though additional work was undertaken during the 15th century.

It retained its predominantly rural character until industry began to develop in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Henry II began the reshaping of Edward the Confessor's old church. Restyling continued until well into the 16th century.