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The cottage next door is part of the Dorfold Hall estate, which lies between Acton and Nantwich amongst the trees beyond.

The police station was demolished after the opening of the new station in Acton Road in 1967 - the site is now a wooded traffic island.

Yet until the 16th century it was just a chapel of ease for nearby Acton church, which was considered to be far more important.

A grave near the fence commemorates Harold and Mary Worth, killed by enemy action on 23 December 1940 at Acton Farm.

The castle at Acton Burnell was built at the end of the 13th century by Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor of England.

These two small children pose dutifully in front of the local school, which was originally built in a traditional style after the passing of the Education Act in 1870.

When suggestions were made in the early 1960s to convert this village green into a formal crossroads, the local Women's Institute galvanised villagers into action and turfed the whole area

In 1906 there was still a great deal of romance attached to soldiering, perhaps because of the long distance travel it involved, and the glamour of action in far-flung corners of the empire.

This is the more subdued face of the Heath the shot is not packed with action. The ponds have for many years been used for swimming, fishing and sailing model craft.

Geese watch the action from a safe distance.

Also to be seen on the left ready for action is a rather primitive fire engine.

At one point they were nearly removed dur- ing a road improvement scheme, but prompt action by the locals preserved them.

The Somerset Regiment saw action during the Napoleonic Wars and in most of the conflicts of the next two centuries.

The action-packed scene that is a town street in Edwardian days, with plenty of people going about their business; the only traffic is horse-drawn vehicles.

Many Northumberland resorts are famed for the quality of their sands, but alas for Newbiggin - both pollution and wave action have taken their toll.

Currently, there are huge breakwaters built of boulders, which have been constructed in an effort to attenuate the scouring action of the water.

When James IV came to use the brute at the siege of Norham Castle in 1497, it took an artillery train of 220 men and 90 horses to get 'Mons Meg' to the scene of the action.

Their actions were stirred to protect their property after a stormy sea smashed away most of the adjacent Lifeboat Hotel and cliff in 1897.

At one time there were, ferries to New Brighton, Egremont, Seacombe, Birkenhead, Rock Ferry and Eastham, and before the tunnel opened, vehicle ferries also ran to Seacombe and Birkenhead.

It was the scene of the first action of the barons against Edward II, whose favourite Piers Gaveston held Scarborough at the time; despite surrendering, Gaveston was seized by the Earl of Warwick and summarily

During the First World War, Leeds contributed over 90,000 men to the forces, of whom 9,640 were killed in action.

This is an action-packed picture crowded with bicycles, pedestrians and prams. During the Middle Ages, Moulsham was a separate village from Chelmsford.

The block of modern flats on the left replaced a smaller group of houses that were destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War.

The plain east window was to be replaced in 1922 by the colourful stained glass of a memorial window to Brigadier Barker, who was killed in action in the First World War.