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He later built Burghley House just south of Stamford.

However, even though the Privy Council requested that the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strand should investigate the need for a light, nothing was formally activated until the latter

Some photographs show areas open where now there is housing, but the decline in Richmond as a shopping centre is particularly evident.

Begun with a spa and bath house in the 18th century, the holiday trade in the town grew apace from the mid-19th century, when the resort was to become the first Norfolk coastal town to obtain a

The centre for this was a site of many acres behind the houses on Marine Terrace facing the golden sands. In 150 years it has just had two names, the Hall by the Sea and Dreamland.

By the First World War it seemed rather absurd to employ a man, a horse and 'a wooden house on wheels' to splash about in some three feet of water (see 19869).

Berkhamsted had been governed by the Berkhamsted Urban District Council and the Berkhamsted Rural District Council; the former was based in the Civic Centre, opened in 1938, and the latter in Boxwell House

Some photographs show areas open where now there is housing, but the decline in Richmond as a shopping centre is particularly evident.

Some of the surrounding fields have been sacrificed to housing development, but there no longer seems any danger of the castle suffering the same fate.

Some of the surrounding fields have been sacrificed to housing development, but there no longer seems any danger of the castle suffering the same fate.

After ten years of neglect the Paines' brewery site has been redeveloped in a mixed housing and business scheme. This began in 1998 and was completed in 2001.

Built on the site of the White House in Park Square, it was originally called the Edward VII School; it was renamed the Technical School in 1938.

Houses and shops were then built and in 1855 it was described as most strikingly beautiful portion of the town.

sixteen victuallers, fifteen grocers, nine carpenters and eight bakers, as well as a collar-maker, a fisherman and net- maker, a hemp-dresser and roper, a salesman, a staymaker, a 'surveyor of houses

They give a good feel of how many factories there were, and how closely intermingled they were with the artisan houses, which were mostly built between 1880 and 1910.

Today, it is hard to understand why people would choose to work such long hours in often terrible conditions, but with the national population growing, unskilled factory work seemed to offer the

Ashley's father-in-law built this castle shortly before selling Ormeau House to Belfast Council. On his death, the Ashleys started to make visits and became involved in local affairs.

Woolwich Steam Packet Company controlled the town they placed a covenant on other premises which enabled the Royal to enjoy a virtual monopoly for a number of years both as a hotel and as a public house

If we scratch beneath the surface, we will find tales of old manor houses, smuggling, the deadly marsh fever, ghosts, education, transport, and a new form of religion, retail therapy!

The building has since been demolished and replaced with housing. The 19th century closed with an important event in the history of our town.

Beyond are two more boathouse/houses, Waters Edge and Wharfe Boathouse.

It is ironic, perhaps, that its convenience has prompted a house- building programme, so that the population of Saxmundham has risen above 4000.

The British aristocracy was still predominantly country-based, and it was in their large country houses where they felt at home, and where most of their wealth and power was felt.

The British aristocracy was still predominantly country-based, and it was in their large country houses where they felt at home, and where most of their wealth and power was felt.