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The Thames and Severn Canal came this way, and the route of the old towpath can still be walked for considerable sections; but it is the pits left by extensive gravel extraction that have been

Hameline de Balun established the first castle here between 1085 and 1138, and it later came into the ownership of William de Braose.

The main employer was Addis, the brush manufacturers, who came to Hertford in the 1920s when they took over the premises of the Hertford Steam Laundry Company.

Further alterations were made by the Wyatt family when it came into their possession in 1493, and Sir Thomas Wyatt, the father of the English sonnet, was born here in 1503.

The big house (the castle) was not yet begun, and it came without a long drive. The two are within sight of each other and complete the picture. There are fine houses loooking on to take their share.

Elihu Yale, founder of Yale University in the USA, came from the Wrexham area (his family was associated with Erddig Hall), and he is buried at St Giles's church.

It then moved to Silver Street, and finally came to rest here in 1904. The low brick building, with Ketton stone facings, cost £8,000.

Up to seven thousand a year came to devour a well-earned tea in one or other of the local hostelries, before returning to the city.

Cistercian monks came from prosperous Fountains Abbey in 1148 to found Sawley, which is three miles from Clitheroe and by the river Ribble.

Motor transport came along with smoother roads, and enabled more journeys to the towns. Railways provided some villages with reliable travel to anywhere in the country.

Hundreds of locals came to see it, and 'tarmacadam' became a huge success.This is the Shirburne's village; it was started by the family to house estate workers, and servants from nearby Stonyhurst,

An additional claim to fame is the fact that the then HRH Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh spent part of their honeymoon here in 1947.

An additional claim to fame is that the-then HRH Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh spent part of their honeymoon here in 1947.

650 years of shipbuilding on the Wear came to an end with the closure of North East Shipbuilder's Southwick yard in 1989.

Its civic duties came to an end in 1985 when the building was taken over by the Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society.

Spence said that his design came to him when he was under the influence of anaesthetic for toothache: he saw zigzagging walls and an altar ablaze with light.

In 1948, St John's Hospital for the aged and infirm came on site. A girls' hostel was added in 1972, and sheltered housing for the elderly was built in 1982.

The crowds came in greater numbers after the Snowdon Mountain Railway opened in 1896, which provided easy access to the summit for hundreds of holidaymakers.

A fine Georgian building, the hotel came complete with a Long Room where Leyburn Market Club, founded in 1832, still holds its dinners.

A fine Georgian building, the hotel came complete with a Long Room where Leyburn Market Club, founded in 1832, still holds its dinners.

This impractical arrangement came to an end, and the parishes then became responsible for the upkeep of roads within their boundaries.

Held in the Square in the 19th century, six hundred stallholders came from all over the country, and great crowds from the Fylde turned up.

The wood came from Scandinavia, Russia and Canada, and was used in the city's furniture and match-making industries.

Chalybeate Street on the right led to the chalybeate well, which was used by visitors who came to drink its waters.