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The second was William Hesketh, later Viscount Leverhulme, who came here from Bolton in 1887 and set up his soap factory at Port Sunlight.

Whitmore Way was the site of Basildon's first proper shopping parade: this included a post office, a Martin's newsagent and a much-needed chip shop.

Neither of those ran ferries to the port. The largest category of tenants was those dealing with the ramifications of the clothing trade.

He moved into the building on St Neots Market Square that had once been the post office in April 1914 and subsequently into the High Street, where the present shop is still run by members of the

Portsmouth acquired city status in 1926 and its prestige was enhanced even further (Sarah Quail) A view of early 20th-century housing and post-Second World War housing development on the mainland

Perhaps the date was regarded as a mere figure on the calendar, although the local Staffordshire Newsletter and Stafford Post each brought out special editions, and there was correspondence debating

Dunchurch itself became an important staging post on the London to Holyhead and Oxford to Leicester roads.

For the most part the going was fairly easy, but there was a midway point where the road had to traverse the Can and the Chelmer. One was wide, the other boggy.

A central post office had been built in High Street in 1882-85, but in 1907 it was replaced by the present building in Wide Bargate which was soon extended to include the sorting office and the

The post-war environment meant that many clubs and societies flourished; the Haywards Heath Round Table was just one example. In 1956 they resuscitated the Dolphin Fair.

It has been used as the city's first post office, till increasing literacy demanded bigger premises.

The Sheet tollhouse became the village's post office before its demolition in the 1930s, but in 2005 its hemispherical two-part door can still be seen in good condition, not a mile away from

Here, in the middle of all the people, animals and carts, stood the Market Cross - an open-sided structure consisting of a roof supported on wooden posts.

had terraces of dwelling houses on all four sides, but they were demolished from 1869 onwards and their place taken by the great public buildings occupied by the Bank of Scotland, the General Post

It helps to explain that, except for the post war development, Mobberley is a village of many pubs, as each little settlement knot has at least one place of refreshment.

New Brighton is situated on the extreme tip of the Wirral Peninsula, and is separated from the busy city and port of Liverpool by the River Mersey.

A similar trend is reflected in the pictures of villages, taken because there were once village shops and post offices which were points of sale.

A similar trend is reflected in the pictures of villages, taken because there were once village shops and post offices which were points of sale.

This was the first street in the town to be built, but it had long lost its residents when this view was taken.

Fortunately these plans came to nothing and the gallery began to be used as a hostel where off-duty service women, posted to this area, could spend their leisure time.

She trained her daughters, Mary and Lucy, in new skills as telegraphists, and when Mary took over in 1891 she lobbied for a custom- built post office in the town.

However, by 1847 James Thorn could write in 'Rambles by Rivers' that 'there are several large inns, to which was formerly a considerable posting trade attached, but it was almost destroyed by the

The Romans found it, and used it for a signal post; the remains of this are still visible within the walls of the Castle. Later, the Norsemen came calling (and pil- laging).

It cost one penny to travel the length of New Street by horse-drawn omnibus, while a Hansom cab cost somewhat more.