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This structure, and the surrounding curtain wall, was built by Henry II in the 12th century at a cost of £7000, but the first fortifications were constructed by King Harold in 1064.

The first bridge here dated from 1855, when local worthy Mrs Cornish allowed its construction at a cost of £26 10s using timbers taken from the sailing vessel Laurel, which had been wrecked on Sidmouth

This structure, and the surrounding curtain wall, was built by Henry II in the 12th century at a cost of £7000, but the first fortifications were constructed by King Harold in 1064.

Trading from its port ended in 1922, and this heralded the start of Blakeney as a tourist centre, specialising in boating, fishing, walking, painting, bird-watching and nature study.

Probably its most attractive artefact is the building itself, which was constructed in the early 16th century: the Town House was owned by Westminster Abbey and later by St John's College, Cambridge, and

The low brick building, with Ketton stone facings, cost £8,000.

This chapel was opened in April 1890 at the cost of £2,000 with seating for 600 people.

While not obvious from this photograph, Gresford is most famous for the tragic mining disaster of 1934 when 266 lives were lost following an explosion and fire at the Gresford Colliery.

By its completion in December 1893, 17,000 'navvies' had shifted 54 million cubic yards of soil and rocks to create the 35.5-mile-long canal at the then staggering cost of £15 million.

A poster beside the door carries the crown and 'E R' initials for the new king, Edward Rex, proclaiming 'Recruits Wanted' for the armed forces. Retired fishermen stand in the road.

The Victoria Pier behind them cost £23,000 to build in 1867; in 1891 a grand pavilion was built at the entrance, capable of seating 2,500 people, and one of the largest organs in Britain was installed

This new three-arch bridge was completed in 1804 at a cost of £24,864; on the central parapet are the names of the then 74-year-old architect John Carr and the builder, Bernard Hartley of Pontefract

In 1960 a single room with breakfast cost £1 7s 6d per night in the high season, with 3-course luncheon at 8s 0d, afternoon tea 3s 0d and 3-course dinner 9s 0d.

The railway bridge here was built in 1838 by North Union Railways for the Preston to Wigan line at a cost of £70,000, and is now part of the west coast main line.

William Brown was a wealthy merchant who offered to pay for much of the cost of this grand enterprise, and he was rewarded for his generosity with the street and library named after him.

At the time there was a substantial income; but the estimated cost was seven times greater, and a further appeal had to be made.

The Village Hall at Hunsdon was originally the school until the building of the new school in 1924 at a cost of £4000.

Yet it never truly prospered after these costly improvements, for the city's woollen export trade declined.

His bricks were his reply to Government proposals to tax bricks after the costly War of American Independence in 1782.

The bridge across the Wyre to replace fords was built in 1864 and cost over £13,000, but people objected to the paying of tolls; however, it was not until July 1993 that a fine new toll-free bridge was

The building cost was estimated to be somewhere in the region of £5,500-£6,000 - a veritable 13th-century fortune.

He had stayed the night at Stoneyhurst, and it took most of the day for the horses, mules and men to cross.

Trinity Church was built in 1867-68 for the Baptists and the Congregationalists, and Potto Brown of Houghton contributed £12,000 towards the cost.

This was originally the West Riding Proprietary School, built at a cost of £15,000 and opened by its President, Earl Fitzwilliam on 6 August 1834.