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Harder red Devonian sandstones make up the hills around Minehead. This is difficult to cut and forms rough 'rubble' building stone, often used in outbuildings and garden walls.

Three acres of rundown cafes, souvenir shops and a wooden arcade were cleared, and a new dual-carriageway swept down the hill offering a clear panoramic view of the sands and bay.

Situated away from major routes, the town has derived its fame from the Battle of 1485, when Henry Tudor, later Henry VII, defeated Richard III on Ambion Hill to its south.

Prehistoric Cams Most people enjoying a round of golf on the Cams Hall Estate today are probably unaware of the existence of the 429 pieces of worked flint that were recovered during topsoil stripping

On the top of Ashcombe Hill (now Ranmore Hill) there was a farm; here, perhaps, John Denby lived, a one-time farmer who was referred to at a Court Baron held in 1555.

Its ancient parish, one of the largest in the country, stretched right up to Rainow and Kettleshulme in the hills, north as far as Poynton, and out in the south and west to Bosley and Chelford.

This has been used in some of the older buildings around North Hill, including the tower of St Michael's church.

Boots the Chemists were still next door to the hotel, but not for long: they were soon to move further along the High Street as Grantham's shopping centre gravitated towards St Peter's Hill, following

The victims of the Kynochs tragedy in 1913 (three employees of the explosives factory were killed in an accident) are buried in this now disused churchyard.

In 1956 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone opened a Methodist church in Langdon Hills, and in the following year the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited Kingswood Junior School, officially opened

Up to 20 stables ran their horses on the gallops at Six Mile Hill.

At the top of Shooters Hill there is a sign-post. To the left of the sign-post between the buildings can be seen a lovely view of the harbour and the boats of the Yacht Haven.

Another fine artist buried here is William (Bill) Brunel, a photographer who was noted for his fine pictures of motor car racing.

Meanwhile down in the town, away from the lush gardens and villas of Amersham Hill, the furniture industry was modernising into the factory system.

Other notable changes in town before the Second World War were the straightening of Marlow Hill in 1936, which involved demolishing buildings on the left side of the road south of St Mary's Street

Each day at dawn, strings of racehorses would pass gracefully up the hill, as they had 100 years earlier.

Seven were killed in there, along with another 37 elsewhere at the plant. I'd spoken to Dennis Orchard ten minutes before he died. They were working on the early jet engines in V block.

old town was also increasingly surrounded by rows and rows of terraces in Pitsmoor and Hillsborough to the north, in Walkley and Crookes to the west, in Sharrow and Heeley to the south and Park Hill

Bruce organised dances in the Congregational Chapel Sunday School, now the Community Rooms, and Polish soldiers from Edge Hill Hospital were invited to join in the events.

Frith shows shops in Frenchgate, Castle Hill and New Road.

History is like digging in ancient sand hills—the more you dig, the more you find.

Its social centres were the old Bull public house, situated on Bull Road (now Clay Hill Road), Holy Cross Church, and Fairview Hall in Timberlog Lane.

Frith shows shops in Frenchgate, Castle Hill and New Road.

King Street was widened in 1928 when the old Town Hall was demolished.