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In the opposite corner is the village school founded by the gift of £180 from a tailor, James Thistleton.

Overton is situated near the Lune Estuary; it is said that a terrace on the main village street uses stone that came from Cockersand Abbey. Of the abbey, only the chapterhouse remains.

All this came to an end with a disastrous fire, and the site is now a pub garden to the Nag's Head with a children's playground.

Each weighs about thirty tons - they possibly came from the quarries at Knaresborough.

Samuel Pepys studied here between 1650 and 1653, and on his death in 1703 his library came here, including the original manuscript volumes of his famous diaries.

Grain and produce came up river from East Yorkshire, while coal, glass products, and minerals were sent from here both to London and the continent.

Many of the Manchester businessmen that settled in Alderley in the mid 19th century came from a Nonconformist background and they often kept up their connections with the city.

This was the main route through the town until the by-pass came into being.

He earned more than local fame when he stayed at his post, transmitting the new 'SOS' signal until the ship sank.

They take place around the war memorial (left, in front of the white building); farmers, merchants and millers came from all areas of Norfolk.

Samuel Pepys studied here between 1650 and 1653, and on his death in 1703 his library came here, including the original manuscript volumes of his famous diaries.

Early visitors came on horseback but a motor train (1905) brought passengers from Prestatyn for 3d.This picture must be one of the best photographs, clearly showing the falls and the well-kept setting

Its majesty was attenuated somewhat when the Great Western Railway line from Wolverhampton to Chester came along and was built even higher.

A newer Shanklin grew up along the seashore to cater for the demands of both visitors and those who came to settle.

When the tower itself came down in about 1912, the tower building continued to be a centre for entertainment.

Perhaps the man who made the bell had other things on his mind when it came to putting in the inscription, as he forgot to invert the words laterally in the mould, and they appear backwards on the finished

Working people usually had one set of clothes for work and another for best, and for a trip to the seaside the best clothes came out of the closet - or the pawn shop.

Then came Mrs Gristwood's bakery shop, which was replaced by Howe & Son, and ultimately by Spurriers.

With the colliery came rows of miners' housing, such as those in Stephenson Street, Bessemer Street, Rennie Street, Davy Street, and Newton Street.

Cookes next door was a printer and stationer selling postcards, and then came A G Metcalfe, a baker with café, and R S Corner, a confectioner.

'Locomotion' was one of the stars of the S&DR centenary celebrations in 1925, though the old girl was not quite herself; her power came from a hidden petrol engine, and the smoke from her chimney was burning

Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland, the origins of the cat are said to go way back in time, and no-one knows where the story of the grinning cat, now always associated with Cheshire, originally came

This type of elegant windmill came into its own during the spring and autumn when the marshes were often full of flood water; during this time it was literally 'all hands to the pump' to ensure the safety

The stone came from a quarry on the estate's land. The house was divided into three parts in 1919, and is now used as offices by a major building company.