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

For a short time after the opening of the nearby gas works in 1829 it was known by the hardly more attractive name of Gas Lane.

The town's two stations were built side by side, but the Bute Street link to Dunstable was closed during the short-sighted Marples era at the Transport Ministry in the 1960s - Ernest Marples employed

Shortly after the Second World War the home was transferred to the Kensington and Chelsea Health Authority and it was closed by them in 1977.

James Knott founded Port Line in 1894, offering a direct service to Alexandria, which was in direct competition with the Liverpool- based Moss Line.

Today the lighthouse is run by the Port of Lancaster Commissioners, and it contains a radio beaconm for Trinity House that forms a major link in the British coastguard system.

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

The statue of the soldier with his rifle upside-down was put up shortly afterwards.

The village population had grown to just short of 700, and there were now over 100 houses. The way of life had remained basically agricultural.

Over succeeding years many attractions were added but due to the short season it was never a commercial success.

Vickerstown was described as 'a Marine Garden City'; there were great similarities between it and Bourneville in Birmingham and Port Sunlight on Merseyside, which were both built later, suggesting that

There is now a greater emphasis on short breaks, weekend visits, and day trips. Visitors to Exmouth are more likely to stay in bed and breakfast establishments than hotels.

It was erected shortly after the Town Council was created in 1987.

Lack of experience meant that their control of the council was short- lived, but it was a rude awakening for several long-standing councillors.

Vickerstown was described as 'a Marine Garden City'; there were great similarities between it and Bourneville in Birmingham and Port Sunlight on Merseyside, which were both built later, suggesting that

The corner tower, however, is equipped with wide-mouthed ports allowing the defenders to cover any attempt to climb the slopes.

Just a short distance from the Burford Bridge Hotel is Burford Lodge.

Ashley's father-in-law built this castle shortly before selling Ormeau House to Belfast Council. On his death, the Ashleys started to make visits and became involved in local affairs.

which had a semblance of being etched thereon to a degree not deep enough to disturb its general evenness, stretched the whole width of his front and round to the right, where, near the town and port

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.

Folkestone harbour had been purchased by the SER in 1843, and was developed as a cross-channel port with services to and from Boulogne.

The short, sweet, flower-starred turf is restful to the traveller.

Truly a revolution in the short space of a quarter of a century.` In 1962 Mrs C Nicholls, born in 1872, recalled walking to St John`s School, Bradmore Green from Hooley: `We used to walk

Thus a river port with the piles of grain along its wharves, depicted in Ward's 1835 painting 'A View of Henley Bridge', was transformed by the fashionable rowing fraternity and by an event that became