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Henry's wishes were to count for little, as de Clare - with the backing of the barons - retook it by force.

The rebuilding took nearly twenty years, and the craftsmen tried to put only the best and finest materials back into Manchester's chief house of God. 192 new traceried panels were fitted to the ancient

The photographer stood with his back to the site of the White Horse, which burnt down in the 1860s.

It effectively divided the street into two - the High Street and Back Lane (or Tindal Street, as we now call it). Middle Row, of course, still exists today.

It effectively divided the street into two - the High Street and Back Lane (or Tindal Street, as we now call it). Middle Row, of course, still exists today.

The stall backs are fine pedimented panels dating from the 17th century, and came from Oxford Cathedral.

Exeter City Basin opened in 1830 as the final stage of a canal development going back to 1563.

The road from Sawley to Waddington crossed the back road from Clitheroe to Slaidburn here, so the cloth produced from local wool could be taken to the markets and fairs on packhorses.

Some of the cottages go back to the 1500s. The local lords were the Lister family, many of whom lie in the small village church.

He was inspired by cathedral carvings of a lion, an elephant on the back of a turtle and the curious creatures carved on the misericords in the choir.

An angel has appeared from a former house in the south chapel; the pulpit is dated 1628, and has blank arches and arabesque decoration; the back panel upper half has caryatids and the tester has strapwork

Even the visit of Cliff Richard and his original backing group, the Drifters, in the 1960s could not save the Astoria, and it became one of the first victims of the surge towards bingo.

St Cuthbert's, Churchtown is reputed to date back to pre-Conquest times, but there is no evidence to support this.

The church is unbuttressed, with a west tower and Perpendicular bell-stage and a very fine chancel all dating back to the 13th century.

The last one was recorded in 1908, and the curate of St James's Church in Blake Street, HIndpool (pictured here), with the backing of some local businessmen, provided a much-needed soup kitchen to alleviate

The home of George Bernard Shaw has remained unchanged since his death: his hat still hangs in the hall, whilst his typewriter stands on his study desk where he wrote 'Pygmalion', 'Back to Methuselah'

Recent research suggests that rituals may have been held here, in fact, on the shortest day of the year, as a way of bringing back the sun at the darkest time of the year.

Soon after that the prisoners were released, and the soldiers marched back to camp. Sergeant Green was taken to the infirmary where he died the next day.

Certainly people as different as George Borrow and Lee Chapman have looked back on their days in the town with affection. The general verdict on Stafford seems reasonably favourable.

Loughborough University is at the cutting edge of science and technology yet, at the same time, it has a high reputation in sports that themselves stretch back to the ancient world of the original

She took the family motto, 'rank has its obligations', to her heart, and was tireless in her work for the people of Burnley, especially the less fortunate.

The east side of the street was developed after 1340, but some deeds for the west side date back as far as 1301.

This 19th-century terrace is typical of Lancashire villages in this region backed by long ridges of Pennine hills.

At the back of this picture are the old works, which date from 1791. John Horrocks was a Preston success, and was always held up as a shining example of man's ingenuity.