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Drummond's library was one of the finest of its day, containing about 1,400 books in English, French, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew.

As the hills are owned by Birmingham, it is reasonable to include the area in this book.

In the Domesday Book Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and by 1251 Huttokesather.

A contemporary guide book extolled Bournemouth's climate: 'it is perhaps most beneficial to invalids during the fall of the year and the early spring, when it will compare favourably with many of the Mediterranean

in the 1830s on the site of the King’s Mews and a jumble of decrepit buildings known popularly as Bermuda, Caribee, and Porridge Islands, where the poor of London frequented a plethora of cheap cook-shops

In contrast to the rest of Corfe Mullen, the lower part of the village around St Hubert's Church has changed very little, and the Old Mill even less.

The millennium project book, 'Westbury & Westbury Leigh, A Celebration of the Town & its People' details the development.

His former office, now in the care of the National Trust, is opened as a gallery, displaying illustrations from her children's books.

In the Domesday Book Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and by 1251 Huttokesather.Within a few more years it had been changed again

Cook's the butchers (right) were 'noted for sausages and pork pies', according to their fascia.

Dr Thomas Arnold became famous thanks to two books which proved influential in educational circles.

Later to become a herbalist and surgeon in London, he is famous for a book of herbal remedies in which he was the first to refer to plants by their English rather than Latin names.

On the extreme right is the house once occupied by Judge Parry, who wrote some charming children's books about Fleetwood.

This resulted in the erection of a wide variety of ornate iron bandstands, many of which were selected from illustrations in pattern books issued by the various ironworks.

The famous Sykes family, who owned the land around here, are worthy of a book to themselves, but space does not permit.

The Museum housed a collection of fine art, drawings, rare books and geological specimens aimed at awakening an appreciation of art in Sheffield's skilled tradesmen.

It was built at the expense of local MP David Chadwick, who also paid for the initial stock of 10,000 books.

The Pitched Stone Court at Raglan took its name from the pitching or cobbling of its surface.

The Museum housed a collection of fine art, drawings, rare books and geological specimens aimed at awakening an appreciation of art in Sheffield's skilled tradesmen.

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

When he discovered that the case was full of books, he threw them overboard, consigning many of Yarmouth's historical records to the bottom of the sea.

Cook has a map in one hand and dividers in the other, and as the sculptor intended, he looks out to sea, his eyes on the distant horizon.

It is an old settlement—Domesday Book recorded Torrisholme as Toredholme, and later still as Toroldesbi. The George Hotel is on the right, next to Shaw's shop.

A fire in 1871 destroyed the west wing with all its valuable pictures, books, and furnishings.