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It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

During the Civil War the castle was ably defended by the Dowager Lady Stafford, but after it had fallen, it was slighted.

In Hambleton churchyard is buried the body of an unknown sailor washed up by the River Wyre.

had to bring their dead to St Chad's, the parish church of Poulton, people from the new town of Fleetwood had to come to Meadows Avenue, which used to be called Parr's Lane; the punishment stocks stood by the

The original Jack Straw's Castle pub was destroyed by bombs during the Second World War; it was rebuilt in the early 1960s by the noted Classical architect Raymond Erith in Georgian Gothick

Only the premises formerly occupied by the White Hart Inn (centre right) are still in existence.

The ground was given to the village by the late Viscount Pirrie in the year this photograph was taken, and the village hall bearing his name, and which also serves as the pavilion, was built at the same

In medieval times the town boasted a castle, a port and a church, which were overwhelmed by the sands in the early 16th century.

The lad outside the shop is wearing a sleeveless jumper, very characteristic of the period, and a more informal version of the buttoned waistcoat worn by the elderly man on the left.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks - quite a bargain!

Skipton was held by the de Clifford family for 375 years. During the English Civil War Sir John Mallory and his 300-strong garrison held out against the Parliamentarians for three years.

It is isolated from the rest of the Preseli range by the Cwm Gwaun (Gwaun Valley). The Castle is just visible in the centre of the picture.

Nether Stowey, you are in Samuel Taylor Coleridge country: he rented a cottage in Lime Street from 1796; whilst here, he wrote 'The Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan', the latter famously interrupted by the

The hotel was originally called The Swan, and was visited by the travel writer John Byng, who in 1792 reported that his bedroom door was broken and that everyone could see him in bed.

This beautiful Elizabethan house is four hundred years old, and is still owned by the descendants of Sir Henry Griffith, who designed and built it.

This handsome crescent dates back to 1826 and was originally intended to be part of a seaside resort known as Anglesey, developed by the Marquis of Anglesey.

Gloucester was linked to the sea by the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, opened in 1827 and built to avoid the river Severn, which is treacherous hereabouts.

Demolition was begun in 1951, but was almost immediately stopped following protests by the local artist Bernard Hailstone.

The George Brewery was established in 1702, and was owned and run by the George family from 1788 until 1961 when it was bought by Courage.

In the background is the Old College Hotel, a name that echoes back to the founding of the College of Jesus by the Archbishop of York in 1500.

The glen was purchased by the IOMR in the 1930s, who added a boating lake, bowling greens and children's play area.

In Anglo-Saxon times a church dedicated to St Werburgh stood on part of the site now occupied by the cathedral. St Werburgh was a daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia.

Since this view was taken, the lock has been reconstructed; the lock-keeper's cottage was rebuilt in 1928 by the Thames Conservancy.

A view from the Shire Hall along what was to become a heavily congested street, until the building of the new relief road, with a string of Georgian and early Victorian shopfronts overshadowed by the