Search Results

Horse-drawn trams began in Worcester in 1881 with three routes, all of them passing through The Cross.

Although the village is close to the river Soar, it was not until the arrival of the railway that it began to expand.

The Victorian restoration began in 1859 and was carried out by ecclesiastical architect John Hicks of Dorchester, whose assistant draughtsman at this time was the young novelist Thomas Hardy.

In 1877 the hall was sold again, and then began a chequered existence of rentals and military occupation in wartime.

The history of Finchale began in about 1115 when St Godric built himself a hermitage.

Here we see Grainger Street before work began on electrification of the street tramway.

In 1867 the Church School was built opposite, and the Grammar School began to struggle - fee-paying students were sent to the cheaper option.

The river sailing season began each year with the Easter regatta at the Tamesis Club.

The story of the town as a popular holiday destination began when the railway arrived in 1877.

Almost at once, the steam ships began to take over; other places were more suited to that kind of shipping.

The process of regeneration began with the redevelopment of the Market Square in 1997.

England's oldest agricultural show began here in 1799. The market town is bisected by the 75-mile River Wharfe.

In the 18th century, The Red Lion was a popular stopping point on the London to Portsmouth road before the stage coaches began the long haul up to the wild and treacherous wastes of Hindhead Common, the

Construction began in 1853 and was finished in 1855, although the viaduct only came into service a year and half later.

Although close to the River Soar, it was not until the arrival of the railway that it began to expand.

Two mighty rivers, the Aire and the Calder, join at Castleford, and water power began the industrial revolution in this old Roman settlement.

Farnham had been an ecclesiastical estate since the 7th century, but it was Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester from 1129-1171, who began building a castle when he ordered the raising of a motte and tower

The work John de Courcy began in 1180 was meant to signify that everything had changed, but unlike most castles, it was not to bring peace.

In 2000, the Eel Pie Club was founded in the Cabbage Patch pub in London Road to 'preserve and continue the heritage of Richmond Rhythm & Blues in the area where it all began in the 1960s - Eel

The variety of shops in Morden was to alter after the underground railway station opened in 1926 and large-scale retail development began.

There has been a bridge at Warrington since the 13th century, when the town centre began to develop in its present location away from the medieval village off Church Street.

John Laird started his ship-building in Bidston Pool; he moved to the Mersey when the dock building began here.

Carileph began its construction in 1093. He designed the greater part of the cathedral as it stands today; the new building was completed to the bishop's designs in around forty years.

It was he who began the rebuilding of Brancepeth in 1817.