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Max Miller featured in seven comedies filmed here, and Errol Flynn began his career in one of the films and was promptly whisked off to Hollywood once his talent was recognized.

Work began around 1389, with only the keep being retained. The entire inner ward was rebuilt; it included a great hall, private apartments, kitchens and store rooms.

A frequent visitor to Petworth in the 1830s was the painter J M W Turner; he drew inspiration from the house and grounds, and began to develop the brilliant interweaving of light and colour that characterises

Production began at Round Oak in 1857, and as demand grew the works was gradually extended. In 1889 a chain works was commissioned, and in 1892 Round Oak switched over to producing steel.

In 1765 he began his career as a master road builder, completing the construction of 200 miles across the North.

It was established in 1763, when Charles Roe of Macclesfield began copper working. Later, a large silk mill was built.

Construction began in 1295 under the personal supervision of the King's engineer-architect Master James of St George.

Since 1958 when the first shops began opening, Basildon town centre has been the home for a whole host of differing consumer needs.

Work began on the New River with funding from Hugh Myddleton in 1610, and despite a number of delays through objections by local landowners, the project was completed within a few years.

Reconstruction began in 1069, followed by the building we see today from 1180. The west front was added in 1220. The minster finally became a cathedral in 1836.

This is the Joymount corner of the town; the gardens, no longer there, mark where a governor of the castle, Sir Arthur Chichester, began to build a fine mansion in 1610.

Since 1958 when the first shops began opening, Basildon town centre has been the home for a whole host of differing consumer needs.

The withdrawal of shopping from the village is not a recent phenomenon; in fact, it began prior to the First World War, when the shops on the western slope became houses, leaving only their large windows

The year 2000 saw the gallery closed while work began on expanding it to take in new buildings, including the Athenaeum Club next door on Princess Street.

The medieval fair was held at the upper end of the High Street (Townhead), but as the town began to spread southward, the fair moved to the north bank of the Clyde, near the Stockwell.

Here on the High Street was the busiest part of town, once the coaching and postal services began in 1660.

Construction began in 1089 on a site where there had been ecclesiastical houses of one sort or another since 681.

Work began in 1865, and it took four years to complete. The statue of the Prince is 40 ft above the ground, and the near two-tonne bell could be heard eight miles away on quiet days.

Production began at Round Oak in 1857, and as demand grew the works was gradually extended. In 1889 a chain works was commissioned, and in 1892 Round Oak switched over to producing steel.

It was never a great success; part was leased to the BBC in 1934, and television broadcasts began in 1936.

It began to spread westwards along Brochole Street (now Duke Street). The High Street itself was filling up.

It began to spread westwards along Brochole Street (now Duke Street). The High Street itself was filling up.

A year after this photograph was taken, the Second World War began and the 15th battalion of the Welsh Regiment were based here.

In 1815 Sir George Jerningham began paying it the sum of £60 a year, and, together with his brother Edward, built a new church on the site. It opened on 5 June 1817.