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The castle was besieged by the Earls of Douglas and Fife in 1387 when they captured the town.

In about 1150 a chapel dedicated to St John Baptist was added, and on the death of Godric in 1170 at the ripe old age of 105, the site was acquired by the Benedictines of Durham Priory.

The Grammar School was then rebuilt on its three-acre site and opened on 25 October 1897 by the Earl of Crewe.

This group of thatched cottages by the millstream are still recognisable today.

Skirted by the Icknield Way on the right, the expanse of Therfield Heath originally stretched from the boundary of Baldock to Royston.

They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.

A trawler and its tender are moored by the harbour wall.

The ornate bandstand and café in Hall Leys Pleasure Gardens were erected by the town council in 1914.

The first major chain store to occupy premises in the new shopping centre, Woolworth's, was quickly followed in 1956 by the Co-operative Stores and Sainsbury's, and in the following year by Timothy

During the English Civil War, Aberystwyth was held for the King until it was surrendered by Colonel Rice Powell in April 1646; this left Raglan and Harlech as the only castles in Wales held by the Royalists

In one form or another is has stood on the site for centuries; it carries the main road from the south; it is a symbol of the involvement by the town's citizens with their river.

This estate village, now owned by the Downshire family, was established around a wide green in the 17th century on land previously part of the Jervaulx and Coverham monasteries, abandoned in 1539.

In addition to the Wednesday market, a Saturday market was established on 2 January 1904; it was opened by the Chairman of the Uttoxeter Urban Council, Mr A C Bunting, Esq, JP, CC.

A pool left behind on the sands by the falling tide makes an ideal paddling place for holidaying children.

For instance, Hamaele is the Saxon name for the district of the early settlement, but by the 13th century the town was known as Hamelhamstede.

Basically a colliery village, Measham owes a small debt to businessman John Wilkes (1732-1805), who built warehouses by the canal as a distribution outlet and manufactured his own oversized bricks

Burton's can be seen in the middle of this photograph, the white building by the white van and delivery lorry.

Burton's can be seen in the middle of this photograph, the white building by the white van and delivery lorry,

By the 10th century pottery was being manufactured in and around Stafford, but it would be Burslem that would rise to become the main centre of this industry during the 13th and 14th centuries.

The foundation stone was laid by the Hon Miss Mary Ann Ursula Addington, daughter of Viscount Sidmouth, on 20 April 1843 after a service conducted by the Vicar of Sonning, the Rev Hugh Nicholas Pearson

The castle was owned by the mighty Neville family until the 16th century, when in 1569 it was confiscated by the Crown following their involvement in the Rising of the North and a plot to overthrow

Many mourned the loss of the pointed roof frontage of the old café and shops, but a link with the past was maintained by the redeployment of the original main gate as a side entrance (left, behind the

Stone plaques record its erection by the Corporation in 1677, a restoration in 1853, and further restoration by the Ministry of Works in the 1950s – at that time it was a Scheduled Ancient Monument

Tourist souvenirs are for sale down by the harbour. Note the shelter made from an old boat in the front garden.