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In the mid-19th century Scotsman John Laurie came to Romford with plans to create Laurie Town, the country's first garden city.

The bus station was built on the site where the amusement fairs used to set up when they came to town.

In 1902 the railway came to the village, with the opening of a line to Skipton.

It is said that St Dunstan worked as a smith here, and that this is where he had his famed meet- ing with the devil whom he caught by the nose with his red-hot tongs.

This photograph shows the wide expanse of Westgate, a street typical of the old market towns in the area: there was room for animals being driven to market, market stalls, and all the people who came into

All the stone used in the building came from the ruins of the abbey, a hundred yards away.

The nameless, faceless gypsies came and went, selling their wares wherever they travelled.

The shaft and the millstone came from the mill, which was demolished the same year.

Mining finally came to a halt in the 19th century.

Industry came early to Rugeley.

This eastern end of the Isle of Wight enjoys a milder climate than the busy towns on the north coast, and health- conscious early visitors came for the quality of the air.

It passed into the hands of the Neville family, and Richard came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick, whose daughter Anne he later married.

The chandelier came from Andover's St Mary's when that church was rebuilt from 1842.

The pulpit here at St James was used for forty six years in the 19th century by Jack Russell, the famous hunting parson.

In July 1905, when the king and queen came to Sheffield to open the university, tramway takings during the visit were a staggering £6664.

On the final day of the trams, crowds came out to mourn their passing.

Dating from the 7th century, and named after Winifride, or Gwenffrewi in Welsh, the holy well has been the site of pilgrimage ever since, and known as 'the Lourdes of Wales'.

Russell Thorndike, brother of the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, lived here when he wrote the eerie Dr Syn novels set in Romney Marsh.

This name recalls the place where cloth was stretched out to dry after dyeing or fulling.

The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.

It is famed for its Shrewsbury Chapel, which is located on the south side of the 15th- century chancel; among the monuments is one to the 6th Earl who was burdened for so many years with the task

Even so, the city remained the customs port for Rhyl and the Deeside ports, and ships belonging to John Summers & Co were registered at Chester, though it is unlikely that they ever came up the river.

Ship building and repairing gave work to many, and Swansea came sixth in the list of British ship-owning ports.

Penzance is frequently enlivened by the departure of the fleet of the fishing-boats for which the district is famed.