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It was bought by Harris's to store sawdust for smoking their bacon; their supplies came from W E Beint & Sons Ltd, whose sawmills at Studley were famous for making elm coffin boards and pit props for

The 14th- and 15th-century cloisters have a new fame as the setting for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films.

building on Ashtead Common, owned by Frederick Felton, served as the village bakery around the turn of the century, but also formed a focus for the hordes of London day and Sunday school children who came

William Craven later became the Lord Mayor of London; in his later years he came back to this area, when he restored the Hall and rebuilt Burnsall Bridge.

Perhaps the man who made the bell had other things on his mind when it came to putting in the inscription, as he forgot to invert the words laterally in the mould, and they appear backwards on

Queen Elizabeth II came and re-opened the restored, re-designed Mechanics Institute on 12 November 1987.

St Cadfan was one of the Three Blessed Visitors who came from Brittany in the 6th century; he was the founder and first abbot of the monastery on Bardsey Island.

The chapel, which is famed for its elaborate carvings, was founded in 1446 as a collegiate church, but only the lady chapel and choir were completed.

It was here they came to escape Danish raiders in 1041, and here too they tried to flee the plague in 1637. As a result, the island was often referred to as The Camp.

Up until the Second World War, this work was undertaken by entire families who came from South London and the East End to stay on the farms and supplement their income with this casual labour

Close to the buttress nearest the camera, W S Gilbert, of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, sleeps under the widespread wings of a white angel; Gilbert lived at Grimsdyke, a house by Norman Shaw, to the north

attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash, landscaped by Dame

The bricks came from Milnes's works, and timber was imported from Russia, where his cloth exports flourished.

North-west of Godalming, Compton is famed for the Watts Gallery and Chapel, commemorating the Victorian painter George Frederick Watts.

The stone for Grimston came from the Tadcaster quarries of the Vavasour family from nearby Hazlewood Castle.

The house was famed for the way in which the designers successfully blended medieval and modern styles, and the prolific use of white and gold for the interiors.

It was built in 1712 for William Lowndes, Secretary to the Treasury, who came from Winslow in central Buckinghamshire where in 1700 he had built Winslow Hall.

James I awarded it to Sir Fulke Greville, who was also given the title of Baron Brooke of Beauchamp Court.

In 1801-02 engineer William Jessop came up with his own designs for a tide-free city dock area that would enclose the Avon from Rownham ot St Philip's.

Visitors came in increasing numbers after the Snowdon Mountain Railway opened in 1896, which provided easy access to the summit for hundreds of holidaymakers.

Dealers came from miles around, and welcomed the chance to converse in the nearby inns. The Beast Fairs were held twice a year, in May and November, here in Russell Street.

This was the main route through the town until the by-pass came into being.

Alas, plans to save her came to nothing.

A light railway came from Harrogate in 1862, and was much used during the construction of the reservoirs for Bradford Corporation.