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Each weighs about thirty tons - they possibly came from the quarries at Knaresborough.

This is explained by a need to accommodate the hundreds of summer visitors who came to this area, and who needed to attend church on a Sunday.

Then along came Alderman Richard Cobden. It was he who brought purpose back into Bright's life when he reminded him that hundreds of people were dying of starvation due to the iniquitous Corn Laws.

He came across references to it in a text dated 1125. Excavations outside revealed the walls, and repairs revealed the carvings.

The first links with the Raleigh family, from which the village now takes the second part of its name, came in 1346 when Peter de Raleghe owned certain manorial rights.

The stone came from a quarry on the estate's land. The house was divided into three parts in 1919, and is now used as offices by a major building company.

Trade here came from corn milling, spinning and weaving, and paper manufacture. Beck Isle Cottage was once the home of the village laundry maid.

At first they were council houses, and later private developers came in.

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

Oliver Cromwell once came to spend the night at Ripley Castle, home of Sir William and Lady Ingilby.

The young men by the bike outside seem to be in uniform, so they probably came from the airbase.

King Charles II came here September 23rd 1651.' The Town Hall (top left) was designed by William Tyler in 1785. An Austin 7 Tourer (left) is parked in front of the Morris Commercial delivery van.

Spring water in cans at 5 old pence was hawked about the streets by one enterprising native before piped water came.

It had an added fame in those years when the flight of steps provided an open-air dais for speakers on religion, politics and strike action.

The castle eventually passed into the hands of the Neville family, and in 1471 Richard, Duke of Gloucester, came here to be tutored by the Earl of Warwick.

The ancient ports of Wardleys and Skippool near Hambleton Creek handled slaves and ships from Russia. 19th-century visitors to the creek came for 'Hambleton hookings', large mussels which sometimes contained

The one on the left was built in 1904- 05, when electricity came to Surbiton, so it was given the name Electric Parade.

The one on the left was built in 1904- 05, when electricity came to Surbiton, so it was given the name Electric Parade.

The Westminster Bank and the Dixon Arms were both there to serve the farmers who came to the market.

It then moved to Silver Street, and finally came to rest here in 1904. The low brick building, with Ketton stone facings, cost £8,000.

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

They came up with 'bungalets', a concept that the planners preferred as an alternative to chalets, a building type from the 1930s whose image was unfashionable.

This massive increase came from those seeking work in the town's coal mines, both from other parts of Wales, industrial and rural, and from the west of England, particularly Somerset and the Forest of

This led to Sir Stafford Cripps demanding the nationalisation of the industry, which ultimately came in 1947. Gresford Colliery closed in 1973.