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The higher gable beyond is Cross the florist, whose nursery was at Chapel Farm on Hollow Road.

A small hollow post wind pump for land drainage, the mill had shuttered sails and was turned to the wind by twin tail vanes. The shutters in the sails were set manually, one sail at a time.

Moving northwards from the church along the Hollow, the path crosses Main Street into Sapley Road. It is difficult today to imagine that this is the sight that would have greeted travellers.

The sea wind drops, the smoke rises upward from the chimneys, and a man looking at the church in the hollow knows it to possess the longest memory in Britain.'

Following the building of St Anne's, Ansdell and Fairhaven were slower to develop, remaining an area of woodland and sandhills.

The photographer stood with his back to the impressive medieval castle motte to look across The Hollow into Borough Street and the town, with its excellent array of mainly 18th-century

The photographer stood with his back to the impressive medieval castle motte to look across The Hollow into Borough Street and the town, with its excellent array of mainly 18th-century

Moving northwards from the church along the Hollow, the path crosses Main Street into Sapley Road. It is difficult today to imagine that this is the sight that would have greeted travellers.

This view within the courtyard of the castle shows it after the 1770s stripping out to a hollow shell for the building of Herstmonceux Place, a house designed by Samuel Wyatt.

The hollow circular tower is open to the elements, and provides a good home for hundreds of pigeons. It is over 100ft high, and is divided into four storeys.

The west wall of the south transept is interesting, as it features Gothic hollow- walling in the middle storey.

In the 18th century a hermit or holy man lived in a small hollow in the rock.

Rothwell's history dates back to long before the Danish invasion of the Dark Ages. 4,000 years ago Bronze Age settlers came to this area, followed by the Romans.

Following the Reformation, it ended up in the hands of a local squire. Later, it was owned by the Braddyll family, who did much reconstruction work before going bankrupt.

By the 1980s the Conservative government had closed Britain's coal mining industry following a series of crippling strikes.

The A29 that runs in a straight line through the village follows the course of the Roman Stane Street.

During the years that followed other wealthy Hampshire gentlemen followed his example. It was to be the very end of the century before the town became popular as a holiday resort.

During the years that followed other wealthy Hampshire gentlemen followed his example. It was to be the very end of the century before the town became popular as a holiday resort.

The following year disaster struck the local herring fleet when the temporary light was somehow dislodged during a storm, leaving many of the boats blind.

Frederick Barker was born at Baslow on 17 March 1808, and followed other members of his family by becoming a churchman.

The raised bank followed the Taw from Castle Quay and turned right to follow the Yeo to Braunton Bridge. This area was another example of the work of R D Gould, the borough surveyor.

Crowghyll Park was opened to the residents on 31 May 1890 following a civic ceremony led by Mrs Titus Salt.

Though it is now widely accepted that the bridge was built in 1569, there is a theory that the structure is in fact older, and that the date of 1569 refers to its restoration following damage received

Many estates of what we now call social housing sprang up around Britain following the war.