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Vessels collided with the bridge quite frequently, but the fatal blow came in October 1960.

For some 100 years it was the residence of successive members of one family: James Brooks came to Odiham in 1818 to join an attorney's partnership, and his descendants continued as solicitors in

During the Second World War, Mrs Armitage, who had taken to using her pony and trap to save petrol, would tie the pony up to the pump when she came down to the village to shop, never mind

Bunney's was the shop for unusual gifts and imported goods from all over the world, which came to Britain via Liverpool Docks.

Marrying the Duke of Monmouth, she sheltered him at Toddington when his scheme to take the throne from James II came unstuck.

Sir Joseph came from the nearby village of Revesby, and the plants he brought back from his journey with Captain Cook formed Kew Gardens.

Dorothy Wordsworth described the visit she made with her poet brother to the loch: 'We came up to that little lake, and saw it before us in its true shape in the cheerful sunshine.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotland in 1842 and took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847.

Because so much change has taken place, the Bull Ring was not recognisable; when I asked where it was, the answer came 'You're standing in it !'

The town developed as a Victorian watering hole for the well-to-do, especially after the railway came in 1863, but in post-war years it has been the destination for mass-tourism, mainly from the south

The estate was held in the 12th century by Sir Robert Croc of Neilston, and it is from him that the castle derives its name.

Most of the clay came from Fowey, Par or Charlestown; the traffic remained one of the last strongholds of coastal merchant sailing ships well into the 20th century.

The site was excavated in the 1930s by Dame Kathleen Kenyon, but it has managed to remain a comparatively unsung part of Roman history.

In 1887 Peter and Alexander Campbell decided to relocate their excursion steamer business from Scotland to the relatively untapped Bristol Channel, where they soon came to dominate the market.

Warrington's Town Hall was originally Bank Hall, built between 1749-50 by the world-famous architect James Gibbs as a home for a local businessman, Thomas Patten.

The Hall was famed for its oak carvings, panelling, plaster work, and handprinted wall papers. In the front garden stood a group of stags cast in bronze and bought at auction by Charles Scarisbrick.

south aisle or Farnham Chapel contains monuments of interest, particularly one to John Farnham of Quorn Hall attributed to Epiphanius Evesham (1570-c1633), whose superb talent should have ensured his fame

James Atherton, who bought the 170 acres of land on this north-east corner of Wirral, had to modify his original grand plans.

Sefton Park has always had much to delight its visitors, and when the Palm House opened in 1896 thousands came to see it, along with the other glories of the Park.

Further expansion came in the 1890s and in 1904, keeping pace with the expansion of the railway works as the major employer.

St Patrick himself is said to have been shipwrecked on the head; years later, monks came from his monastic foundation in Ireland and built this chapel in his memory.

Because so much change has taken place, the Bull Ring was not recognisable; when I asked where it was, the answer came 'You're standing in it !'

This view shows the 'sublime horrors' of the waterfall that the first visitors came to see.

This interesting photograph should ideally be read with that taken from almost the same spot in 1906.