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The railway bridge here was built in 1838 by North Union Railways for the Preston to Wigan line at a cost of £70,000, and is now part of the west coast main line.

William Brown was a wealthy merchant who offered to pay for much of the cost of this grand enterprise, and he was rewarded for his generosity with the street and library named after him.

At the time there was a substantial income; but the estimated cost was seven times greater, and a further appeal had to be made.

The Village Hall at Hunsdon was originally the school until the building of the new school in 1924 at a cost of £4000.

Yet it never truly prospered after these costly improvements, for the city's woollen export trade declined.

His bricks were his reply to Government proposals to tax bricks after the costly War of American Independence in 1782.

The bridge across the Wyre to replace fords was built in 1864 and cost over £13,000, but people objected to the paying of tolls; however, it was not until July 1993 that a fine new toll-free bridge was

The building cost was estimated to be somewhere in the region of £5,500-£6,000 - a veritable 13th-century fortune.

He had stayed the night at Stoneyhurst, and it took most of the day for the horses, mules and men to cross.

Trinity Church was built in 1867-68 for the Baptists and the Congregationalists, and Potto Brown of Houghton contributed £12,000 towards the cost.

This was originally the West Riding Proprietary School, built at a cost of £15,000 and opened by its President, Earl Fitzwilliam on 6 August 1834.

The span of the bridge is 645 feet, and the total cost was £98,000. Designed by the engineering firm of R H Haynes of Newport and the Frenchman F Arnodin, the bridge was opened in 1906.

His bricks were his reply to Government proposals to tax bricks after the costly War of American Independence in 1782.

In the 1970s a 5-bedroom property near Hamble River cost £40,000.

There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

The government intended to use the provisions of the Act to make the American colonies pay for their own defence and to contribute towards the costs of the Seven Years War.

It dates from the 13th century and contains the Salisbury Chapel, built in 1618 to hold the tomb of Robert Cecil, first earl of Salisbury, at a cost of £460.

If the date of the picture is correct, 1908 is quite late for a paddle-tug to be serving at other than a major coal port such as Cardiff, Sunderland or Seaham.

When the Spencer Davies Group performed here, tickets cost 7s 6d. Other performers were the Troggs from Andover and David Bowie. The Town Hall is now the Willis Museum.

Broth with dumplings cost one penny a bowl. We are looking across Cook Lane towards Townfield Gate. All of this was cleared for the new shopping centre and bus station.

In 1933 nine Hayling coastguard cottages plus a building plot were sold for £3,280, and in 1965 a 4-bedroom house with garden and garage in Hayling cost £10,500.

Most of the coastal trading vessels working out of Padstow were schooners or ketches, and many earned their keep beach trading.

By 19 June 1848 they had built a Market House (which cost £1400) and by 1850 a gasworks. By 1880 water was being piped from Grizedale reservoir, and a new railway station was ready in the same year.