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In 1929 the council negotiated the purchase, at a very reasonable figure, of a large area of land owned by the Fleming family, who were the patrons of North Stoneham, and it was named Fleming Park.

At one time the North Eastern Railway ran three or four special fish trains a week out of Staithes.

The houses on the north side, on the right of the photograph, are of 1881; with their ornate cast iron railings they are a little grander than those on the south side, which are slightly later

To the north are the sandy heaths on the geological strata known as Bagshot Sands.

North of this east-west road, Little Bookham Street has some older buildings amid the suburbia and wide grassy verges.

Battlemented parapets of the 15th-century nave and porch of St Giles Parish Church are seen here on the corner with North Road (left).

Rothley lies some five miles to the north of Leicester and to the west of the busy A6.

The castle was besieged by Prince Louis of France in 1216, but it held out, even though the north gate was successfully mined.

The not unlovely village of Saxelby is situated about a mile north of industrial Asfordby, and on a stream which empties into the River Wreake.

The main entrance to the church, unusually for Hertfordshire, is via the north porch - traditionally the south porch was used..

This single-arched stone bridge is situated a few hundred yards to the north of St Machar's Cathedral, and crosses a gorge of the River Don.

The Methuen Chapel on the north side was added in 1874- 78 when the chancel was restored by C F Hansom. Nearby is Corsham Court, a large manor house built in Elizabethan style.

By the 1830s over thirty miles of canal had been constructed, which was used to transport 50,000 tons of sea sand a year from the north Cornwall coast for use as fertiliser on inland farms.

Just west of Cootham, the main road curves away north-west to by-pass the Parham estate, whose east drive continues straight ahead.

On the north wall of the nave is a sequence of paintings of the life of the Virgin. The 15th-century pulpit has an inscription asking for prayers for Richard Mondi and Leticie his wife.

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.

Quernmore Park Hall lies just over a mile north of the village. A quern was a Roman hand-mill, and the moor behind the village had the ideal material to make these small mill-stones.

Situated five miles north of Sheffield, the large parish of Ecclesfield was semi-industri- alised by the late 18th century.

Our last view in this chapter before turning north back to Hailsham shows the Horse and Groom pub at the junction of the High Street and the Eastbourne Road, the A22.

This view looks north along the High Street, which curves to the right; the cottages beyond Merstham Garage are in Quality Street.

Saint Andrew`s Church, at the north of the village and on the Causeway, was reported in 1636 to be `much ruinated`, and major repairs were necessary.

Some years later the couple were revisiting the spa when the expected invasion by Napoleon was signalled throughout much of the North by the lighting of beacons.

A company known as the North London Suburban Tram Company eventually, after some difficulty, ran a service operated by horse-drawn trams; but after some poor results, which it blamed on the weather

George Square in the city centre, on the other hand, was originally no more than a pasture for the cows that provided fresh milk for the city dwellers, but by the 1850s it was almost entirely paved