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For instance, during one fair some sturdy youths released a prisoner from the stocks and carried the stocks to the mill pond, which was often (Christopher North) St Peter and St Paul are the

with forts at two-mile intervals, served as the farthest frontier of the Roman Empire for barely half a century before it was abandoned and Roman Britain withdrew to Hadrian's Wall across the north

accommodate the tens of thousands of new workers in the heavy steel industry, but the old town was also increasingly surrounded by rows and rows of terraces in Pitsmoor and Hillsborough to the north

David Lewis built Boys' Clubs and Community Centres all over the north-west.

In 64486 we are looking from the north along the line of the walls. The Chapel of St Thomas the Martyr (better known as Thomas à Becket) is at the end, through an archway to the left.

The Sunnyfield Estate originally comprised a large area of 'pleasure grounds and grass land' to the north of Westgate.

It was the same throughout north-east Surrey, and the Rural District could no longer cope.

The old Georgian house, enlarged by Henry Keene for the 2nd Earl of Shelburne in the 1750s, was entirely cased in Denner Hill stone, a very hard silicaceous stone dug a mile or so north of the

One site on the north side (Neil Wright) This was the headquarters of Holland County Council from 1927 to 1974.

The North-West Sound Archives are also based here, which do marvellous work recording people talking of their lives.

have left the city with the unique legacy of the State Management Scheme, the Second World War left Carlisle with 14 MU, a major RAF supply depot based at various sites scattered across the north

Horton, the hamlet to the north-west of Epsom, was a separate village until the 17th century, when the lords of the manor moved to Woodcote Park.

It was subsequently taken over by the North East Essex Health Authority and was used to accommodate up to 70 mentally handicapped patients and as a small day care unit.

This last alludes to the town's on-going military associations, from the North York Militia, through the Green Howards to Catterick Camp.

Towards the north-west lies the mound of Beacon Hill. The earliest origins of Loughborough may be here.

The original front of the building dated from c1500, but in 1700 it was removed and used for additions to the north-west wing. Townley Hall really is a gem in the history of Lancashire.

This last alludes to the town's on-going military associations, from the North York Militia, through the Green Howards to Catterick Camp.

predominantly a port, Great Yarmouth was able to embrace the functions of both port and holiday destination, with its harbour channel to the west and its holiday resort facing out east across the North

If nothing else, the continued use of the old British name Caerleul by the newcomers shows that they were not starting from scratch, but must have based their efforts around an existing population

The next appearance on the chart of British history was less happy.

For instance, Hamaele is the Saxon name for the district of the early settlement, but by the 13th century the town was known as Hamelhamstede.

To the east of the town are similar marshes at the King's Pool, off North Walls.

To the east of the town are similar marshes at the King's Pool, off North Walls.

After 1900 the first sporadic growth began, and much farmland was turned into building plots for the tiny timber bungalows that were so popular as weekend retreats for Londoners in the 1920 and