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A fire engine house stood at the entrance to Gadebridge, and a new Fire Station was built on the site in 1905. The building, part of a pseudo-Tudor block, still stands in Queensway.

In the Middle Ages the settlement at Twickenham was a cluster of houses in streets around St Mary's Church and in narrow alleys nearby leading down to the river.

In June 1928 it was disclosed that the house and 235 acres had been purchased for the Conservative Party as an educational and political training centre, ensuring the preservation of the mansion

The house was silent and no one seemed to be about … It was one of the loveliest mornings that ever dawned upon this world … The clear pure crisp air of the early morning blew fresh and exhilarating

Woolhall Street, beyond Everard's, marks the site of the medieval market Toll House and the later Wool Hall, which was demolished to create the street.

Next to the church there is the manor house. It was established in the 13th century as a residence of the Abbots of Glastonbury and added to by them for the next couple of hundred years.

The physical legacy is to be seen in Falkirk's many fine public buildings and houses. Over the years, life for the Bairns has never been easy or tranquil.

A lot of people in Luton haven't got roots; they have moved here for cheaper housing. We have a lot of commuters, and we want to get them interested in the town.

(Author's Collection) Dudley Hippodrome replaced the Opera House, which had stood on Castle Hill since 1899 but had been destroyed by fire in November 1936.

Today the lighthouse is run by the Port of Lancaster Commissioners, and it contains a radio beaconm for Trinity House that forms a major link in the British coastguard system.

During the 1530s, the rundown defences of Carlisle Castle were renovated in order to house the latest cannon technology; the Botchergate gateway was moved and the Citadel constructed in its place

Their headquarters, ironically, were in the same Middle Row house where the first cholera victims had died.

The new building curves around Ashley House and the Assembly Rooms without overwhelming them, and it incorporates the earlier development at Kings Shade Walk.

(Martin Andrew) Built for the furniture manufacturer Walter Birch in 1900, this fine brick house had its windows broken in 1913 by striking chair workers.

High house prices do not make it easy to recruit nurses. South-east expansion will certainly put pressure on the M1, and on local roads like the A505 and the rat run through Houghton Regis.

A large manor house was built within the remains of the old castle in 1541, incorporating some of the original curtain wall, the gatehouse and the great tower.

Between Roman Road and Roman Court lies the site of a Roman bath house, but the most tangible reminder of the Roman presence in this area is the fort which stands in the middle of the New Kilpatrick

Outside the town wall, many streets were laid out principally to provide lodging houses for the many visitors who came to the town once Tenby became part of the wider rail network.

High house prices do not make it easy to recruit nurses. South-east expansion will certainly put pressure on the M1, and on local roads like the A505 and the rat run through Houghton Regis.

Of course, private parties and firework displays lit up the sky for an hour or two, but within the town itself the event was marked solely by a countdown clock in the Market Square.

In 1865, he had obtained the half-acre freehold of the former windmill site, which is probably the highest geographical point in the immediate area, and built his house there.

Alderley Park itself, where the house itself had largely burned down in 1932, was bought by ICI after the war. They set up their

Before sailing on his ill-fated voyage to the Arctic in 1842, Sir John Franklin visited some of his Lincolnshire relatives; it is believed that one of the last houses he stayed in was 120 High

church of St John in the Wilderness, a haven of peace and tranquillity for all who seek a break from the excitements of the bustling resort of Exmouth; and nearer to the estuary is the strange house