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The town's original swimming pool was built in Mereway in 1896, and used for many years before closing due to pollution of the water.

hill of lime or loose stones' is one meaning suggested in a recent book, or if we believe the name has a Celtic derivation, we end up with 'the shelter on a rock'; but no one can really pin the meaning down

In 1897 the commissioners were landlords to a yard employing nearly 9,000 on the County Down side.

By the time the railway arrived in Blackpool in 1846, the town was already a resort attracting several thousand visitors a year. Baileys Hotel, later the Metropole, had opened in 1776.

The town was changing, and the old order was changing with it. 45 new residential roads were added to the street map in the 1920s.

The parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, developed from the Norman period onward through the Middle Ages, and is down in a dip at the junction of several streets.

The west end was boarded up, and the aisle was left with five rather than the seven bays initially planned; the pulpit ended up more than half way down the church.

However, it would be over 50 years before the General Enclosure Act was passed in 1858, which would enable further parts of the Heath to be enclosed, and the skeletal structure of the town to

The banks of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil were strewn with Covenanter dead as the Highlanders hunted down Campbell fugitives from the battle.

lines, which had a semblance of being etched thereon to a degree not deep enough to disturb its general evenness, stretched the whole width of his front and round to the right, where, near the town

The west end was boarded up, and the aisle was left with five rather than the seven bays initially planned; the pulpit ended up more than half way down the church.

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

The buildings on the left date from c1725, when the Crown owned the castle; it is now a museum of Ribble life.

Henry de Rokeby pulled down the old Norman chancel and rebuilt it in 13th-century style, adding an unusual tower (72131, opposite): early commentators believed that it was intended as a place

Edwin Chadwick was in charge of the government campaign to sanitize towns and cities by cleaning up the water supply and trying to improve the habits of the growing populace.

And fair enough - the road signs to Chelmsford do not shout 'Historic Cathedral City' - they say things like 'County town since 1250', or 'The birthplace of radio'.

The local MP, Vincent Cable, was drawn into the debate and spoke on behalf of residents, saying 'since the council appears to share residents' concerns, it must vote down aggressive development

Even today, when the bracken on the Beacon dies down in the autumn, the terraces tilled by farmers of long ago can still be seen. Iron Age smiths forged tools and weapons here.

LEADING up from the pier to the town itself a new ramp was cut in the cliff face and called Pier Gap. In 1887 shops were erected on both sides (see 64239, pages 24-25).

The most famous was that which stopped very small children working down the coal mines - the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus in London marks a nation's gratitude.

The local MP, Vincent Cable, was drawn into the debate and spoke on behalf of residents, saying 'since the council appears to share residents' concerns, it must vote down aggressive development

It was May 1998, and the town was experiencing its first road protest - a bit of a learning experience for all concerned.

The Broadway was originally flanked on its eastern side by the extensive garden of Arnolds, whilst opposite was a mixture of residential houses whose large rear gardens stretched down a rather

IN SPITE of the depression, the town's population grew to 36,404 in 1901, and the town grew richer.