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The display board to the right of the main shop window shows guide books and postcards of Cartmel Priory - the tree to the right is by the church.

Members of the Institute were also adventurous, hiring Thomas Cook in June 1840 to organise a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midland Railways.

Tamworth fails to get a mention in the Domesday Book, but this is believed to be due to a clerical error caused by the fact that the town straddles the border between Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

Oscar Cook is now empty, while the roof has been lowered to the left part of the centre building. The hall up the hill on the left dates from 1914.

This much-photographed picture-book village rises above a green and a pond, which is fed by a stream - a tributary of the River Pant. On the right is the war memorial.

The hamlets of Stopper Lane, Martin Top, Newby and Howgill comprise this small, scattered community recorded in Domesday Book.

was created in the 1830s on the site of the King's Mews and a juimble fo decrepit buildings known popularly as Bermuda, Caribee, and Porridge Islands, where the poor of London frequented a plethora of cook-shops

In the Domesday Book Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and by 1251 Huttokesather.Within a few more years it had been changed again

This is a view now firmly consigned to the history books. The Lydney Canal in Gloucestershire was about a mile in length, and carried trade up to the mid 1970s.

A mill close to the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the ruins, seen on the Trent's bank, were probably part of it.

The original Book Of Remembrance containing the names of 35,000 fallen is now overshadowed by the death tolls of conflicts unimaginable to those at its original presentation.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

advertising the attractions of the new Shopping Centre was the local branch of J Sainsbury's, with its tiled walls and marble counters, suffused with the subtle and distinctive aromas of cheese and cooked

'In each kitchen shall be made a hearth for the cooking of two or three oxen'.

He had an extensive (and now extremely valuable) chained library of books, which he left to the villagers.

In 1841 Thomas Cook organised the earliest-known Sunday excursion with a trip from Leeds to Hull.The train comprised 40 carriages and carried 1,250 passengers.

In the Domesday Book Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and by 1251 Huttokesather.

Drummond's library was one of the finest of its day, containing about 1,400 books in English, French, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Italian and Hebrew.

As the hills are owned by Birmingham, it is reasonable to include the area in this book.

This resulted in the erection of a wide variety of ornate iron bandstands, many of which were selected from illustrations in pattern books issued by the various ironworks.

On the extreme right is the house once occupied by Judge Parry, who wrote some charming children's books about Fleetwood.

The famous Sykes family, who owned the land around here, are worthy of a book to themselves, but space does not permit.

Cook's the butchers (right) were 'noted for sausages and pork pies', according to their fascia.

Dr Thomas Arnold became famous thanks to two books which proved influential in educational circles.