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Later to become a herbalist and surgeon in London, he is famous for a book of herbal remedies in which he was the first to refer to plants by their English rather than Latin names.

In contrast to the rest of Corfe Mullen, the lower part of the village around St Hubert's Church has changed very little, and the Old Mill even less.

His former office, now in the care of the National Trust, is opened as a gallery, displaying illustrations from her children's books.

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

The millennium project book, 'Westbury & Westbury Leigh, A Celebration of the Town & its People' details the development.

A contemporary guide book extolled Bournemouth's climate: 'it is perhaps most beneficial to invalids during the fall of the year and the early spring, when it will compare favourably with many of the Mediterranean

in the 1830s on the site of the King’s Mews and a jumble of decrepit buildings known popularly as Bermuda, Caribee, and Porridge Islands, where the poor of London frequented a plethora of cheap cook-shops

Cook has a map in one hand and dividers in the other, and as the sculptor intended, he looks out to sea, his eyes on the distant horizon.

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

When he discovered that the case was full of books, he threw them overboard, consigning many of Yarmouth's historical records to the bottom of the sea.

When he discov- ered that the case was full of books, he threw them overboard, consigning many of Yarmouth's historical records to the bottom of the sea.

Embowered in trees, this modest building typical of the Baptist faith stands on land mentioned in the Domesday Book.

It is an old settlement—Domesday Book recorded Torrisholme as Toredholme, and later still as Toroldesbi. The George Hotel is on the right, next to Shaw's shop.

The Wool Exchange is now sympathetically restored to a well-stocked book shop.

A fire in 1871 destroyed the west wing with all its valuable pictures, books, and furnishings.

A church was recorded as being on this site in the Domesday Book, when a 'ford' was built over the River Cray.

St Bridget's is also the modern site for two war memorials; the first a simple cross in the churchyard, complemented by the second, a beautifully carved book in the nave of the church carrying

Corfe Mullen's mill received a mention in the Domesday Book. Here we see a very 1950s scene - the tea rooms combined with a petrol station catering for the revolution in popular motoring.

Cookes next door was a printer and stationer selling postcards, and then came A G Metcalfe, a baker with café, and R S Corner, a confectioner.

Members of ships' crews arriving in the docks in order to receive either their pay or an advance, had to sign on and off and have their books stamped here.

In June 1840, Thomas Cook arranged a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midlands Railways.

Many civic treasures are held within, including the Red Book of Lynn, in which are recorded the municipal records from 1204 to 1392. The matching town hall was built in 1895.

The young James Cook started his working life here as an apprentice grocer, before the lure of the sea took him around the world on his voyages of discovery.

The Pitched Stone Court at Raglan took its name from the pitching or cobbling of its surface.