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The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

One of the founders of the Infirmary had been Dr White, and it was his son Charles who made many changes and advances in the treatment of women.

We are looking westwards; the building on the right was originally the Town Hall.

Another view of the south front shows the extent of the alterations and extensions carried out by Richard Chaloner and his wife Margaret, who was also instrumental in the laying out of the

This is the view the big houses saw, with the new rows of houses which had helped to add nearly 50% to the town's population in ten years.

They show a quite surprising use of private cars - an indication of the prosperity of the town - but very few pedestrians.

It is a strange coincidence that the only two royal visits to Guisborough were made by the same branch of our royal family and to the same building in the town.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

On the right is John William Hodgin's draper's shop, which was earlier the post office and run by A Blackby.

Old Sarum was one of a number of ancient sites refortified by the Normans; others included Thetford (Norfolk), Rochester (Kent) and Carisbrooke (Isle of Wight).

By 1860 it was the principal town of Wales, and the iron-making capital of the world.

Well before the Roman conquest, it had defended the north and east flanks of the capital of Cymbeline's kingdom, while the west flank was protected by a series of dykes and ramparts, some of which

Magdalene College was founded by Henry VI as lodgings for student Benedictine monks, and was sited far enough from the town centre to avoid its inmates falling prey to its temptations.

In the era of the stage coach, the George Hotel was classed as the best hotel on the Great North Road, and it is still one of the best in the area.

Magdalene College was founded by Henry VI as lodgings for student Benedictine monks, and was sited far enough from the town centre to avoid its inmates falling prey to its temptations.

There is a pleasing lack of uniformity about the facades and rooflines of the buildings in the High Street, some of which are small cottages, and others grand town houses.

Bognor was described thus in a Victorian tourist 1895 guidebook: 'This town is Worthing's twin sister – a quiet, mild, healthy watering-place, situate on a level in the face of the ever-restless Channel

Sunnyhurst Wood is a Nature Reserve; Sunnyhurst Brook runs through it to join the River Darwen that gave the town its name.

By 1440 the town was trading in dairy produce, wine, fish, garlic, silk, iron, coal, copper and lead.

The land was formerly a quarry, and was given to the town by church administrators in lieu of common rights.

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars.

One of the best-recognised beauty spots in Rickmansworth, the Splash (the town ditch), which is being crossed by the Austin A40, had originally been part of the drive to Bury Manor House, whose gates can

The Priory stands on the banks of the River Hiz (from which the town of Hitchin gets its name), and dates back to the time of King Edward II.

The road is now called St Nicholas Way, and forms part of the town's inner ring road or gyratory.