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He was given a magnificent annual grant of £14 to purchase new books. Such was the demand from the expanding population that new wings were added (after this photograph was taken) in 1956.

They depict a pig wearing a friar's cowl; a fox running off with a goose; and a monkey in a religious habit carrying a bottle in one hand and a book in the other.

The cathedral library was started in 1624 when Dean Higgin bequeathed his collection of books to the Chapter.

The village's name partly derives from the Saxon term for a defendable site, and appeared as 'Stoche' in the Domesday Book; the manorial rights were later bestowed on the knightly d'Abernon, or Daubernoun

An ancient village recorded in the Domesday Book as Penictune, it has a stream flowing through it like Downham has, and it also lies at the foot of Pendle Hill.

It is said that the town took its name from Lady Roysia's Stone, and that the stone itself was the base for the Market Cross.

Richard Jefferies describes the frenetic scene in his 1883 book 'The Story of My Heart': 'Streams of human life flow into this agitated pool of blue carts and yellow omnibuses, varnished carriages and

Richard Jefferies describes the frenetic scene in his 1883 book 'The Story of My Heart': 'Streams of human life flow into this agitated pool of blue carts and yellow omnibuses, varnished carriages and

Right is the Southdown booking office, with No. 9 the Square accommodating A G Suthers run by electrician 'Cherry' Messam.

Our photographer was a busy man, and obviously spent a week or more travelling the area to capture the village scenes that we see here in our book, some eighty years on.

This photograph shows the remains of the weir added across the top of the waterfall to increase the power to the nearby Castle Mill, which was extended by the paper maker James Cooke in 1865

This photograph shows the remains of the weir added across the top of the waterfall to increase the power to the nearby Castle Mill, which was extended by the paper maker James Cooke in 1865

This view is taken looking north across the harbour. High on the hill are the abbey ruins and over to the left, the lovely Norman church of St Mary.

Next to the draper's shop on the left is Walmsley's Stationers and Bookshop.The large window proudly proclaims that they have a Bible and Prayer Book Department.The horse-drawn tram heads off towards

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

Scalby Holt, the magnificent large house at the end, was built in 1882 for Thomas Cooke, the noted telescope maker.

Laindon and Langdon Hills had always been separate villages with long histories, and even appeared as separate entries in the 1086 Domesday Book.

A staunch non-conformist, Potto Brown lies buried at Houghton Chapel; it is said that he took his accounting books there to enlist God`s help in making sure that those who owed him money paid their

On 11th November 1950, a particularly raw autumn day, HM Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) unveiled the Book of Remembrance listing over 1,000 men of the regiment killed during the Second World

Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the village has always been a magnet for visitors and day-trippers. Here we see the main street, and two cars parked outside the Ribblesdale Arms.

It has become one of the most successful books ever written, being published in over 200 languages.

Mentioned in Domesday Book, 'Eglestun' had a rush-bearing ceremony and a rush-light making industry. To celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation in 1837, all children were given oat cakes and beer.

People came from miles around for the Sunday service, and afterwards took lunch in one of the many inns surrounding the church. Broth with dumplings cost one penny a bowl.

It shows Christ, 'the Saviour of the World', as the inscription says, surrounded by the twelve apostles and the twenty-four elders from the Book of Revelation.