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The Close is entered from Barby Road by gates commemorating the School's 4th centenary and dedicated by Queen Elizabeth II in 1967.

Ulterior motives were suspected since the new public status of the land would prevent a proposed road scheme near his house; still, the Council expressed their gratitude, and called it Rosebery Park

A gatehouse on the Castleford road is the only reminder of the Elizabethan splendour of Kippax's past.

East and west of the Cross were the Trongate and the Gallowgate, still the principal thoroughfares leading to Argyle Street and the Edinburgh Road respectively.

Also deep under Manchester were the GPO's switchboards and underground telephone lines, and there was a railway line that took mail from Victoria to London Road Station.

The initial group of roads were all named after famous poets.

Sad to say, investors were unimpressed, and only the road layout and a hotel block and shops were built.

Their main cargoes seem to have been coal, agricultural produce, timber, and shingle for road repairs.

The new railway led to the area around Alexandra Road, the land sold by the Coopers, being developed into what was known as the 'New Town'.

The first of these were built in Noreuil Road, which was named after a little village of some 100 inhabitants near Arras in France.

Rifleman in East Street, a Canadian soldier was arrested and taken to the police station in Ashley Road, despite the complaints of his friends.

The building on Oxford Road was finished and opened to students on 7 October 1837, so it had been open only three years when this photograph of the Inner Quadrangle was taken.

The poultry farm kept one of the largest flocks of laying poultry - over 50,000 White Leghorns - whilst the dairy farm at Bedmond Road boasted a herd of prize-winning pedigree Jersey cattle.

This famous coaching inn is situated in that part of Barrowford which stretches along Gisburn Road, where many interesting old properties stand; it was built originally as the great house of the Hargreaves

The oyster stall is at the start of Pier Road, the Magpie café is in the centre and amusement arcades have started to appear towards its end.

The row of houses stretching up to the Antrim Road has the name Jubilee Terrace, celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

The cattle auction mart further down Gisburn Road closed in 1990.

Amwell End was the original toll road entry to Ware from the south until the building of the bridge. At the far end, it is crossed by the railway and the river.

Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.

It was quickly taken to the Watton Road Gravel pits and detonated.

The station, opened in 1881, was situated off Newport Street near the junction with Devizes Road.

Everything for the public service, such as cabs and lighting and good roads and order, is admirably managed at both places; but I very much doubt if 'old salts' would recognise the Portsmouth of

The market was held in the centre of the road, with cars passing on either side - a dangerous arrangement brought to an end in 1991 when both streams of traffic were moved to the north side.

Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire; with its village green next to the church, and an old inn across the road, it is just how we all imagine an old English village ought to look