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It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806. By 1849 there had been two extensions added, along with a post office and news room.

Because of the famous Pendle witch trials in 1612, the hill has gained a reputation for sorcery and evil deeds.Those who know the area treat these superstitious tales with a pinch of salt,

In many a village, the loss of its transport system and main employer in the course of a couple of years would have sounded its death knell; but for Standon the situation could not have been more different

But most of all, Edwards remembered Clay Hill - West Hill as it is now - where he enjoyed the hospitality of Colonel Dennis O'Kelly, and was taken to view his stables.

Leaving Daventry on the west-bound turnpike to Warwick and Stratford upon Avon we arrive at Staverton village. On the way to Staverton, in a lay-by is one of Telford's toll houses.

A former International Exhibition Hall, and a 'Peoples Palace', the first building was designed by John Johnson and Alfred Meeson, and opened in 1873.

The Chapel abounds with monuments of beauty and dignity. They include the Princess Charlotte Memorial, 1817, by Matthew Cotes Wyatt, which combines the sensational with the chaste.

As one of Carlisle's best known sons, the writer Hunter Davies, observed, 'my memories of Carlisle in 1950s was of a dirty, dreary, noisy, smoky, industrial town'.

It was from here that FitzGerald ruthlessly put down a rebellion in the south-west.

Grim and his wife decide to bring the baby up as one of their own.

Next to the Bushel & Strike public house (left), in what was the Bell Yard, stands Ibbett`s blacksmith and engineering workshop`s outside store.

This area is now pedestrianised, and has greatly changed. The Regal Cinema (left) and the drapers C J Fox & Co nest door are no longer there, having been replaced in 1966 by a Littlewood's store.

This area is now pedestrianised, and has greatly changed. The Regal Cinema (left) and the drapers C J Fox & Co nest door are no longer there, having been replaced in 1966 by a Littlewood's store.

Laid down at Plymouth Dockyard as HMS 'London' in 1819, her name was changed during her somewhat slow construction; she was not launched until July 1828.

His son bred horses and named the local pub the Altisadora after a St Leger winner.

We are looking down Oxford Street, with the market cross on the left. The tower of Tower House can be seen at the junction with Cross Hayes Lane (right).

At Baldock it formed the length of White Horse Street and Hitchin Street.

Men and women who wished to be hired stood in line at the top of the High Street dressed in their smocks and carrying the emblems of their trade.

This 1903 view looking south down the High Street is full of detail. It seems to have been taken one warm morning - note the open windows, and the summery dresses of the girls on the right.

The Sainsbury superstore opened in 1990, and is easily recognisable from both the railway station platforms and any passing train.

The Blue Boot Stores has been replaced by Ingles's furniture store, and Taylors has taken over the responsibilities of Page's Forage Stores in selling pet supplies under the name of Wagger's Food Farm.

The earliest evidence indicates that Iron and Bronze Age man lived here.

In 1758 William Page pulled down the existing house for a new building; he remained the owner and occupier for approximately five years. Mr Mark Basket later occupied it.