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Now it is a valuable habitat for wild birds, but before piped water came, this pool was a better water supply than some of the town wells.

The impressive lozenge-shaped stone came from a surface outcrop of sarsen stones (the word sarsen derives from Saracen, and means stranger) which can be found on the Marlborough Downs about two miles away

In the 1880s the railway came, and the town grew yet more hectic as the London to Scotland expresses roared by.

Advice on the interior design of the Infirmary came from Florence Nightingale, and it was acclaimed as being the best among European hospitals.

British Timken came to Daventry and Northampton in 1954, and was one of the major employers for many years. Both the factories have recently closed, sad to say.

The influx of population into the area that came with the growth of the mining industry from the late 18th century and the demands for ostentatious houses by the new landowners caused

Opposite is Victoria Place, dated 1837, the year Queen Victoria came to the throne. The single-storey cottage has been converted to changing rooms for the sports field.

In the early years of the 19th century the impoverished Duke of Kent came to live at Woolbrook Glen.

The re-used stones feature the de Vere star, and came from Earl's Colne Priory.

There was once a pub in this area which was called the Ball which may be where the name Ball o' Ditton comes from.

Among its distinguished visitors were Tennyson, Thackeray, Sir John Betjeman and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who came here on homeymoon.

Its parish church, Christ Church, was erected in 1837, shortly after Queen Victoria came to the throne.

Comic genius Peter Sellers probably came here many times during his childhood. It is seemingly a hot summer's day in Southsea, yet there is just one child wearing shorts.

This is an Edwardian building, but there has been a house of this name here since at least the 18th century.

For the pub to be advertising a 'large car park' at this date suggests that the clientele came from outside the village, and that they were somewhat up-market to be car owners in the '50s.

When a new rector came to Chipstead's church of St Margaret in 1809, he got something of a shock. It had become quite dilapidated and very unholy indeed.

The institute, which offered a range of evening classes for workers, and was famed for its penny lectures, was one of the earlier projects linked with a major redevelopment of the town centre

As at Tipton and Wednesbury, the 30 ft seam of Thick Coal was near the surface at Bilston.Though there is evidence for coal pits at the time of Edward I, Bilston came into its own during the 19th century

Kidderminster owes its fame to the manufacture of carpets, but had prospered from the weaving trade long before that.

There is a room on the first floor, reached by a stair and guarded by a portcullis, which suggests that this was a defensive position for use when the Scots came on one of their cattle raids.

There is a room on the first floor, reached by a stair and guarded by a portcullis, which suggests that this was a defensive position for use when the Scots came on one of their cattle raids.

It is thought that their stone came from buildings in Gold Street which were demolished in 1887.

The two claimed to be going hunting, but came instead to Eccleshall; here they were baptized by Bishop Chad.

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.