Search Results

The 14th- and 15th-century cloisters have a new fame as the setting for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films.

Perhaps the man who made the bell had other things on his mind when it came to putting in the inscription, as he forgot to invert the words laterally in the mould, and they appear backwards on

GMC executives came over from the US to get work back to normal after the war. Much of the firm's success was due to David Jones, the industry's longest-serving design executive.

The connection with the legend of Robin Hood is obscure, but one story is that Robin came here to hire boats in order to escape from England.

Working people usually had one set of clothes for work and another for best, and for a trip to the seaside the best clothes came out of the closet - or the pawn shop.

Her close neighbour at nearby Rydal Mount was William Wordsworth, who had his own pew in the church; so did the family of Dr Arnold of Rugby School fame.

The very fine 15th-century gateway came from the Old Schools in Cambridge in c1754. Queen Victoria rented Madingley Hall in 1861 while the Prince of Wales was at Cambridge.

The Spirella Company came to Letchworth in 1910. The new factory was commissioned in 1912, and was built over the following eight years.

The village has acquired international fame as the home of the Quorn Hunt; its founder Hugo Meynell took residence in 1753 at Quorn Hall (now an educational centre).

When Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1953, the village erected a Coronation Bridge and laid out Coronation Gardens, which we can see here.

The slip road on the left-hand side leads through to a grid-work of streets of Victorian houses, presumably built to house the miners who came to live in the area during the mining boom of

She came into service in 1958.

Lakeside is the settlement furthest away from the Lakeland mountains, but it is historically important as the entry point for large numbers of Victorian day visitors who came up from Lancashire by way

An old story says that King Alfred came here to build a palace, but instead he built a shipyard on the estuary of the Cuckmere nearby.

The Victorians came to Ilkley in their carriages, and later by train, to enjoy fresh air and the invigorating spa water. But sunshine can quickly disappear.

The village began to expand in 1866-1867 when a local man came up with a scheme to transform it into a popular seaside resort.

It is said that the ornate staircase in the Town House came from Standon Lordship. The white shed on the left stands next to the village pond where the villagers skated in winter.

Gilpin came to Houghton after being cleared of charges of heresy, but he was indicted a second time and was on his way to answer the charges when he broke his leg.

The Quaker Meeting House came in 1836, and next is Summerfield House, formerly an inn. Finally, on the right is the Wesleyan chapel of 1836.

Alas, plans to save her came to nothing.

James I awarded it to Sir Fulke Greville, who was also given the title of Baron Brooke of Beauchamp Court.

The house was famed for the way in which the designers successfully blended medieval and modern styles, and the prolific use of white and gold for the interiors.

It was built in 1712 for William Lowndes, Secretary to the Treasury, who came from Winslow in central Buckinghamshire where in 1700 he had built Winslow Hall.

Each weighs about thirty tons - they possibly came from the quarries at Knaresborough.