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Note the New Inn on the left of the picture, and how large the name-board of the publican was. The village policeman in his cape stands in the middle of the road.

He worked tirelessly for the repeal of the Corn Laws, which came about in 1846.

The war memorial lists the names of local men who lost their lives during the two world wars, many of them while serving with the county regiment, the Glosters.

It is rumoured that the timbers supporting the belfry came from ships of the Armada, but they are more likely to have grown in the nearby woods. The chancel and south aisle were added later.

In a way it is a mystery how such a sumptuous church as St Mary's came to be built in the vill of Hemel Hempstead, especially as no Saxon church appears to have preceded it.

Herring, coal and lime also came up the hill from the harbour. The donkeys were even used to collect the refuse.

Soon after their birth they had been moved to St Neots, first to their doctor's house, The Shrubbery, in Church Street, and later to a large house, The Gables, in New Street, where people came

The rigorous approach does not appear to have been particularly successful; many of those who came here now lie buried in graves at St John's cemetery in the village.

The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten.

A few years later, piped water came to the villages and the well became redundant; by 1908 it had fallen into disrepair.

The last one was recorded in 1908, and the curate of St James's Church in Blake Street, HIndpool (pictured here), with the backing of some local businessmen, provided a much-needed soup kitchen to alleviate

It is fitting to end on one of the most profound reasons for Luton to celebrate recently: the local football club, Luton Town FC, came top of League One and were promoted to the Championship League

Southampton came complete with dry docks, graving docks and a foreign animals wharf.

In 1844, railway surveyors came to this agricultural village with the aim of linking two main lines to provide a route from West Yorkshire to Lancashire and Cumbria.

It came into the possession of the Dukes of Bedford in 1738, and in 1794 the then Duke removed the roof and most of the fittings. The reason is not recorded.

A further boost came in 1792 with the opening of a link between the Dudley and Birmingham Canals. The major industrial development at Brierley Hill was building the Earl of Dudley’s

By the 1750s his fame had grown, and his celebrity status attracted visitors.

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.

Stourbridge came into existence at a crossing point of the Stour.

Apsley Mills came under the technical control of the Ministry of Munitions and Nash Mills made mortar bombs and small shells.

The impressive harbour with its fine breakwater was constructed in 1906, in an effort to entice the great sea-going ships away from Liverpool and Southampton, but this idea came to nothing.

In the summer of 2005 the harbour was alive with ships as they came to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson.

After Willand & Robinson moved to Rugby in 1911, Auto Carriers (makers of the AC cars of later fame) occupied the buildings.

Milford then turned to oil again, but this time a different kind of oil, and four oil refineries came into production from the 1950s, making Milford the second largest oil refining port in Europe in the