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A visit by Princess Victoria in 1835 helped to stimulate interest in Swanage as a resort, but it was the activities of the general contractor and collector George Burt, the controlling mind behind the

The town of Strathpeffer owes its popularity to the discovery of sulphurous springs in the 18th century.

Built around 1130, the Manor is supposed to be the oldest continuously inhabited house in Britain.

A castle at Dudley is first mentioned following the arrival of 'a great and powerful prince of the Kingdom of Mercia' called Dudd, Dodo or Dudo c700.

Worthing's was a good example, with screens to protect the band from the sea breezes and an elegant wrought iron openwork cupola to its ogee roof.

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

In the early 1720s Bishop Wilson was held prisoner in Castle Rushen for nine weeks for failing to pay a fine. In 1722 an ecclesiastical court found a certain Lady Horne guilty of slander.

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

Standing on the site of what were once three fishermen's cottages, the Hesketh Arms was originally called the Black Bull.

Another of Cheshire's cotton towns, Hyde was to be the scene of great industrial unrest when in 1848, a local group of Chartists marched through the town to disable the boilers, bringing all

This view looks down towards the Cross from the A46 Bath Road. At the bottom of the slope is the clock tower and George Street, in which is found one of the largest kettles in the country.

On the River Bure, Coltishall is a picturesque place and an important centre for building the famous Norfolk wherry.

South Lowestoft was developed in the 1840s and 1850s by Sir Samuel Morton Peto.

Lyndhurst is the 'capital' of the New Forest, a bustling tourist base at the heart of this wooded region.

The pier at Clevedon was opened in 1869, its light and graceful construction looking far too delicate to survive the storms that periodically wreak havoc along the coast.

Motor vehicles have mostly replaced horse-drawn carriages by the first decade after the Great War.

Here we can see a closer view of the railway line, which runs parallel to the river virtually all the way to Carmarthen.

Droitwich developed as a spa in the early 19th century thanks to John Corbett, a local businessman, who opened the St Andrews Brine Baths in the town for visitors, and built a magnificent French-style

We are looking up New Road, with W C King & Sons, ironmongers, on the left. Further up we can see the sign of the Black Horse. According to the deeds, this was built in November 1843 as a beer house.

The church stands on the site of an important regional Roman town known as Calleva Atrebatum.

This view from the church tower shows part of the C E School playground, with Manor House next to it. Note that some of the cottages in this row appear to be thatched only on the street side.

The pound has had a chequered career.

This is the oldest part of the village, with some properties dating back to medieval times.

The higgledy-piggledy row of pubs, shops and dwellings has hardly changed over the years.