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Cattle sold quick and at liberal prices.

It became quickly clear that St Mary's Church was too small for the parish.

Here we see Lewis's large and very ornate store at the top of Market Street, just four years after the death of its founder David Lewis in 1885.

When Raglan was slighted, the sale of lead stripped from its roofs brought in £8000.

It was 'a handsome house … built in the modern taste, and adorned with shrubberies', when seen by the cartographer John Edwards.

New occupations had appeared, such as butcher, shoemaker, blacksmith, and bricklayer, and there were opportunities for domestic service in the wealthier residents' houses.

The Inner Keep is on the right, with holes knocked into its 9ft-thick walls.

In its heyday the camp had its own railway halt, and 'holiday camp expresses' stopped there en route from London to Great Yarmouth.

After the Restoration, Aberdeen decided that a new Market Cross was needed, although it was 1686 before it was erected.

It was a reminder of the much- missed old travelling fairs that travelled through the area during the summer months, giving the townsfolk an excuse to enjoy themselves.

Up to 20 stables ran their horses on the gallops at Six Mile Hill.

To a lot of people it's just a place people see when they're going up and down the M1.

As part of providing civic local facilities, the council erected a large open- air swimming pool in the town centre in the 1930s on the site of Richmond House, between King Street and the river

When the Second World War broke out she was exempt from military service because she worked in a bank, taking the place of men who had enlisted.

New occupations had appeared, such as butcher, shoemaker, blacksmith, and bricklayer, and there were opportunities for domestic service in the wealthier residents' houses.

To the east of the town are similar marshes at the King's Pool, off North Walls.

To the east of the town are similar marshes at the King's Pool, off North Walls.

The shops included a bucket and spade shop; a fish and chip shop (1d the fish, ½d the chips); sweet shops selling Clacton rock; a beachwear shop (plimsolls 6½d a pair, paddling shoes 4½d); souvenir

The design incorporates both a cavalier and a roundhead standing on green turf, reminding us of Sir Edward Ford's activities nearby, whilst above them is the imperial Roman eagle (a reminder of

Near the top of Back Lane stood a lock-up, a pillory and stocks.

With his huge eyes, elongated mouth and sharp teeth he was not a pretty sight; but his four-metre (thirteen feet) length, his dolphin-like fins and streamlined shape made him a fearsome and most

The borough is next to the M6, allegedly Europe's busiest motorway, and it has used its location to attract famous store chains and commuting customers.

THE golden sands have always been one of Margate's main attractions and have given the resort an advantage over the more common shingle beaches of South-East England.

It was opened to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee but when the new church was consecrated in South Parade the old building found use as the public library, until the new Sutton Coldfield