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The ornate Waterhead buildings served an increasing trade of tourists to the area, particularly after the railway came to the Lakes in 1847.

Like similar parishes nearby, the wealth of this fen village came from wool.

At this date, the old fashioned, rather cumbersome bathing machines were being replaced by bathing tents, the forerunners of the wooden huts which came later.

Blenheim House contained the Locarno (later Tiffany's Ballroom), where the resident group in the early 1960s were the pre-fame Dave Clark Five.

Wells is famed for its superb cathedral and the Bishop's Palace. The town is also a very fine one, with much of its medieval street plan intact.

Blenheim House contained the Locarno (later Tiffany's Ballroom), where the resident group in the early 1960s were the pre-fame Dave Clark Five.

As car ownership increased, visitors to places like Lulworth Cove were in danger of destroying the very beauty they came to admire.

Of course, the story would be different when a heatwave came along!

This village is referred to as 'Torintone' in the Domesday book, but during the reign of Edward II it, and much of the surrounding land, came into the possession of Roger de Thornton, whose only daughter

He acquired fame and affection for the mouth-watering tea-parties he gave for local villagers, children and New Forest gypsies.

It was a village meeting place for hundreds of years before the village hall existed, and it is famed for its wassailing ceremony in the orchard behind.

He came to love this spot early on in his life, for it was his nurse's practice to bring him here.

It was built for travellers who came to the Railway Pier to catch the steamers to the continent. It later served as Council Offices, but is now an apartment block.

Like Yarmouth, Lowestoft is a mixture of fishing port and seaside resort; holiday-makers came here as the result of the arrival of the railway in the mid 19th century.

This peaceful parkland, with trees overhanging the carefully channelled waterway, was the creation of the local 17th-century Quaker poet and writer John Scott, who came to Ware from Bermondsey and used

Although Sutton's coaches came up from Clacton on Sea, no doubt the scenery and wildlife is an attractive contrast to candy floss, deckchairs and the beach.

The estuary of the Camel is one of Cornwall's greatest natural features, fringed with golden sands and surrounded by rolling farmland.

Cemetery Hill 1910 Odiham's houses are a mixture of Georgian and Tudor; some are timber- framed, which was common before local bricks came into general use in the 18th century.

The fame of Buxton as a Medieval spa grew and in Tudor times was greatly enhanced by the visits of Mary Queen of Scots who came to take the waters for her various illnesses, including rheumatism

The cottage's window frames pay homage to the cast iron that came with the British industrial revolution.

The manufacturing of steel in the town came to an end in 1978.

The castle was built in 1539, and came under the control of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1648 the castle was captured by Colonel Nathaniel Rich for Parliament.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotand in 1842.

On market day the whole square was full of activity and people came into Nottingham from all the surrounding villages.