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gained a reputation for sorcery and evil deeds.Those who know the area treat these superstitious tales with a pinch of salt, but they do not deny that the quick changes in weather, which bring down

It was from here that FitzGerald ruthlessly put down a rebellion in the south-west.

She, being in debt, pulled the palace down, turned the park into farmland, and sold the contents and materials for building purposes.

This view looks south down the main street towards the church of St Thomas and St Nicholas - we can see its 14th-century crossing tower (centre).

Bath Lane off East Street, originally called Bathing House Lane, is so named because it used to lead down to a bathing house that was located by the side of the creek.

The film 'Whistle Down The Wind' with Hayley Mills was filmed in and around Downham village.

The church closed down in 1904, and was demolished in 1906.

The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.

The camera looks east down the High Street, which opens onto Church Gate and Derby Road. Kegworth's origins lay in its medieval weekly market and annual fair.

The camera looks at the mundane, suburban face of the village as Woodgate drops down to Cross Green.

The two Llanwenarths were joined by a rope ferry, which closed down in 1951. From the churchyard there is a magnificent view of the Blorenge mountain.

The canal's tub-boats were fitted with wheels so that they could travel up or down the inclines by means of cables; it was a method that saved an absolute fortune on building locks, and represented

The furniture legacy from this period can be found mainly in the western part of town: many are relatively small two-storey structures up to 100 feet long, and date mostly from the first two decades

A hundred years after this photograph was taken, there appears to have been little change to the overall shape of the town, for Ilkley today retains the charm of the Wharfe Valley and the splendour of

Swindon - 'swine down' or 'pig hill' - is Wiltshire's largest settlement; it grew from the two villages of Old and New Swindon of about 2,000 inhabitants in 1900 to its present size of about

The view shows the centre of Anstey, as the road drops down from the heights of Bradgate Park, enclosed out of Charnwood Forest c1200 as a hunting park.

The camera looks east down the High Street, which opens onto Church Gate and Derby Road. Kegworth's origins lay in its medieval weekly market and annual fair.

The camera looks at the mundane, suburban face of the village as Woodgate drops down to Cross Green.

For most of the century there had been daily steamers from Belfast to Bangor, and as the holiday traffic increased the County Down Railway took over the service.

In their place emerged Exchange Buildings, the town's first block of shops. However, by 1881 traders were complaining that Commercial Street was in a disgusting state.

The village (the name means 'the dwelling by the bow of the river') has two greens; because it was all part of the Pudsay estate, there was no pressure to expand or to pull down and rebuild.

The village stands under the downs near the source of the Len and has a broad, attractive market square fringed with lime trees, which create a shadowed path over the uneven setts and cobbles.

North Street joins High Street by Lloyds Bank, and it is down here on the left that we find the last Daventry Grammar School building.

This building replaced a fine Gothic-style mansion which was burnt down before its completion in 1829.