One day last week I walked past the statue of the famous civil engineer and poet Thomas Telford which stands outside the town’s magistrates court, as I’ve done a thousand times before ...
Thomas Telford, one of Britain's greatest engineers, was buried in the centre part of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 10th September 1834, having died on the 2nd at 24 Abingdon Street, Westminster.
The hotel has welcomed some very illustrious visitors in its time - from Queen Victoria to poet William Wordsworth and civil ...
A 19th-century needlework of the Menai Bridge by a schoolgirl is at risk of leaving the UK. The artwork, stitched by 11-year-old Mary Anne Hughes, has been valued at more than £14,000. The needlework ...
A new school will be offering places for primary school-aged children in the Priorslee area starting from September 2025.
A temporary export ban has been placed on an historic needlework sampler showing the Menai Suspension Bridge. It was crafted ...
The ancient fishing port is often overlooked by tourists as they head in their droves to nearby beauty spots. But this town ...
An export bar has been placed on a needlework sampler showing the Menai Bridge, Anglesey, by 11 year old 19th century school ...
This was a nod to its Viking origins as Hoved, meaning “Head”. Which means of course that “Howth Head” is a tautology. But ...
If one possible answer to this question is "when it's 50 years old", then Telford in Shropshire is indeed no longer a new town. But, fundamentally, it always will be. It was part of the post-war ...
It is said, in fact, to be one of the most haunted hotels in the UK with the tragic ghost of a young maid roaming its rooms ...