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  • The city was particularly associated with the noted Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who designed the Great Western Railway b ...e 1980s another trend has emerged with the closure of some main roads, the restoration of the Georgian period Queen Square and Portland Square, the regeneration o
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  • In 1845 the old 14th century church underwent a Victorian restoration.
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  • ...round the city, the most prominent being the Guildhall, the Corn Exchange, Restoration House and Eastgate House. Many of the buildings in the city centre date fro ...ation to the throne. Following this, his home in Crow Lane became known as Restoration House. It was used as the basis of Satis House in Great Expectations, by Ch
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  • ...he daughter of Sir Richard Browne in 1652. On his return to England at the Restoration, Evelyn had laid out meticulously planned gardens in the French style of he Close to Deptford Creek is a Victorian pumping station built in 1864, part of the massive London sewerage system d
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  • ...and park were seized to become a 'mansion' for the Lord Protector. By the Restoration in 1660, the Palace of Placentia had fallen into disuse and was pulled down ...966–67. In 2004, ''Gipsy Moth IV'' was removed from Greenwich, and after restoration work completed a second circumnavigation in May 2007. On the riverside in f
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  • *The [http://www.judgeslodging.org.uk/ Judge's Lodging], decorated in mid-Victorian style.<ref>{{cite web | author=| title=Official Site|url=http://www.judgesl * Parker, K. ''Radnorshire from Civil War to Restoration: A Study of the County and Its Environs 1640-60 in a Regional Setting'' (20
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  • ...Trust was established on the death of Mrs Radclyffe Dolling to oversee the restoration of the house and its development into accommodation and conference faciliti ...huge entrance portal surmounted by a large tracery window which contained Victorian armorial stained glass. Lord Stuart was also responsible for setting out t
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  • *St Andrew’s Church - 1839 early Victorian Gothic church by Scott Stephen & Gale in the Whitelaw hill area. Its steepl ...the former Monkland Canal. The bridges are currently undergoing specialist restoration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/lanarkshire-news/local-ne
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  • ...rish church of St Catwg (Cadoc) is ancient but with an extensive Victorian restoration. It has a rare adult baptismal font added at this time.
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  • ...Town. The north aisle was built in about 1845. Sir George Gilbert Scott's restoration of the church in 1872-3 involved widening of the chancel arch, inserting a ...memory of her only daughter who had died at the age of sixteen. Built in a Victorian Tudor/gothic style, they include eight self-contained houses, a wardens hou
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  • The Victorian restoration of the church was at a time when the Church of England was riven by the eff
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  • ...ty.co.uk|accessdate=2009-12-06}}</ref> A Bronze Age mound was excavated in Victorian times outside Haulgh Hall. The Romans built roads from Manchester to [[Ribc ...English settlement exists in the form of religious objects found when the Victorian parish church was built.<ref name=BolParHist>{{cite web |title=History of B
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  • ...ts were added over the years, with a major restoration taking place in the Victorian era. The ''Letherhead'' Institute was built. The spelling was said, in Victorian times, to be the correct form of ''Leatherhead''.
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  • ...England confiscated all of the Baron's estates.<ref name=Page/> After the restoration of the monarchy, Craven's estates were restored to him<ref name=Page/> and ...ide of the chancel.<ref name=Page/> The chapel's other windows are largely Victorian.<ref name=Page/> The ancient windows seem to occupy roughly the same positi
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  • The [[Church of England]] parish church of Saint Mary dates from c. 1300. Restoration by Benjamin Ferrey in 1845 included the addition of a south aisle. The chur ...erkshire|Leverton]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry Dodson, gardener on 'the Victorian Kitchen Garden' |first=Michael |last=Leapman |newspaper=The Independent |da
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  • ===17th century: decline and restoration=== After the Restoration in 1660, King Charles II began the restoration of the Cathedral.
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  • The town is notable for several stately Victorian squares, perhaps most notably Boston Square, which enjoys fine views across The town once had a Victorian pleasure pier, with fine attractions, including a pavilion and miniature st
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  • ...3th Century by Fulk Bassett. The 15th century tower was demolished in the restoration; within it were marks of an earlier and lower tower. Changes have come and
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  • ...rts of the village. The church's present appearance dates from the drastic restoration of 1849, when the roof was raised, and the font, pulpit, vestry and pews we Much Victorian history of the village is recorded in ''The Rector's Book'', handwritten ar
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  • ...ested union with England at various times; in the days of James VI, at the Restoration and at the Glorious Revolution, but were rejected. England remained a sepa ...bagpipe, the kilt, and the Gaelic tongue, all things popularised from the Victorian Age. Of the Lowland inheritance, the haggis, revered by Burns (and rightly
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