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  • ...completely rebuilt in the early 15th century, followed by alterations and restoration in both the seventeenth and 19th centuries. Both the belfry and the spire w ...n 1842 the railway came to Bishop's Stortford; another introduction of the Victorian era was the opening of a hospital, in 1895.
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  • ...rch, dedicated to St Faith, is mediæval with heavy 19th century Victorian restoration.
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  • ...2010}}</ref> Banisters, on the lower slopes of Fleet Hill, is a fine brick Restoration house of 1683.<ref name=rbhban>{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.
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  • ...ed many scenes of the town including some of its residents during the late Victorian period. .... Loughton was a place à la mode for artistic and scientific residents in Victorian and Edwardian times, and a number of prominent residents were renowned soci
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  • '''Kinloch Castle''' is a late-Victorian mansion located on the [[Rùm|Isle of Rùm]], one of the [[Small Isles]] be The castle appeared on the [[BBC]] television series ''Restoration'' in 2003, as part of a bid for funds to restore the structure, reaching th
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  • ...lish town to rival Lytham, its nearby neighbour. It is a traditional quiet Victorian/Edwardian seaside resort with up-market hotels, a sandy beach, donkeys, a s ...quarter was established, centred around Wood Street. Work began on a £2m restoration project in Ashton Gardens, a park situated near the town centre. As this is
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  • ...p Room buildings, built in 1862, which reopened in 2001, following a major restoration [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/371361 Photo]. They are now owned by Tenb ...ecision 7th March 2012</ref> during 2012 to create car parking. The unique Victorian era corrugated iron isolation hospital was demolished on October 24, 2006.<
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  • ...do other of the churches of its sister villages. It underwent a Victorian restoration by Phipson in the 1870s. In the porch stand the old village stocks, now ou
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  • ...dge]]. The village church of St Mary has Saxon origins with much Victorian restoration.
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  • Anthony Trollope, the Victorian novelist, lived at Waltham House, Waltham Cross for 12 years between 1859 a ...s were by Alexander of Abingdon. These have been replaced in the course of restoration, but one of the originals can be seen on display at the Victoria and Albert
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  • ...ne of which has seen the restoration and conservation of a whole street of Victorian workers housing, a former primary school and cotton mill, as it was feared
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  • Netherton's most notable public building is probably the Victorian era Netherton Arts Centre and Library at the top of Northfield Road. A fire ...Ancient Monument, stood in the reserve but is currently (2008) undergoing restoration.
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  • ...igrants settled in the older parts of the town that were mostly made up of Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses. ...brick and stone to an Italian Gothic design, and its interior reflects the Victorian interest in Gothic and Mediæval architecture. Its Grand Organ, built in 1
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  • After the Restoration in the 1660s Bishop John Hacket began the restoration of the cathedral, aided by substantial funds donated by the King. It was n ...k in the cathedral. The ornate west front was extensively renovated in the Victorian era by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
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  • ...storation and rebuilding of the chancel in 1877. The church also contains Victorian stained glass windows. Richard Brett, a former rector of Quainton and one o
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  • **St. Nicholas, a Victorian church ...[Worcester and Birmingham Canal]]. The canals were abandoned in 1939 but a restoration programme saw them re-opened in 2011.
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  • ...Tree Lane/Harborne Lane. The original spot is still commemorated by an old Victorian street sign above one of the shops on the north-side of Oak Tree Lane, whic ...ather amusingly show the couple with Victorian fairstyles and a mixture of Victorian and mediæval clothing.
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  • .../4d (£19,517.59p). The manor was returned to the Crown at the time of the Restoration in 1660.<ref>''General Report to the King in Council from the Honorable Boa ...It possesses a finely decorated screen showing the unreformed zeal of the Victorian "high church" movement; in the panels at the screen's base are nearly 50 pa
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  • ...</ref> The centre of the town is a conservation area. Hillersdon House, a Victorian manor house is near to the town centre and within the parish. ...the firm. After the war, the firm concentrated on repair work and antiques restoration. The firm closed in 1990 with the retirement of Sid Russ who had taken the
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  • ...um</ref> The town's role as a port declined from the 18th century, and by Victorian times it had become an almost deserted place. The harbour was filled in an ...[[National Trust for Scotland]] has been working on their preservation and restoration since the 1930s.
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