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Sweets in Amersham: The Town Behind Metro-land

Amersham grew into two halves — the old Tudor high street and the new town built around the Metropolitan Railway's "Metro-land" marketing of the early 1900s.

Sweets in Amersham: The Town Behind Metro-land

Amersham grew into two halves — the old Tudor high street and the new town built around the Metropolitan Railway's "Metro-land" marketing of the early 1900s.

Sweets in Rhyl: The Railway Town That Became Wa...

Rhyl grew from a small coastal settlement into one of Wales' busiest Victorian seaside resorts after the railway arrived in 1848, with its promenade and Marine Lake following soon after.

Sweets in Rhyl: The Railway Town That Became Wa...

Rhyl grew from a small coastal settlement into one of Wales' busiest Victorian seaside resorts after the railway arrived in 1848, with its promenade and Marine Lake following soon after.

Sweets in Fleet: The Hampshire Town That Grew U...

Fleet has no medieval high street to speak of — the town grew up from the 1840s onwards around a railway station built beside Fleet Pond, which the railway company...

Sweets in Fleet: The Hampshire Town That Grew U...

Fleet has no medieval high street to speak of — the town grew up from the 1840s onwards around a railway station built beside Fleet Pond, which the railway company...

Sweets in Kingsbridge: Birthplace of the Man Wh...

Kingsbridge was the birthplace of William Cookworthy, the 18th-century pharmacist whose discovery of Cornish china clay launched England's hard-paste porcelain industry.

Sweets in Kingsbridge: Birthplace of the Man Wh...

Kingsbridge was the birthplace of William Cookworthy, the 18th-century pharmacist whose discovery of Cornish china clay launched England's hard-paste porcelain industry.

Sweets in Colwyn Bay: Home to One of Wales' Gre...

Colwyn Bay grew up around its Victorian pier, opened in 1900, which became one of the longest and best-loved pleasure piers on the North Wales coast.

Sweets in Colwyn Bay: Home to One of Wales' Gre...

Colwyn Bay grew up around its Victorian pier, opened in 1900, which became one of the longest and best-loved pleasure piers on the North Wales coast.

Sweets in Dartmouth: The Harbour That Launched ...

Dartmouth's sheltered estuary made it a gathering point for Crusader fleets in the 12th century, a role that grew into centuries of naval and maritime history culminating in today's Britannia...

Sweets in Dartmouth: The Harbour That Launched ...

Dartmouth's sheltered estuary made it a gathering point for Crusader fleets in the 12th century, a role that grew into centuries of naval and maritime history culminating in today's Britannia...