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Sweets in Ripley: The Ironworks That Roofed St ...

The Butterley Company, founded on the edge of Ripley in 1791, manufactured the great arched iron roof of London's St Pancras station — but Ripley has no dedicated bulk sweet...

Sweets in Chester-le-Street: A Roman Fort Calle...

Chester-le-Street was a Roman fort, a resting place for St Cuthbert's shrine, and is still watched over by 14th-century Lumley Castle — but it has no dedicated bulk sweet shop...

Sweets in Louth: Home to England's Tallest Pari...

Louth is dominated by St James' Church, whose spire is the tallest of any parish church in England — but the town itself has no dedicated bulk sweet shop.

Sweets in Long Eaton: Lace Mills and Railway Wa...

Long Eaton's population grew more than twenty-fold in a century on lace and railway wagon works — a Victorian boom town with no dedicated bulk sweet shop today.

Sweets in Sheringham: A Fishing Town on the Pop...

Sheringham grew up on crab and herring fishing, and today it's also the southern terminus of the Poppy Line — the North Norfolk Railway's heritage steam service to Holt.

Sweets in Penrith: Red Sandstone and Richard II...

Penrith's red sandstone streets once housed the future Richard III — but the market town has never had a dedicated bulk sweet shop of its own.