The interesting town centre of Burnley, Lancashire has a number of small but showy 19th Century buildings, as befits a town that had grown wealthy on cotton and exhibited it in civic pride. The former Manchester and County Bank in Grimshaw Street, by William Waddington, 1876. 1/2

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2/2 Another view of the former Manchester and County Bank in Grimshaw Street, Burnley. 'Meaty, of one tall storey, a sort of palazzo of Florentine persuasion' thought Pevsner. Now a restaurant called, appropriately enough, The Palazzo.

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Share a SCARY movie title that begins with the letter “M” 🎥 M is for… Motel Hell 🖤

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First recorded in 1201 when King John paid a visit, the remaining parts of Ravensworth Castle near Richmond date from the late 14th century, when it was possession of Henry, 1st Baron FitzHugh. In 1391 he enclosed 200 acres around the moated castle, creating a park. The castle was

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gradually dismantled, starting in the 16th century, and the stone was used for other buildings in the area. The wall that was built around the medieval hunting park forms part of its designation as both a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I Listed Building. Image David Martin CC BY SA 2.0

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