STIMULATE your brain by buffing up on our country’s rich and fascinating history. Heading back to the classroom can cost you, ...

A union has criticised plans to make almost 100 redundancies at mapping service Ordnance Survey. Prospect said laying off 95 skilled staff was “short sighted” and counter to the Government’s growth ...

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It connected England and Wales before the two countries even ... Although its presence was documented and showed up on an old Ordnance Survey map, the exact location of the bridge was unknown.

“According to the 1856 Ordnance Survey maps, there were at least 15 farm buildings throughout Aycliffe parish that had a roughly semi-circular building attached,” says John Heslop, of Durham ...

The group said: "In England and Wales, we are lucky to have a 140,000 ... He awarded new walk leaders with an Ordnance Survey map for their efforts. Dr Chambers said: "We need to encourage these ...

The group said: "In England and Wales, we are lucky to have a 140,000 mile network ... He awarded new walk leaders with an Ordnance Survey map for their efforts. Dr Chambers said: "We need to ...

Spending in the country was £458m, down 11 per cent compared to 2019. A Visit Wales survey of 50,000 people found the cost of travel to Wales was putting people off visiting, plus the country’s ...

Ordnance Survey maps are very useful to the local historian as they trace the development of buildings, settlements and landscapes across the 19 th and 20 th centuries. This continuous series of maps, ...

Before the advent of Ordnance Survey maps in the 19 th century, the country was mapped through a series of county maps privately produced by individuals or small groups of surveyors with wealthy ...

Born Free’s 2023 survey reveals that over 2,700 dangerous wild animals ... crocodilians and venomous reptiles! Red areas on the map indicate there is at least one dangerous wild animal held in that ...