http://www.house-share-uk.com Find Local UK House Shares Near You Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:41:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en House Share Hereford Herefordshire Approximate Population: 50,400 The annual Three Choirs Festival, originating in the eighteenth century and one of the oldest music festivals in Europe, is held in Hereford every third year, the other venues being Gloucester and Worcester. The city's main theatre and cultural venue is the Courtyard Centre for the ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/hereford/herefordshire/ House Share Lichfield Staffordshire Approximate Population: 31,000 At Wall, 3 miles to the south of the present city, there was a Romano-British village called Letocetum (from the Celtic for "grey wood"), from which the first half of the name Lichfield is derived.   It was based on a Roman fort next to Watling Street ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/lichfield/staffordshire/ House Share Luton Bedfordshire Approximate Population: 202,500 In the 20th century, the hat trade severely declined and was replaced by other industries. In 1905, Vauxhall Motors opened the largest car plant in the United Kingdom in Luton. Electrolux built a household appliances plant which was followed by other light engineering businesses. In 1904 councillors ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/luton/bedfordshire/ House Share Armagh Northern Ireland Approximate Population: 14,590 The city is run by Armagh City and District Council, headquartered in Armagh, which covers a larger area than just the city, but not the entire county. Together with part of the district of Newry and Mourne, it forms the Newry & Armagh constituency for ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/armagh/northern-ireland/ House Share Salisbury Wiltshire Approximate Population: 45,000 The first Salisbury Cathedral was built at Old Sarum by St Bishop Osmund between 1075 and 1092.   A larger building was built on the same site circa 1120.   However, deteriorating relations between the clergy and the military at Old Sarum led to the decision to ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/salisbury/wiltshire/ House Share Halifax West Yorkshire Approximate Population: 82,056 Halifax was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1848 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, and with the passing of the Local Government Act 1888 became a County Borough in 1889.   Since 1974, Halifax has been the administrative centre of the Metropolitan District of Calderdale, ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/halifax/west-yorkshire/ House Share Blackpool Lancashire Approximate Population: 142,900 Much of Blackpool's growth and character from the 1870s on was predicated on the town's pioneering use of electrical power.   In 1879, it became the first municipality in the world to have electric street lighting, as large parts of the promenade were wired.   The lighting and ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/blackpool/lancashire/ House Share Southampton Hampshire Approximate Population: 228,600 There are 120,305 jobs in Southampton, and 3,570 people claiming job seeker's allowance, approximately 2.4 per cent of the city's population, as of March 2007.  This compares with an average of 2.5 per cent for England as a whole. As of June 2006, 74.7 per cent of ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/southampton/hampshire/ House Share Stirling Scotland Approximate Population: 41,243 Standing near the castle, the Church of the Holy Rood (Holy Cross) is one of Stirling's most historically important buildings.   The Church of the Holy Rude, which was rebuilt in the 1400s after Stirling suffered a catastrophic fire in 1405, is the only surviving church in ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/stirling/scotland/ House Share Eastbourne East Midlands Approximate Population: 94,816 In Eastbourne in 1793, following a survey of coastal defences in the southeast, approval was given for the positioning of infantry and artillery to defend the bay between Beachy Head and Hastings from attack by the French.   14 Martello Towers were constructed along the western ... http://www.house-share-uk.com/eastbourne/east-midlands/