http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk Houses for Sale in the UK Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:36:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Houses for Sale Swansea Wales Approximate Population: 169,880 Following the Norman Conquest, a marcher lordship was created.   Named Gower, it included land around Swansea Bay as far as the Tawe, and the manor of Kilvey beyond the Tawe, as well as the peninsula itself.   Swansea was designated its chief town and ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/swansea/wales/ Houses for Sale Wandsworth Greater London Approximate Population: 259,881 Wandsworth is a town on the south bank of the River Thames in south-west London.   Wandsworth takes its name from the River Wandle, which enters the Thames at Wandsworth. Wandsworth appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Wandesorde and Wendelesorde.   It was held partly by ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/wandsworth/greater-london/ Houses for Sale Houses for Sale Derry Northern Ireland Approximate Population: 83,652 During the 1640s, the city suffered in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which began with the Irish Rebellion of 1641, when the Gaelic Irish insurgents made a failed attack on the city.   In 1649 the city and its garrison, which supported ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/derry/northern-ireland/ Houses for Sale Bangor Wales Approximate Population: 13,725 Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. The origins of the city date back to the founding of a monastic establishment on the site of Bangor Cathedral by the Celtic saint Deiniol in the early ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/bangor/wales/ Houses for Sale Edinburgh Scotland Approximate Population: 448,625 In the 10th century, with the collapse of the Danelaw the Scots captured the position.   Then in the 12th century a small town flourished at the base of the castle known as Edinburgh, along side which another community rose up to the East around the ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/edinburgh/scotland/ Houses for Sale West Bromwich West Midlands Approximate Population: 136,940 West Bromwich is famous for its football club, West Bromwich Albion.   The club was founded in 1878 and in 1888 it became one of the twelve founder members of the Football League.   It won the league championship in 1920 and has won the ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/west-bromwich/west-midlands/ Houses for Sale Worcester Worcestershire Approximate Population: 93,700 The 2001 census recorded that Worcester had a population of 93, 353 with 96.5% White ethnicity including 94.2% White British, greater than the national average.   The largest religious groups are Christian (77%) and No Religion or Not Stated (21%) with other religions totalling less than ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/worcester/worcestershire/ Houses for Sale 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 ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/salisbury/wiltshire/ Houses for Sale Sutton Coldfield West Midlands Approximate Population: 105,452 At the turn of the 18th century, Sutton Coldfield was introduced to industry. The manufacture of blades, gun barrels, spades and spade handles as well as the grinding of knives, bayonets and axes, further helped the town prosper. Mills were set up along ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/sutton-coldfield/west-midlands/ Houses for Sale Northampton Northamptonshire Approximate Population: 202,800 Northampton became significant in the 11th century, when the Normans built town walls and a large castle under the stewardship of the Norman earl, Simon de Senlis.  The original defence line of the walls is preserved in today's street pattern (Bridge St, The Drapery, Bearward ... http://www.uk-house-for-sale.co.uk/northampton/northamptonshire/