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Then and Now: Lopping Hall and its clocktower in Loughton
In this picture of Loughton High Road, c1900, Lopping Hall and its clocktower dominates the skyline on the quiet high street. The town became well established when in 1615, a road was built northwards which became the main route from London to
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Banning things sends them underground
Smuggling was big business back in the 18th century. "Watch the wall my darling, as the gentlemen go by," is a line from a Rudyard Kipling poem on the subject. The areas along the south coast, including Rye and Winchelsea in Sussex, were hubs of