Chronology Finish:Single 'The St Olave Private Ship

'The St Olave Private Ship of War fitted out by Subscription AD 1750'

The other two statues are of Charles II

Church of St Edmund the King viewed from Clement's Lane

Two motorcyclists taking part in Motocross at Brands Hatch

Both of the skirts reflect the changing fashion from an all rounded full skirt to a flatter front and a fuller back skirt

Chronology Finish:Single 'The St Olave Private Ship'Chronology', 1869. Ever since the geologist, Sir Charles Lyell, had proposed in the 1830s that the world was much older than had previously been supposed, the debate had raged about how established biblical belief could be brought to accord with new scientific findings. Some found such a compromise difficult to make. From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 4, 1869.