The poster child white horse of Wiltshire dates to the 18C
The original White Horse, a stylized Bronze Age figure carved into an Oxfordshire hillside
One of the most visible and well-defined chalk horses, from 1812
A horse cut to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838
Take a half-hour helicopter ride over the ancient site of Stonehenge
Tour the traditional Victorian-era Wadworth brewery in Devizes
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.