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This view looks back towards the town centre.

Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle.

Harrogate is one of the oldest of England's spa towns: its mineral springs were discovered in the 16th century.

Looking down the High Street we can see Fosters Brothers (centre right) in a new building that replaced the Bear Hotel, one of Daventry's coaching inns.

This is the furthest north part of Buckinghamshire, beyond the stone-built market town of Olney, and not far from the Northamptonshire border.

This bustling scene of Redhill's High Street, now a pedestrian precinct, captures the brash, commercial spirit of this town, which developed after the arrival of the railway in 1841.

Once a main port on this part of the coast with important connections to Liverpool, this small picturesque harbour town is an attraction for sailors of a more leisurely kind these days.

The Butter Market of 1853 (centre) is now Achurch Hardware Store, and the snack bar next door is now a pizza and kebab house.

This Norman stronghold was built on a natural mound as an earth and timber castle in the 12th century.

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury has wide views over the Blackmore Vale and thousands of acres of rolling Dorset countryside.

On the Buckinghamshire bank (since 1974 in Berkshire) Henry VI's great foundation, Eton College, has rendered this another 'company town'.

It was not until 1920 that the Corporation allowed band concerts in its parks on Sundays; they were light years behind many other towns and cities.

More national chain stores have moved into the town by now; they include K shoes, and Timothy Whites where Boons once traded.

The clock tower of Burnley Town Hall can be seen in the distance (right), and on the extreme right the Kwik Snaks café is visible.

Hangman's Cottage, seen here on the left, was the home of the town's resident executioner in the 19th century.

A crowded steamer passes Kepax Ferry on the northern edge of town, close to the old waterworks.

This is the administrative centre of the city, with the late 19th-century County Hall, the Court House and the Town Hall.

Barnard Castle had a fulling mill by 1316, which suggests that there was a local cloth industry, and there were three corn mills operating in the 1390s.

In 1933, 70 acres of chalk downland were acquired by Chatham and Gillingham councils to create this beautiful open countryside nature reserve between the two towns.

Just behind the road sign is an entrance to the Feathers Hotel, once an important coaching inn linking the town with Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester and on to London.

The original George Hotel was Walsall's chief coaching inn during the era when the town was served by at least a dozen coaches daily.

The development of many Victorian towns included the provision of a public baths and Lytham is no exception.

Formerly the Peel Institute, the Town Hall was built in 1858 as a tribute to Sir Robert Peel.

Returning from India with a taste for spicy food, Robert Clive is thought to have introduced ginger-bread, a product for which the town is now famous.