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New in 1772, the road was built to bypass congested town centres from Star Hill, Rochester to the bottom of Chatham Hill.

Queen's Park was presented to the town by the London North Western Railway Company (LNWR) in 1887, and marked not only the Queen's Jubilee (hence the park's name), but also the 50th anniversary

The market town of Wantage is famous as the birthplace of King Alfred, who was born here in 849 AD.

The substantial-looking structure on the right with the Doric pilasters is the Town Hall, completed in 1808.

The wide central square shows Chipping Norton's origins as a market town. It is still set out with stalls on market days.

Designed in the Jacobean style by the Manchester firm of Hindle & Davenport, the Town Hall was built in 1901 to replace an earlier one situated in the Market Place.

Palmer Park was laid out on land bought for the town by George Palmer in the 1880s, and his statue, formerly in the town centre, is now in the park.

This ancient fishing town is divided in two by the Looe estuary. In summer the wooded slopes above are a mass of myrtle and hydrangea.

Bridgnorth has always been divided in two: High Town on a defensive position on the hill, and Low Town for traders by the river.

In 1965 the birds still sang in the Town Hall gardens, and although relatively noisy, it was an extremely pleasant place to sit and mull over the fortunes of the day.

When the half-timbered Queen's Head Inn was being built in Newark in the 16th century, the largest town in the East Midlands was probably Leicester, closely followed by Nottingham.

Further south, Watling Street widens to form a market place complete with town hall and a corn exchange.

As the industrialisation of weaving gathered pace, the town was eventually reached by the railway in July 1848. Within forty years a bigger station had to be built.

Sherman Ferris`s bakery (left) used to stock ice cream, and was therefore much-frequented by children. It also evidently stocked Daren bread - a popular Hovis-like brand in its day.

The smooth slopes of 3,054-ft Skiddaw dominates the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

The wide Main Street of Egremont, watched over by the clock tower of the Victorian Town Hall, is typical of many Cumbrian towns.

Portcawl's dock was closed in 1907, and its inner harbour was filled in during the 1920s, but the town had recovered somewhat by the time this photograph was taken.

The hillside town of Yeadon lies to the north of Bradford, and is today perhaps most famous as the site of the Leeds-Bradford Airport.

Daniel Defoe, speaking of Leominster, described it as having 'nothing very remarkable about it, but that it is a well-built, well- inhabited town.

The main thoroughfare through the seafaring town has always been busy with pedestrians and traffic.

The county town of Bodmin has a distinguished history, with origins dating back to the time of the Normans. Town lads are lounging on the pavement near the Royal Hotel.

This is one of fifteen towers built with the defensive walls of the town between 1284 and 1396.

Even today, open fields are within walking distance of every part of the town. In addition, there are playing fields, commons and parks within the town itself.

At its height in the 19th and early 20th century, Halifax was the greatest of the textile towns of West Yorkshire, a centre for woollen manufacture and clothing, larger even than Leeds or Bradford.