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It is a town of considerable antiquity with a large triangular market place, partly encroached by later buildings.

The Town Hall is described as built with 'squared, coursed limestone rubble with slate roof' (Department of Heritage List).

The three-storey building to the left is the Nag's Head Inn, and buildings with the finial on top are the Manor Street School.

Shortly before this photograph was taken, the Town Council approved an expenditure of £850 to be paid to Frederick Pomeroy RA for the design and execution of a statue of the Lord Protector

The town of Parkgate has a rather fascinating history. It started as a small, coastal hamlet occupied by a few fishermen and shrimpers.

Formerly the slate capital of Wales, this slate-grey mountain town is proud of its history and happily promotes its memory.

The name of the town does not refer to any beach, but comes from the Old English word 'beck', meaning 'stream'. Clayhithe was the harbour of Waterbeach; the word 'hythe' means 'landing-place'.

This view looks towards the Town Hall. It cost one penny to travel the length of New Street by horse-drawn omnibus, while a Hansom cab cost somewhat more.

The new seaside resort was mostly laid out south of the old town on flatter land between the Lower Town, largely destroyed by fire in 1791, and the sea.

Owing its rapid development to the Industrial Revolution, the town's streets and buildings tended to be functional rather than attractive.

On 26 June 1685 the village was the scene of a skirmish between 350 royalist troops and rebel forces of the Duke of Monmouth. Monmouth lost his nerve and turned away from Bristol.

Originally built in the 1570s, the Town Hall has been renovated several times. The bell in the turret used to double as market-bell and fire-bell.

This general view looks west over the bay towards the town. Beyond the pier, which appears to be under construction, is Bryn Euryn, and Little Orme Head is in the distance (right).

The coming of the railway during the middle of the 19th century was the catalyst that sparked Blackpool's development as a holiday resort, and factory and mill workers flocked from

The coming of the railway during the middle of the 19th century was the catalyst that sparked Blackpool's development as a holiday resort, and factory and mill workers flocked from

The traditional, stone-built market town of Dolgellau has developed at a crossing point on the river Wnion.

Created around 1860 and overlooking the River Ribble, Miller Park is one of several in the town, a welcome contrast to the close-packed housing developments that accompanied Preston's industrial expansion

The 14th-century cross, on its original base and at the top of eight stone steps, underwent restoration in 1878.

As we leave the town in an easterly direction towards Skelton, our last view of Guisborough, and the resting place of generations of Gisborians since being opened in 1872, is the town's cemetery.

When the new bus station opened in May 1963 on the site of two former glass works, it was during a period of massive redevelopment in the town centre.

This slow growth of population in the 1900s is explained by the fact that Runcorn was very much a cul-de-sac town.

Carmarthen was granted its first charter in 1313, and it was the largest town in all Wales in the early 18th century.

The fine old building on the right is used as the Town Hall. A blue plaque commemorates the fact that John Newman was burnt at the stake for his Protestant faith in August 1555.

Seaton is a mostly Victorian town hard by the mouth of the River Axe. Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.