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It shows the bustling town, with a carriage and a cart the only wheeled traffic.

Swans arrived at the lake when residents began to feed them, along with ducks and seabirds. Coloured lamps are strung on wires around the lake as part of the town's illuminations.

Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters

We are looking south, with a good view of Yarm Town Hall, built in 1710 and standing in splendid isolation in the centre of the High Street.

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.

Kidderminster is an excellent centre for visiting northern Worcestershire, with some fascinating villages and beautiful scenery nearby.

Here carved in granite on the Victorian Town House, these indicate the age and status of the city. Only Perth and Aberdeen have the Royal Tressure of Scotland on their arms.

Gillingham is Dorset's northernmost town - both Wiltshire and Somerset are within an easy walk.

At this time Ormskirk was a busy little town of around 6,500 people. On market days the favourite places for a tip- ple were the Wheatsheaf, the Talbot and the King's Arms.

The town centre is characterised by its streets of essentially Victorian and Georgian buildings.

Out of town shopping and subsequently deserted high streets were still some way off in the future.

A clearer view of the decorative-timbered Town Hall. Built in 1700, it was restored in 1889 and served for some time as a library.

Though a monastery was founded at Jarrow in AD681 by Benedict Biscop, the modern town owes its existence to Charles and George Palmer, who opened a shipyard here in 1851.

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

A wonderfully varied street scene in this ancient town displays the varied architecture from different centuries in the town's history.

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

In this picture we get some idea of the architectural diversity of the town centre.

The Downs, like Horton and the common, were now part of London's Green Belt, and no further development would take place on them.

During the 1920s and 30s, Worthing continued to rapidly expand.

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the Castle and the impressive Castle and prison itself.

Leaving town by the line of the present existing Old Bedford Road, it crossed the river by a ford on the town side of Little Moor.

Corbridge is a small town with a traumatic history.

It is a quiet morning in this pleasant small town, situated on a gentle hill a few miles west of Sevenoaks.