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The ancient bridge in the foreground - the site dates from before 1180 - was in 1964 found to be unsafe and replaced.

Three years in the building, the Town Hall opened on 17 April 1889, and this day was proclaimed a public holiday in the town. The Italianate style reflected the prosperity of this weaving community.

Both bridge and buildings survive. Witchampton was best known for its paper mill at the other end of the village, which dated back to at least 1786 and closed only a few years ago.

At the south end of the street is a small green, with the 1964 Best Kept Village sign.

This remarkable building was, and still is, probably the best surviving example of medieval pargetting - decorative plasterwork - in Britain.

Looking west along the High Street, one is struck by the minimal amount of traffic. Nonetheless, in 1976 it was necessary to build the Ware by-pass to alleviate congestion in the High Street.

commercial river trade and the coach trade at one fell swoop as a result of by-passing Henley).

) to Andover and the south.

One of Anglesey's best-known sailing resorts, at the eastern end of the Menai Strait, Beaumaris was founded by Edward I, who built one of his great castles here, although it was never finished.

Behind the coastline are beautiful gardens and walks to attractive spots in the locality, such as Bembridge Down and the Culver Cliffs.

This rather stern-looking gentleman wearing his best frock coat and gaiters is Isaac Waylen, Town Crier and School Attendance Officer between 1889 and 1911, who lived in St Martin's.

The top end of the main street in Penzance is dominated by the impressive classical frontage of the Market House and Old Town Hall, erected in 1837.

Strolling along the pier was obviously a popular pastime, and many chose to dress to impress for the occasion — straw boaters and best bonnets, swagger sticks and parasols abound, together with white flannels

Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews. On the right are the two best pubs architecturally in the town, the Red Lion and the Angel Inn.

Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews. On the right are the two best pubs architecturally in the town, the Red Lion and the Angel Inn.

Typical of many older cottages in central Bedfordshire, the mixture of timber cladding, wattle and daub, tile and thatch gives The Barn a picture postcard look to be envied.

Barrow boys, porters and carters do their best to earn a few shillings. Note the large pair of spectacles above the optician's shop.

The parish church of this re-modelled village dates back to Norman times and has a 13th-century font.

Lying between Stroud and Nailsworth, the parish includes the villages of North and South Woodchester.

The best of the timeless views is still unchanged here, though with the Reading Room (left) now having become the Box of Delights and providing visitors with ice cream.

By the end of the 19th century, New Street was both the principal business street in the town and the best for shopping and entertainment.This view is from Paradise Street.

The charter was signed on 11 October 1440, and he laid the foundation stone on Passion Sunday 1441. Thomas Bekynton celebrated his first mass as Bishop of Bath and Wells on 13 October 1443.

Cockermouth is best known as the birthplace of the poet William Wordsworth, and there is a stained glass window memorial to this fact in the parish church of All Saints.

Cirencester is another Cotswold town best explored on foot, not least since traffic has increased substantially since this photograph was taken over a century ago.