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Note the heavily laden horse and cart outside the garage (centre).

The lane in the centre of the village that crosses the bridge is called 'Bow Wow', while not far off is another named 'Upper Up'.

The white gabled building (centre left) has been the post office since the 1940s. At the end is the School House, occupied by Richard Cobb. The school was built in 1844 and closed in 1984.

The lanes and streets of Porlock wind delightfully between attractive whitewashed and thatched houses, including The Ship Inn with its characteristic external chimney stack in the centre of the street

For a few brief years Rotherham became a centre of learning, until the college was closed during the Dissolution.

Hawhill Park is still a well- maintained recreation facility for the town; it reflects well on the foresight of the town's elders, who purchased the land in spite of much opposition from town centre

Centre left is the Bethany Baptist Church, which opened in 1827 when 30 members left the Frogmore Street Church.

The weather- boarded former water mill, trading as Brent Eleigh Tools (centre left), was converted into a dwelling c1990; the mill machinery and stones were preserved in the conversion.

Today the Gorsedd Circle Stones, first erected for the 1958 National Eisteddfod, can be found in a sunken garden to the north of the town centre near the River Ebbw.

It's amazing to think that Halton is now the centre of the modern town once more; history has turned full circle.

The fine Guildhall and Italianate clock tower of 1859 dominate the old centre of Liskeard; they indicate the prosperity generated during the mining boom of the mid 19th century.

The war memorial stands on a tiny green close to the Swan Hotel (the white- painted building, centre) which dates from 1668.

The reverse view of the previous five pictures shows the mix of architectural styles which has helped to make the town centre a conservation area.

This was once an altar tomb in the centre of the aisle, and around it parishioners gathered once a year to deal with church business and elect churchwardens.

Cars have now taken over the centre of The Square, but they are facing in different directions; this, coupled with the absence of kerbs and marked parking bays, suggests that this particular car park

It has been said of Bebington that 'though the town centre is lacking in character, it is also open, green and wholesome', and that description still works well now.

On the left, No 5, the house with the centre gable and timber frame, is 16th-century. A local map of 1543 records its original jettied gable.

The wide streets, stone buildings and the war memorial in the centre of Langley Park look much the same today.

Next door to the Olde Pork Pie Shoppe is the Corn Exchange, later to have a new identity as the Bell shopping centre.

On the right is the old National School, built in 1838, but later used as a church hall and then as a community centre.

Beyond Bakers Lane (centre left), what used to be the tearooms have become an antiques shop. Half way up on the right is the 18th-century red brick Arnot House.

Converted from a Georgian private house, the Village Stores and Post Office is the communal centre of the South Yorkshire village of Wortley.

The town centre was redeveloped from the late 1950s by Elder Lester & Partners; the Forum opened in 1967.

The 18th-century buildings have changed little since 1900, and the delicate wrought iron balcony can still be admired above the centre shop.