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Newport's importance as a mercantile centre is shown here in this photograph of vessels loading and unloading on the banks of the Medina.

The Stow was to be the New Town's first major shopping centre.

Although Oastler was from Huddersfield, Bradford was chosen for the site of his statue as his campaign to reduce working hours for factory children was centred in the city.

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river.

Once an important wool centre, Brackley is a pleasant country town; its wide main street is more than a mile long.

Note the hay rake, coal-scuttles and assortment of pip- ing and rope adorning the window of the local iron- mongers in the centre of Lyndhurst.

The Ilfracombe Hotel (centre left) was built by the Ilfracombe Hotel and Esplanade Company.

This photograph shows some of the town's best Georgian buildings, with St Mary's church in the centre.

Occupying the corner, right of centre, is Thorogood's ('Fancy Pastry Cook') - originally built as the town's first post office in the early 1870s.

It escaped demolition itself after trading ceased, and in 1975 became a library and arts centre.

The village was an important centre for weaving, but is now more famous for white water canoeing.

The road leading off to the left is Moss Road, which is now blocked off to form a cul-de-sac, and the bollards and ornate lantern (centre) have gone.

One change, however, is the demise of the slender spire in the centre of the picture.

In the centre of the photograph, the brewer's dray of P O Middleton makes a delivery to a local pub.

The settlement here was probably established in Saxon times, though it did not become an important trading centre until the Abbot of Buckfast established a market here in 1219.

This photograph shows Marine Parade and its beach- tents, between Langmoor Gardens (top left) and the 1922-built Bay Private Hotel (centre).

An array of Mr Cattermole's Bathing Machines is in the centre of the picture.

Here we see picturesque timber-framed cottages in the centre of Fittleworth, to the south-east of Petworth.

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

In 1988 a tile maze was created from the centre of the west wall to the font, and a new organ was dedicated.

Two vehicles from the United Bus Company pick up passengers, the nearer one (centre right) serving the Great Ayton to Redcar route.

Cars parked down the centre of the High Street occupy the site of the historic outdoor town market, which still operates today and makes this area a very busy place on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

In the centre, in line with the Marine Hotel, a hut carries the sign 'Lost Children' - always a possibility at the seaside!

It would be a few years on before electric street-trams would link Headingley with Leeds city centre.