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One stop short of the terminus at Cockfosters, Oakwood Station is one of the jewels along this northern stretch of the Piccadilly line, which also includes Southgate, Arnos Grove and Cockfosters.

Joseph (1799-1872) was the second son of Edward Pease (1767-1858), and was the first treasurer of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.

Wollaston is a small market town with a charter granted in 1260 and with the remains of a motte and bailey castle.

The post-war years saw the spread of high-street chains, and Chesterfield was no exception. In this picture we can see local branches of Timsons, Alexander, Burtons, and Boots.

The street is noted for its mid to late Georgian buildings, and distinctive pink and blue brick houses above lines of modern shop fronts.

In 1906, Paisley was described as a 'smoke-begrimed industrial town on the Cart with 79,355 inhabitants and large thread, shawl and corn-flour factories'.

In the 19th century the court housed a brewery, a malt-house store and a factory producing Windsor chairs.

This photograph was taken from Windmill Hill, the only point in the town that is higher than the castle. The road curving up to the left of the castle is Roydon Road, known at this time as Zulu Road.

As its name implies, Market Deeping is a market town with a large, triangular market place, lined with pubs such as the Bull for the farmers and coaching inns for travellers, including the Deeping Stage

It was hoped that travellers crossing into the town would benefit from simple prayer. The building was renovated in 1848, but within forty years smoke and pollution had again damaged the pinnacles.

In this photograph it looks rather new and un-developed, as indeed it was at this time.

Droitwich developed as a spa in the early 19th century thanks to John Corbett, a local businessman, who opened the St Andrews Brine Baths in the town for visitors, and built a magnificent French-style

In days gone by, Berkeley cheese was as famous as Double Gloucester, and in recent times this locally-made delicacy has enjoyed a revival in popularity.

We are looking down towards the Market and the Town Hall, with the Lloyds Bank building beyond the Savoy Cafe (right) - Lloyds Bank moved to Whalley Road in 1962.

An ancient market town, Ormskirk was an important centre for the linen trade during the 16th century, whilst in the late 18th and early 19th centuries there were silk mills in the area.

The masts of sailing ships are visible beyond the bridge, and a fine collection of rowing boats can be seen around the boathouse.

Maurice Lambert's 'Mother and Child' was commissioned in 1959, as a symbol of the New Town's growth. Lambert spent a year on the sculpture; Basildon spent £4,000 on it.

The Market Hall was designed to complement the adjacent Town Hall, and it is a massive structure. It has always housed many stalls selling a wide assortment of goods.

Although the B1004 is called the High Street, it is South Street that provides the main shopping centre for the town.

The warehouse on the right is now the Riverside Free House, but it and the dock reflect the commerce that made Lechlade a prosperous medieval town, where wool and cheese were loaded onto barges for shipment

Hunstanton's lighthouse was built in 1830, and crowns the chalk clifftop close by the ruins of St Edmund's chapel, where pilgrims offered their prayers and sought the healing powers of the town's efficacious

Stockton was granted its market charter by Bishop Bek in 1310, but until the 1840s it consisted of little more than the High Street, a few side streets, and a quayside railhead for Stockton & Darlington

The businesses on the left have all gone, but Barclays Bank, the impressive building on the right, and Lloyds Bank farther up the High Street remain in the town - although Lloyds has moved

Inside, Bedford's chief historical treasure is the brass to Sir William Harpur and his wife, Dame Alice. He is in the gown of an Alderman, and he was a Lord Mayor of London.