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Every year, children from the town's churches, chapels, and Sunday schools dressed in white and paraded through the streets. The custom survived until recent times.

Although the Town Bridge was the limit for fixed-masted vessels, barges and similar vessels could - and did - trade up-river as far as Langport.

The black and white signpost in the foreground will bring back nostalgic memories for some of motoring as it was half a century ago.

This would make sense, as in those days such a hospital would need to have been some short distance from the community it served, and this site would have then been well outside the town.

For centuries Kineton was a market town, but the market ceased in 1890 and now it is just a large village.

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 small town is unusual in that its name derives totally from French. 'Mal pas' means 'bad step or way' or 'difficult passage'.

The church on the right is St Peter's - the town church.The tower was completed in 1758.

During the 19th century Stafford's borough council was desperately seeking new fresh water supplies for the town.

W H Smith (right) has gone, and since 1994 the shop has been owned by an antiques dealer. The van (left) is coming out of Stanhope Avenue.

Gone are the sailing vessels, and in their place are the fishing smacks of the town.

It was named after James Bellasis, a forward thinking man, who as early as 1636 gave Poor Howdens Farm to the town.

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

Our journey starts in the superb stone-built town of Oundle, nowadays a popular tourist destination and home to Oundle School.

Wainwright the chemist's (right) is an old Eastleigh firm that until recently survived in the centre of the town, but this branch has become a showroom for heating appliances.

The Canongate was where the canons of Holyrood Abbey entered the Old Town. The tolbooth, with its projecting clock, is one of the most famous landmarks on the Royal Mile and dates from 1591.

There were originally seven gates into Southampton's old walled town. Walk the walls today and only five can be seen.

Presiding over the town is the 120ft high pinnacle-topped tower of St James', which dates from the 15th century.

The Town Bridge was designed by James Clarke at a cost of £700. It is of a single span with stone dressings and balustrades.

However, it is rich in history and packed with ancient buildings.

After centuries of starvings, beheadings and executions, the site later became a haven of tranquillity in 19th-century Pontefract.

The Grand Opera House opened in 1904 at a cost of £38,000, but struggled and was taken over by John Imeson in 1909.

At one time, flocks of sheep and herds of cattle congregated at Tregaron ready for the long walk to England. However, the town continued to serve as a market place for livestock for many years.

The market town of Bedale is a few miles to the north-east of Masham.