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Colchester is often described as Britain's oldest recorded town - this was a town of vital importance to the Romans.

Alongside the Market Cross, and also in Blue Lias limestone with Ham stone dressings, is the Town Hall.

Seen from Lower High Street, this was the main A30 through the town and a busy stop for buses and coaches.

We have an attractive glimpse of the medieval castle keep on its mound, which dominates the roofs of the town and the surrounding countryside.

As we can see in this photograph, the market place stands above the main road through the town, and so is often missed by visitors.

This crane is still in use, and can be seen from many parts of the town. Here, it is being used in the fitting out of the Oronsay in Buccleuch Dock.

An ancient town situated on the River Cleddau, it has succumbed to modernisation in recent years. Haverfordwest first developed when the Flemings established a town here and built the castle.

The population of Cheltenham grew from three thousand in 1801 to over thirteen thousand just twenty years later; this was a sure sign of Cheltenham's success as a spa town and residential centre.

Ashford has for centuries been an important market town, and scenes such as this, with the sheep in the middle of the street, were once a familiar sight.

Nowadays the greater part of Poole's population lives in the suburbs that have sprawled across the heathlands towards Bournemouth and Wimborne; but when this picture was taken, the residents mostly

The electric tramway ran from Chester General station through the town and crossed the Dee by way of the Grosvenor Bridge. It then continued to Eaton Park and Saltney.

It is ten past twelve on a summer's afternoon in the mid-sixties in this sleepy North Cumbrian town - and there is not a vehicle in sight in the length of the long Main Street.

Flood Gate Bar 1892 On the right of the picture is the 15th- century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe

The town is known as Kington simply because it was the King's town at one time and it is generally assumed that the king in question was Edward the Confessor.

One of the finest houses in the town and dating from the 15th century, this is likely to have been built as a priest's lodging.

Christchurch has always been a busy town and a favourite place for shopping for both tourists and locals.

A view from Church Street showing the ornate tower, the south porch with a priest's chamber above, and the crenellated south aisle.

Derelict land on both sides of Broadway was screened by wooden hoardings and there were many complaints about this barren and unsightly part of town.

'Henley, a market town, and one of the neatest, cleanest, and most respectable in the County ... is exceedingly pleasantly situated on the west side of the river Thames'.

Local people always referred to Lower Brixham as 'Fish Town' and Higher Brixham as 'Cow Town' after their respective industries of fishing and farming.

Another view of the High Street at a less congested point and on a very hot and sunny summer's day: the shopkeepers have lowered their sun-blinds to protect their wares, and the lady on the left has

This attractive small town sits on a hilltop overlooking the valley of the LIttle Dart.

Once just a hamlet of fishermen's cottages, Budleigh grew as a town and watering place in the first half of the 19th century, when a number of well-heeled society figures took up residence.

St John's was situated on Church Street, and perhaps its most famous vicar was William Thornber, known for his fiery sermons.