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At the turn of the century Wetherby was described in some tourist guides as 'a town of no interest'.

The Queen's Head c1955 In the early 19th century the Border town of Rothbury enjoyed a reputation as a health resort, where during the summer season visitors could 'drink goat's whey and enjoy

Tenby is probably the most recognisable seaside town in Wales.

Ashburton lies on the River Ashburn, and was declared a Stannary Town in 1285 by Edward I.

Here we see the obelisk and twin colonnades of the town's war memorial in the year it was consecrated.

Most if not all of these cars would have been made in Britain, and may have been purchased through one of the town`s car dealerships, Caffyns, Wadham Stringer or Dinnages.

Main Road c1955 Once the market town for Northumberland's principal lead-mining area, Allendale Town also lays claim to be at the geographical centre of the UK.

Louth was a prosperous, compact market town serving a large area of the central Wolds.

There are three such memorials in the town to remember the dead in foreign lands, but the town itself has seen action on its own soil.

In the 1190s Rye joined the Cinque Ports federation, a group of Kent and Sussex ports that provided ships for the King's navy in return for enormous privileges.

Highcliffe's immediate neighbour to the right has always been known in the town as Green Hill, a distinct hillock with a rocky outcrop on its northern face.

Eastbourne, to befit its new status, built itself a splendidly showy and grand town hall in the 1880s.

The town has been popular for centuries; as a spa town it was known as 'the Queen of watering places', and it has always been a healthy, bracing and fashionable resort.

The old town, quaint and picturesque, is situated on the low ground near the edge of the harbour, and as a matter of course, the streets are very narrow.

The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian; in those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other.

Being on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Loftus is surrounded by some lovely countryside and the woods on the outskirts of the town have long provided a place of peace and tranquillity

This wooded area to the north of the town was laid out and intersected with walks in the latter half of the 19th century and remain today a pleasant, if steep walk to the northern rim of the bowl

When the New Town was being built many new streets were named after people linked with the town: King Harry Street, Waterhouse Street and Combe Street, are adjacent to Marlowes where the first

With New Town status and under the aegis of the Development Corporation, Bracknell began to expand rapidly.

Whilst some of these shops were newcomers to the town - Hardy & Co the furnishers, Macfisheries, and Marks & Spencer - others relocated to Broadway from other parts of the town.

Named for the Queen and photographed in the 60th year of what had become the longest reign on record, Victoria Grove encompassed the social and architectural extremes of the era, ranging

The old stump of this tree known as Merlin's Oak is still kept in the town's civic hall.

The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells. These cells now house the museum within the Town Hall.

The market town became a borough in 1607 and since then it has had five town halls, including the Guildhall, which is now a pub, the Tudor Rose.