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Wareham almost qualifies for our section on coastal towns, for its links with the sea are strong. The town supplied Edward III with three ships and 59 men for his siege of Calais.

When the canal was built and linked the town with Manchester, new industries soon followed.

Many of the town's elegant buildings were built during the 18th century, when the town prospered from the East Indies trade.

A substantial remodelling of the town took place during the 19th century - the Town Hall, with its Tuscan porticos and fine bell tower, was built at that time.

The Town Hall with its round corner turret was designed by Liddell & Brown and built in 1907-08; the fire station in Lawson Street and the public baths were part of the same scheme.

Wellington, Canning and Palmerston represented the town in Parliament.

This view of the church, which was taken away from the town centre, also shows a pretty ironstone thatched house and numerous houses roofed with the local slates.

The small town of Battle grew up when the people who built and maintained the abbey and its buildings settled there. The High Street is part of the main road, which passes through the town.

Sherborne is in some people's estimation the most attractive of the Dorset towns.

Basingstoke's role as an important market centre dates back to medieval times; it was established as a borough in 1622 when James I granted the town a charter giving it a weekly market and a twice-yearly

Daniel Defoe, speaking of Leominster, described it as having 'nothing very remarkable about it, but that it is a well-built, well- inhabited town.

This churchyard stands at the top of Thundersley Church Road, well removed from the bustle of the town below.

Banbury's splendid Town Hall with its noble entrance and tower, built in the 15th-century Gothic style, opened in 1854. The clock was a later addition.

This pleasant market town sits on the road from Thetford to Norwich, and was once a resting place for pilgrims - it still has a fine Guild Chapel dedicated to St Thomas a Becket.

The grimly-austere gritstone buildings of Rotherham Town Hall's Welfare and Health Department are typical of the South Yorkshire town's 'muck and brass' reputation.

The views are of the Town Hall in the centre, the sunken gardens on Broadway, the Parkinson Rock Garden in Oak Hill Park, Blackburn Road and St James' Church.

The Town Hall was built on the site of the town watermill. It was designed by the Bath architect Bryan Oliver; it cost £9,375 4s 3d, and was opened in 1886.

Harlow was a clothing town that had gone into something of a decline. It had once had a market and, until the 19th century, a celebrated cattle fair.

Cirencester is another Cotswold town best explored on foot, not least since traffic has increased substantially since this photograph was taken over a century ago.

Queen's Hotel, built in 1875, flanks the right of the view and in the centre can be seen the colonnaded arcade of the town's railway station, which brought tourists from all over the country

A stroll along present day East Street from the town centre to East Reach is a fascinating experience for any would-be town historian.

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.

Taunton was not always the peaceful town we know today. Industrial disputes and rural rebellions brought conflicts and riots to its streets.

This street of small distinctive shops and handsome 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.