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Wisbech's five mile-long canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech. It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens.

Bala`s elegant main street is lined with trees and is unusually broad. This traditional market town was famous for its stocking fairs.

Following the New Towns Act of 1964, 37 farms and 7,500 acres of land were taken over and absorbed as the new town developed.

We are looking towards the cross and what was to become in 1968 a redeveloped town centre with new shops, flats and offices.

The A127 arterial road (in the foreground) was opened in 1925 by Prince Henry, and succeeded Wash Road as the main east-west route through Laindon.

In the days when Middlesex encompassed much of what is now Greater London, Brentford remained the important county town, though the title was more or less ceremonial - real administrative

Stockbridge looks as if it might easily be confused with a town in the 'wild west'. It is really no more than one long main street.

Macclesfield became a borough in 1220, and by the17th century it was described as 'one of the fairest towns in Cheshire'.

The reverse view from D69020, looking south towards the ancient cross-roads of Watling Street and the Icknield Way.

Port Talbot is an industrial town in the county of Glamorgan.

Steyning was a prosperous little town before the Roman Occupation. Legend suggests that St Cuthman helped to establish Steyning in the 8th century.

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

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

Chipping Norton's imposing Town Hall can be seen in this 1950s photograph.

The clock tower dates from 1875, by which time Newnham had long ceased to be the most important Gloucestershire town on the west bank of the river.

The Town Hall was built on the site of the old chapel-of-ease. Its foundation stone was laid on 11th June 1845 and the cost of the building was £1,300.

Ulverston evolved as a market town for the surrounding farms and villages, and required many cafes and inns to meet the demands for refreshment on market day.

As with so many Dorset towns on a main route, Bridport became clogged with traffic in the late 20th century.

Nearly a century after its foundation, the town was already dominating the skyline, and its beaches were among the most crowded on the south coast.

Its assets were transferred to the town by charter in 1551. The appointment of a public preacher was paid from these funds, and this house was built in 1611 to house the town's Preacher.

This distinguished market town lies at the head of a valley.

At the top of Sheep Street is the largely 17th-century Hind Hotel, perhaps the best secular building in the town.

Brooke House, the town centre's only housing unit, opened on 7 July 1962. A 14-storey block of 84 flats, it was named after Henry Brooke, the former Housing Minister.

This photograph was taken around lunchtime, and parked cars are beginning to congest the scene.