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By the beginning of the 11th century the parish was doing well enough to support five churches and two chapels.Then disaster struck.

The Grand Union was created in the 1920s from a network of independent canals linking London with the industrial towns of the West and East Midlands.

From the Bridge 1899 A town when the Domesday Book was compiled, and a settled place as far back as the 7th century, Fordwich was a flourishing port on the River Stour for Canterbury when the river was

Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire, is situated where the limestone ridge is cut through by the River Witham.

Designed by John Tweed, the statue was presented to the town of Whitby by Gervase Beckett MP in 1912.

There was a joke - especially appreciated in a boot and shoe town - that one cycled to save shoe leather.

Trade is quiet; one hopes the large stall well-stocked with boots and shoes has done better business earlier.

This is now the oldest surviving house in the town.

The rebuilding of Nantwich after the fire was so effective that in 1620 the town was described as 'very fair and neat and every street adorned with some special mansions of gentlemen of

The family were woollen merchants, who employed weavers working in their own cottages such as Bentmeadows.

The offices have suffered the same fate as the Town Hall - they have become too small for the intended council work with the massive expansion of Swindon.

Lord Donegall was quite willing, since he had just built the new Belfast Castle on the Antrim side of the town. He

The battery of six 18-pounders was presented to the town in 1745 by the Duke of Cumberland.

Paddle steamers arrive and depart from Boscombe's pier during its Edwardian heyday.

More tall town houses look out to sea over the sea wall.

This is a famous town centre view.

The Macclesfield Canal passes through the outskirts of Congleton, complete with an elegant iron aqueduct where it crosses Canal Street, and several attractive bridges.

Much of the greenery has gone and the scene on the right is dominated by Camp Hopson's furniture store as well as several other modern buildings.

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

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 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.

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.