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The roundabout has now been joined by several traffic-calming devices to cope with traffic volume, and at the beginning of the new millennium a set of pedestrian-operated traffic lights was

New Road, another Victorian street, runs off to the right; at its junction with Westgate we see Wetherall's furniture store, still serving the needs of the town today.

In 1815 Sir George Jerningham began paying it the sum of £60 a year, and, together with his brother Edward, built a new church on the site. It opened on 5 June 1817.

We are looking north-westwards up Bell Street from the Assembly Rooms. Middle Row juts out (bottom left), and the raised pavement leads to Bell Cliff (bottom left).

Situated in the High Street, this late medieval courtyard inn dates from 1474, and before its restoration in the 18th century was jettied along its entire frontage.

Near to this point was the former Guild Hall, or 'gildhus' and there are also many references to the market activities in this area until 1827 when the new building was constructed in Market Street

Coronation Day in 1953 was celebrated with street parties, sports events and luncheons for the elderly.

Also lost during the town centre development was the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which had stood on the corner of the Parade and Newhall Street.

The Dock Link Road is planned to go from Spalding Road to Skirbeck Road via the dock, with a bridge over the Haven at the south end of High Street.

The members of the Board took steps to get the entire town properly drained, and to restrict animals wandering the High Street too freely on market-day.

By the time of this photograph Cromer had experienced a continuing building boom, which included new premises for fashionable stores such as Jarrold & Sons (left), who are still flourishing both in Cromer

As the town began to recover from the effects of the war, the Urban District Council turned its attention to providing the new housing that the town needed.

The Royal Exchange dominates Exchange Street, which starts where the square becomes narrower.

Since 1838 Fleetwood had had a theatrical pavilion in Dock Street, and a daily conveyance at Poulton met the Fylde Union coach to and from Fleetwood's new bathing station, but it did not have a pier.

despite vociferous local opposition, struck a deal to sell the site to their preferred developers, the property group Dawnay Day, who own most of the shops and flats on the south side of King Street

The Redgrave Road area of Vange did have a few pre-New Town shops near the Bull public house in Bull Road, and were reasonably near other old shops, which were mainly on the A13 road at Vange and Pitsea

Arthur Vernon, Architect and Mayor The career of Arthur Vernon, architect and JP, born in 1846, is a good example of Wycombe's new class of industrialists and professionals.

despite vociferous local opposition, struck a deal to sell the site to their preferred developers, the property group Dawnay Day, who own most of the shops and flats on the south side of King Street

As the population of Fareham increased during the 1820s and 1830s, there was a need for more schools, another church, a new workhouse, and a library and lecture hall.

Towards the end of the 19th century it was decided that the town needed a town hall commensurate with its new affluent status.

Liptons the grocer's (left), a café from 1910 to the 1920s, is now Dixon's. Beside Liptons, the Pearl Assurance sign hides that of the Kings Head.

In the terms of his will, however, he left instructions that his estate - which now consisted of Moulsham and Chelmsford - should remain in one piece as it passed to his successive male heirs.

Reference has already been made to the rapid expansion of Sheffield's east end - Brightside, Attercliffe and Darnall - to accommodate the tens of thousands of new workers in the heavy steel industry

A new estate of large houses was begun on the site in 1932, but it was not completed until after the Second World War.