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The site of the town was granted to the monks of Torre Abbey by William de Briwere in 1196, hence the second part of the name.

Standing in the Severn Vale to the west of Stroud, Stonehouse was once a cloth-making town.

Traditionally Nantwich was the most important of Cheshire's three salt towns, although salt production ceased here in the 1800s.

In 1965 the birds still sang in the Town Hall gardens, and although relatively noisy, it was an extremely pleasant place to sit and mull over the fortunes of the day.

As the industrialisation of weaving gathered pace, the town was eventually reached by the railway in July 1848.

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.

This pleasant market town lies just inland from the chalets and caravans of the 'honky-tonk' north coast between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.

It is ten years after G66010, and more cars are evident.

The Townley family owned the hall for over 500 years; it was given to the people of Burnley by the last occupant, Lady O'Hagan, the widow of Lord O'Hagan, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

From 1833 to 1971 this old market site near the parish church served the town well with fresh produce from across Yorkshire.

These were erected in memory of the Roughton family, who served the town as doctors continuously from 1738 until 1933.

Looking West to the Diving Board Coate Water was originally constructed in 1821-22 as a reservoir, and was designed to overcome water shortages on the canal system around the town when

The Town Hall was designed by C Cowles-Voysey, and building was completed in 1939.

From the work-yard of George Dixon, builder and mason, we look down on a surviving Penrith institution, Brunswick Road Junior School.

The timber market cross dominates the photograph; to its left is the King's Head with its tile hanging and timbering, a finely-detailed town pub of 1899 by Shoebridge and Rising.

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the castle and the impressive castle and prison itself.

A famous resident of Pinner was Horatia Ward, the illegitimate daughter of Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton.

The town`s impressive Chinese Bridge was built in 1827 - the name reflects the design of the bridge.

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

This lovely market town lies at the entrance to Wharfedale.

Todmorden Town Hall, built in 1870, once stood on the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, a fact reflected in the carvings in the pediment frieze on its classical front, shown here: there are bales

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

A horse-drawn cart carrying sacks makes its way up alongside Brackley's early 18th-century Town Hall, which was built for the Duke of Bridgewater and is attributed to Wren.

The curious onion-domed extension to the Town Hall, between it and the church has long been demolished, but it serves to point up the quality of Alfred Waterhouse's 1875 Town Hall.