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In the centre of this aerial photograph is an area known as Harvey town after a previous owner of the land. In the late 1950s all this area was cleared to build a multi-storey car park.

A quiet lane on the fringes of the town. Washing dries in the breeze in the gardens of plain, mellow cottages.

They lie in a north-south axis on the western edge of the town; they measure as high as 22ft 6in, and are as big as the stones at Stonehenge.

The building on the left was the old grammar school, and is now a solicitor's office.

This very attractive fishing port used to be a busy port for agricultural and fish product exports.

The town has had a cricket team since 1844. This pavilion was opened in 1896. In June 2001, The Wiltshire Times described it as 'one of the town's hidden treasures'.

On the right is that well-known hotel, the Royal County, created in the 19th century out of former town houses belonging to the Ratcliffe and Bowes families.

Sheffield was once described by Horace Walpole as 'one of the foulest towns of England in the most charming situation'.

The architect of the Town Hall, Cuthbert Brodrick, was also responsible for other buildings, including the Corn Exchange (1860), the Mechanics' Institute (1860), the Oriental Baths (1866) and shops on

Fair Green lies past the junction of Bell Street and Knight Street and of the site of the town pump. It has an air of quiet elegance in the centre of this bustling town. A

The parish church of St Mary was left high and dry about half a mile to the south as the settlement migrated to the new market in the 13th century.

Fishing and agriculture played an important part in the economy of the area, but it was the opening up of the Western Highlands to tourism that gave the town the boost it so desperately needed.

Brighton is the biggest and most lively and cosmopolitan of the Sussex resorts. The sea bathing and taking of salt water cures laid the foundations for the town's growth after 1750.

Only 5 years after photograph No 23331, D G Roberts have expanded: their shopfront is longer and fronted by a mini-arcade, and they now have a first-floor showroom with a plate-glass window.

This fine view shows Lancaster's new town hall, seen from Dalton Square.

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.

At this time Moffat was one of Scotland's chief inland resorts, boasting several hotels and private boarding houses.

Turning south, the tour reaches South Petherton, a small market town in the Lias limestone foothills.

Here and above we see contrasting aspects of one of the town's most important thoroughfares: a quiet residential section overlooked by the comforting bulk of the Town Hall, and the busy shopping

Three years in the building, the Town Hall opened on 17 April 1889, and this day was proclaimed a public holiday in the town. The Italianate style reflected the prosperity of this weaving community.

In the past there was a bustling livestock market and three annual fairs; the town was then known as Market Harling. It was already famous for the manufacture of linen and cloth.

The route now heads eastwards to Winchelsea, which is a mile inland and might be considered an impostor in this chapter, rather like Rye.

The discovery of the Barnsley Main coal seam totally transformed the town from relying on agriculture to mining the new gold, coal.

From this view it is obvious that the town occupies a ridge between the two rivers: the land drops to the Great Ouse (see the previous views) and to the Ouzel, as we see here - this view was