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Caption For Manchester, Piccadilly 1895

The dome of the Infirmary is on the left, and Lewis's tower is in the centre.

Caption For Chailey Green, Village Green C1965

About five miles east of Haywards Heath (and halfway to Lewes) is Chailey, a scattered village whose centre is shown in the photographs.

Caption For Wisbech, The Market Place 1929

The market stalls include an ice cream salesman (centre foreground) immediately in front of the steps leading down to the ladies' convenience!

Caption For Bottesford, Market Street C1955

The historic village centre peters out beyond the right- hand turn into the High Street.

Caption For Bedford, The Harpur Schools 1897

No longer a school, it was preserved as a frontage to a shopping centre.

Caption For Chichester, The Market Cross 1890

With a plan based on its Roman predecessor, Noviomagus, this fine walled city is divided into quarters by North, South, East and West Streets, which all meet at the splendid Market Cross in the centre

Caption For St Albans, Clock Tower And Market Cross 1921

A rare surviving example of an English belfry, the Clock Tower, built in 1411, stands at the centre of the city with the narrow mediaeval street of French Row on its left and the wider Market Place on

Caption For Newtown, Broad Street 1959

Factories were built for carding and spinning machines, and the town became a major centre for handloom weaving. Robert Owen, the social reformer, was born here and died here in 1858.

Caption For Sutton, High Street C1960

At this major junction of Cheam Road, Carshalton Road and the steep High Street, the splendid and ornate sign of the Cock Hotel with the Courage Brewery rooster mounted above sits in the centre.

Caption For Sandsend, From Lythe Bank 1925

The Sandsend Hotel (1899), centre, so dependent on rail links, has now been converted to apartments.

Caption For Rochdale, Newgate C1910

The Red Lion Inn got a new facade on its western side, prolonging its life until a Compulsory Purchase Order forced its demolition in 1973, ready for the new shopping centre and market.

Caption For Rochdale, View From The Park Slopes 1913

Mills crowd in towards the town centre, following the course of the river Roach and its tributary the Spodden. Textile mills reached their peak of prosperity at this time.

Caption For Wilmslow, St Bartholomew's Church, The Interior 1896

The chancel screen incorporates some 15th-century work, and the side chapels, as one might expect for a church at the centre of a large parish, used to belong to the prominent gentry families in the

Caption For Michelham Priory, The Long Barn C1965

There are many attractions here, including a physic garden, a rope museum and an Iron Age centre.

Caption For Walton On Thames, High Street C1955

The tall building centre left is the Art Deco-ish Burton's - its foundation stones were laid by members of the family in 1938 - and on the right is W H Smith in a heavily-corniced neo-

Caption For Hurst Green, The Cross 1950

This is the T-junction at the centre of Hurst Green.This stretch of road has a history all of its own. In 1826 J C Macadam laid a new road surface here as a trial.

Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1965

With such an assortment of architectural styles in the town centre, there is always a building or detail to please the eye. This photograph looks towards Church Street.

Caption For Blockley, Composite C1960

Campden but not distant enough to develop into a market town itself, Blockley harnessed the water power of its deeply cleft valley early on in its history, and became famous as a silk throwing centre

Caption For Lyme Regis, Cottage Hospital 1906

Further up the street are the National Schools, dated 1892 (centre), behind the girl sitting on the steps.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Museum 1907

The shot is seawards (centre), through the arches, from the Guildhall (left).

Caption For Bridgend, Dunraven Place C1950

Also note the Provident Clothing and Supply Co Ltd just behind it, and the decorator on his ladder (centre left).

Caption For Rickmansworth, Church Street 1952

Barrett & Sons, bakers, proudly advertise that they sell Hovis bread (left), and the Kings Arms public house that it serves Benskins bitter (centre right).

Caption For Sunderland, Shipyards On The Wear C1900

Almost hidden in the centre background is one of the tugs belonging to Lambton Collieries, identifiable by its funnel colours of black with three red horizontal stripes.

Caption For Chippenham, St Andrew's Church C1950

Renovation of the floors uncovered numerous artefacts, including clay pipes and two leather shoes of the 17th or 18th century, which are on display in the Museum & Heritage Centre.