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It was not always quiet on the streets of Penistone; until 1910 cattle and sheep were sold in the streets on Thursdays, and many a deal was struck over a pint or two at the Spread Eagle Hotel.

Dominating the scene is the three-star, forty-one bedroomed Strathclyde Hotel, a substantial building standing on a podium, which provided welcome accommodation for business visitors to the town

Legend relates that the original site for the priory church was on the nearby St Catherine's Hill, a splendid view- point overlooking the town.

It is one of the late 18th-century settlements which developed on commons and wastes lying on the flat-topped ridgeways, after leases were granted to anyone who wanted to settle there.

A market town since the 13th century, Ulverston became a busy port during the 18th and 19th centuries, exporting slate via the country's shortest canal.

From the beach, the pier's extravagant pavilions suggest something mysterious and exotic, a world away from the industry of the nearby towns.

Rhos-on-Sea was the poorer cousin to nearby Colwyn Bay, yet it still manages an identity of its own.

This late Victorian scene is typical of many of the towns and villages in England at the time.

An important medieval town, it declined until the early 19th century when the Horncastle Navigation Canal opened, giving access to Lincoln and Boston.

This junction of two streets marks the site of the former market place, with the stolid red-brick White Lion, on the extreme right, and the King of Prussia pub along the road on the left, ready to slake

The Harbour Office dates from 1727; the first floor was extended over the pavement in 1822 to allow for a fire and chimney in the Ballast Master's office above.

In 1905 Swindon was a busy manufacturing town which owed its wealth and commercial rise almost exclusively to the railway age in general and the inspiration of Sir Daniel Gooch in particular, who

The Ulverston Canal was opened in 1796 to connect the town with the Leven Estuary, and to enable trade, both exports and imports, to be increased.

Dunstable Street housed most of the 'household' shops in 1955 - the situation has considerably altered since then as the town has expanded its boundaries.

The Lynch Walk runs between the deep main channel of the River Lim (left) and the higher-level leat towards Town Mills (right).

The mill stands on the northern edge of town, with St Mary's graveyard visible beyond; it dates from Norman times, and by the Middle Ages was used for fulling cloth.

Dolgellau was the county town of the old county of Merioneth, and is set amid the mountains which are famous for Welsh gold—the mines here provided gold for Royal wedding rings.

Bourne, at the junction where two Roman roads met, had a Roman station to guard the Car Dyke, the great Roman dyke 56 miles long and still surviving for long stretches.

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century.

Few of the late 18th- and early 19th-century visitors to the county passed through Lampeter, but one visitor who walked from Carmarthen to Chester stayed a weekend in the town in 1836.

Timothy Whites, the chemist, was a familiar sight in post-war Wales and is a conspicuous business on the Square.

In medieval times, Snaith was an important trading town - its market charter was granted in 1223.

It was the premises of Allan Henbest, a tailor and outfitter, formerly of Laindon High Road.

A quaint wooden footbridge gives this pedestrian relatively quick access over the River Blyth where it is joined by Buss Creek to the coastal town of Southwold.