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Holyport, two miles south of Maidenhead was originally 'Horipod' or dirty market town.

Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy.

As early as 1869 he called a public meeting to win support for the acquisition of the Greenhead estate, including Gledholt Glen (now known as T P Woods after former owner, T P Crosland), to prevent

This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.

The milestone is known to the locals as 'the pineapple'; it is inscribed with names and mileages from Holt to Norfolk's principal towns.

Its buildings range from Bay Cottage (near left), the Royal Standard, Sunnyholme, the Bonded Store, and the Coastguard Station to the old Cobb Arms (right).

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing

This building is still standing in Town Street, and was built in the early 1880s in local stone quarried at Golden Bank.

Newport has a rich history, with Roman occupation at Caerleon, a medieval castle, and the Chartist Rising of 1839, which was put down by troops.

The electorate consisted of those men who had a hearth in Newport and St Stephens, and they voted as they were ordered to by the Duke of Northumberland; this effectively meant that the Duke decided who

No town centre worth its salt was complete without its Co-op store.

The most scenic approach to the town is from the north.

The town gave its name to the Rochford Hundred, an administrative area in Saxon times.

Looking eastward, this view shows one of the town's saddest architectural losses: Colebrooke Terrace, a shallow crescent of four pairs of Regency stucco villas.

A collection of almost classic cars parked on both sides of the street issues a warning of things to come in the small towns around Leicestershire.

At the right is John Wing's Town Hall, which cost £80; it was in public use until 1922.

A short distance to the west of the town centre, the stepping stones have long provided a foot crossing of the River Rothay, at least for those with good balance; they link Ambleside with properties

It is thought that the name derives from the Welsh `porth coed`, or `the harbour below the wood`, and indeed it may well have been the port for the nearby Roman town of Caerwent.

The National Westminster Bank (extreme right) is next door to a seed merchant, still an important trader in a country town before seeds were brightly packaged and sold by garden centres.

On the western edge of the North York Moors, Osmotherly was a centre for milling, weaving and clog making, and it grew considerably in the hundred years from 1750.

This attractive small town has many picturesque old houses in its narrow streets.

Eight metres wide and elevated in towns - their 'High' Streets - it was the route that Queen Boudicca (or Boadicea) took in AD 60 to her final battle with the Roman Governor of Britain, Suetonius Paulinus

One is that he was found abandoned in the parish church by some Yorkshire clothiers who were pass- ing through the town on their way home.

The view towards the Royal Hotel and Lloyds Bank is almost unchanged.