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The county town of Kent stands on the banks of the River Medway. The oldest building, the Bishop's Palace, fronts the river beside the great medieval church of All Saints.

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.

This shows the view looking back down High Street towards Boutport Street at the bottom. Butchers Row is on the left. The Sydney Harper building is now a travel agent.

Lloyds Bank - to the right - is now a pub.

The large shingle bank on the southern side of the harbour, formerly part of the parish of Lancing, became part of Southwick in c1900.

Another highlight for children used to be the travelling fair which visited the Lickeys on bank holidays, occupying a site on the corner of Lickey Road and Leach Green Lane.

Astwood Bank developed in linear fashion along the Ridgeway, which is now the main road to Pershore and Evesham.

The handsome building in the centre of this view, adorned with a balustrade and pinnacles, was a branch of the Midland Bank in 1950.

The rushes on the bank of the river were harvested for rush matting by the Arnold family; they were dried hanging over lines beside the river. On the other side is the Ferryboat Inn.

Back into town, this view from Orange Grove looks along past Brydon's Municipal Buildings of 1893, 'rendered necessary by the large increase of public business since the erection of the central building

Basingstoke's role as an important market centre dates back to medieval times; it was established as a borough in 1622 when James I granted the town a charter giving it a weekly market and a twice-yearly

Parts of this beautiful old building date back to the middle years of the 16th century.

The factory on the right bank was turned into residential flats in the 1980s.

The Red Lion can be traced back to 1680 and stood alone until the arrival of the railways and Cane Hill Hospital.

As we look back up East Street, the focus of the view is the Market Hall.

Here sits a fortress dating back to Roman times. In 1170 the four knights who murdered Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral gathered here before carrying out their deadly deed.

Looking back upstream past the boathouses in front of the 1830s St Helena Terrace and The White Cross, we see a fine view of Richmond Bridge, which dates from the 1770s and is one of the Thames' finest

This famous memorial, encased in iron, dates back to 1841 and marks the spot where King William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was accidentally killed by an arrow shot by the nobleman Sir Walter

A new road bypassed the village, and it has reverted back to its secluded charms. Its church, dedicated to St Edmund the Martyr, was built in the 12th century.

But Berkeley's importance in former times goes back much further. In Saxon days this was a borough in its own right, and a Royal Mint was located in the town.

Witchampton was best known for its paper mill at the other end of the village, which dated back to at least 1786 and closed only a few years ago.

A glass and steel addition can be seen cantilevered from the back of the building, purposely built as the Excelsior Studios by photographer Charles Smith Allen.

The shops on the left bring back many memories, and F W Woolworth is there as well. Chorley Town Hall, with its clock and spire, show up (right) at the north end of the street.

This photograph shows this Domesday village, now much consumed by the tentacles of Market Harborough's suburbs, with its large irregular green and attractive houses, some dating back to 1567 and 1664,