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The centrepiece of Brighton was and remains the extraordinary Pavilion or seaside palace.

Brecon stands at the confluence of the River Usk and the smaller Honddu. The town can be confusing for the visitor, as not only has it two rivers, but also two High Streets.

Newnham is a delightful, Severnside town today, just as it was when this scene was captured.

With rows of charming buildings and the River Nene flowing on three sides of it, Oundle has often been described as Northamptonshire's most delightful town.

Billingham Town Centre was developed in the 1950s and 1960s, paid for largely by the local rates from the massive ICI factory in the neighbourhood, which employed almost 20,000 people at that time.

Too big for modern clergymen, it is now a restaurant, and its old orchard contains the town`s leisure centre.

This small town grew up on the course of the Roman road from London to Chichester, later known as Stane (or stone paved) Street.

Here we have a clearer view of the tall Town Hall building to the right, and beyond it lies the premises of the National Provincial Bank.

Designed by Thomas Robinson and completed in 1887, the red-brick town hall deserves a more spacious and prominent setting than Market Street.

Just along from the town hall is the old technical college building, an equally impressive structure. It was designed by H W Burchett and completed in 1937.

Standing in the upper Douglas Valley, Wigan was once a market town, but by the mid 19th century it was a major centre for Lancashire's coal industry.

A scene that could have been copied in any town or village in the country in 1899. Notice particularly the pot plants on the porch of the nearby house, and also the horse droppings in the roadway.

Wisbech's five mile-long canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech. It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens.

They founded their town of Corinium by the River Churn, in an area occupied by a native tribe called Dobunni.

The Town Pump and Market Cross (centre) have ancient steps and a relatively recent shaft, erected to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897.

The old Town Hall, a square building with Tuscan columns completed in 1768, was replaced in 1903 by new municipal buildings designed by E E Fetch.

Hailsham, an old market town, lies about seven miles north of Eastbourne. For about 200 years its main industry was rope making, which was started by Thomas Burfield; his shop was in the High Street.

There were dozens of these all over the area of the new town, which made it very unsightly at the time when the photograph was taken.

The first Welwyn Stores was founded in 1921 at Guessens road, but it closed in July 1939 when the new, larger stores was opened in the centre of the new town.

In 1799 Edward Ind bought the Star Inn which had a reputation for brewing fine ale. He developed a prosperous brewing business and in 1845 Octavius and Edward Coope joined the firm.

The wide central square shows Chipping Norton's origins as a market town. It is still set out with stalls on market days.

The substantial-looking structure on the right with the Doric pilasters is the Town Hall, completed in 1808.

The market town of Wantage is famous as the birthplace of King Alfred, who was born here in 849 AD.

This ancient fishing town is divided in two by the Looe estuary. In summer the wooded slopes above are a mass of myrtle and hydrangea.