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Middleton was granted a market charter on 23 June 1791 and the market remained here until 1939. Surrounded by shops and inns, the Market Place was the hub of the town for many years.

Chertsey was once the town at the gates of one of the most powerful abbeys in England.

At the north end of the park the focus is a statue of Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort, who had died in 1861 and in whose honour the estate had been named.

The mid 19th-century houses are fairly run-of-the-mill, but had the cameraman turned round he could have photographed a fairly new arrival on the Hill.

Smarden is an attractive Wealden village in H E Bates country, with a number of fine old timbered houses. At one time it had a substantial trade in linen and woollen goods.

Soon after the Conquest, the Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913.

A busy place at times, considering that imprisonments for being drunk and incapable were running at 300 a month in Glasgow alone.

At the south end of the High Street the road widens to a pleasant green, formerly a market place.

The road on the left is Southern Road.

Formerly, a railway line from the station to the slate quarries ran across by the mound (centre).

SS 'Margaret Jones' is loading coal at one of the moveable tips on the vertical wall side opposite the mole on No 1 Dock.

Soon after the Conquest, the Normans built a wooden motte and bailey castle at Tamworth on the site of the Mercian fortifications of 913.This was replaced by the shell-keep and tower, which still

At the time of the Domesday Book there were already 21 houses in Christchurch, and 24 canons attached to the priory church.

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.

Situated to the right, beyond the low white building (later to become the Captain's Wife public house) is Sully Island.

The A1 sweeps north between Moat Mound Recreation Ground and Mill Hill Golf Club, and is little changed since it was built, apart from the introduction of high level lighting standards.

He put money, new ships and new life into the company, and brought in the right partners and associates to found the successful business.

The Corporation's policy of providing a sufficient number of public parks and recreation grounds for both residents and visitors was actively pursued during this period of expansion.

It owes its name and its foundation to the five roads that meet in the town and the fact that at this point it was possible to ford the rivers Hit and Flit.

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.

Between the Conservative Club building and the stuccoed, wisteria-clad cottages at the Falconer Road end of the High Street, rises the Coronation Arch marking the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the

This artificial harbour, first constructed between 1740- 44, stands at the estuary of the small River Brit.

At the time of this photograph, the fun fair belonged to Billy Butlin, and the Figure 8 was an exciting ride fifty years ago.

This view looks towards St Nicholas Church. It was at a house in Westgate in February 1555 that Bishop John Hooper spent his last night before being burnt at the stake in St Mary's Square.