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The town originally developed because of the local weavers, and also as a market town.

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at

But the most impressive Victorian building in Sheffield was the new town hall on the corner of Surrey Street and Pinstone Street, where an area of old housing had been demolished to make way for

This small city with a population of 3,600 and the smallest cathedral in Britain has an important place in the history of Wales.

In front is one of the many bicycles and tricycles that flooded the town.

The excessively narrow High Street runs down to the town pier and the passenger ferry across the River Thames to Tilbury.

This view looks along Foregate Street; the bridge carrying the Great Western Railway lines to Hereford and South Wales can be seen in the background.

The Corporation kept the right to choose the two MPs for the town until 1640. It remained an oligarchy until 1835 when a major reform allowed it to be elected by some of the townspeople.

The new railway led to the area around Alexandra Road, the land sold by the Coopers, being developed into what was known as the 'New Town'.

The great castle of Edward I overpowers this scene as, of course, it was originally intended to do, and its distinctive polygonal towers distinguish it from other castles that Edward built.

This view looks towards the Town Hall. It cost one penny to travel the length of New Street by horse-drawn omnibus, while a Hansom cab cost somewhat more.

This view looks southwards across Lyme Bay from the main path through Langmoor Gardens, which were given to the town by James Moly of Langmoor Manor, Charmouth.

The remains became the small town's parish church. On the right is the way into the car park of Ye Olde Abbey Hostel (that is the name over the entrance), but the official sign has gone.

These views capture the town just before the Daventry Development Corporation was formed in 1963. The population was to more than double and continues to grow apace.

The town was well laid-out, and there were plenty of opulent villas available for those merchants and industrialists who preferred to live by the sea and commute.

This view emphasises the rather stern aspect of the town. Its major attraction is the Oldersfleet Castle ruins, near Curran Point and the harbour.

By this time, calico-printing was losing its position as the town's main industry, and the production of porcelain sanitary ware was taking over.

The Lion Hotel (left) has the strongest claim to immortality in this picture, all because Beatrix Potter stayed here when she visited the town as a young girl in 1888.

Built in 1249 to defend the town from French raids, by the late 14th century the castle was used by the town corporation before being sold in 1430 to one John de Ypres; it was bought back by the corporation

In this town we will find a fascinating mixture of alleyways, courtyards and shambles.

The towered and porticoed Town Hall which closes the vista, a fine Classical building of 1834, subsequently lost its tower and has now been completely demolished: this is a great loss to the town's architecture

It is still at the heart of the town, but now it has a black metal surround erected by the Town Council.

It is still at the heart of the town, but now it has a black metal surround erected by the Town Council.

Even then the trains arrived only from the Midlands and the North. It was not until 1906 that the line from Cromer was extended to the town.