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Burnley means 'the place by the river Brun'; the town snuggles in a valley between the rivers Calder and Brun.

As late as 1870, enclosure meadowland and hawthorn hedges stretched away from Wigston, but the ensuing period up to 1900 was to see a trebling of population figures as hosiers and boot and shoe manufacturers

In the terms of his will, however, he left instructions that his estate - which now consisted of Moulsham and Chelmsford - should remain in one piece as it passed to his successive male heirs.

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

The distinctive town hall of Loftus was built by Lord Zetland in 1879 and described as 'Free-Neo-Tudor' with a polygon angled tower.

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

Moreton was a market town for the woollen industry in centuries past, and it was also an important centre for the linen weaving industry and a coaching town in the days of horse-drawn travel

Wallingford's imposing 17th-century Town Hall dominates this Victorian photograph.

Until the commercial growth of towns such as Yeovil and Bridport, Beaminster was an important town for neighbouring villages.

This ancient borough and market town is most famous for its fine-grained granite, which was used in the construction of Waterloo Bridge.

The Shipwright's Arms on the left is still open for business, and its name gives an indication of one of the old trades in town - until the late years of Victoria's reign the town's main industry was the

The classic market-town juxtaposition of church and grammar school create an ideal composition.

Albert Park was opened by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, in 1868, and the land was purchased for the town by Henry Bolckow.

The Cranford Hotel on the outskirts of the town began its existence as the Half Way House; it was transformed from a humbler inn to cater for the increase in visitors to the resort and the

Gothic, Jacobean, classical and domestic architecture testify to the history of the town's development. Note the attractive, almost Flemish gabling of the building in the centre of the picture.

Sherborne is famous for its public schools, and on most days in term time pupils can be seen threading their way around the old town.

The Red Horse Hotel is where Washington Irving penned his paper on the town.

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.

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

The gateway to the Abbey and the commercial edge of the secular town face each other across Angel Hill.

This photograph (and D69029) show the impact of 1960s development and the architectural mores that governed the town.

This railway town was some two miles north of the original village of Old Woking. The London to Southampton railway arrived in 1838, and 'new' Woking began to develop.

Modern Eastleigh is a grid pattern of late 19th-century and early 20th-century streets, with typical suburban fringes stretching out towards Southampton and Winchester.