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The design for this park cleverly concealed a mineral railway line, which crossed the park from Bank Hall Colliery (owned by the Thursbys) to join the mineral tramway, which served Rowley Colliery.

This pond with its island is a most attractive feature in the outer part of the town. While it is somewhat municipalised nowadays, it is very ancient.

Once an important market town, Shefford was blighted this century by through traffic; its central T-junction was a bottleneck until the town was recently by-passed.

This first chapter is a tour from west to east in the parts of Surrey most affected by London. We start in Egham, a town on higher ground south of the River Thames.

The biggest docks were the Royal group east of Canning Town on the north bank of the Thames. The Royal Victoria Dock opened in 1855, enclosing 94 acres of water.

With such an assortment of architectural styles in the town centre, there is always a building or detail to please the eye. This photograph looks towards Church Street.

The mill, on the south bank of the Great Ouse, later became a hosiery factory, and has now been converted into a prestige housing complex.

This view of the parish church is from the north-west.

Here we see the river bank of the Ribble just west of the main railway bridge at the end of South Meadows.

The hotel façade has not changed, but Boots have moved further along the High Street and the Halifax Bank has replaced Boots.

The River Ribble in summer is the most pleasant of rivers, and to picnic and paddle by its banks has been a delight for many centuries.

Standing on rising ground on the west bank of the River Gwendraeth, Kidwelly and its fortified town were founded by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury during the reign of Henry I.

Daniel Defoe wrote: 'Watford - the town is very long having but one street'. A few roads had been added during the following three hundred years, but the main High Street is still very long and busy.

as a tiny seedling which a boy brought back from a jaunt into the countryside.

North Street joins High Street by Lloyds Bank, and it is down here on the left that we find the last Daventry Grammar School building.

This picture gives us a brief glimpse into the daily life of some of Burnley's people. Notice the woman, right, with the umbrella near the bollard at the top of Saunder Bank.

Here we have a range of hotels for those who could afford the comfort. The Grand was almost brand-new, and the Royal was rebuilding.

To the right of the chapel there are two large chimneys, with others in the distance.

All three views taken by the Frith photographer in 1899 are south of the Regatta course, which from 1886 had its finishing line near Phyllis Court.

Yet another evocative photograph from the past. Right is the Southdown booking office, with No. 9 the Square accommodating A G Suthers run by electrician 'Cherry' Messam.

The weekly market which dates back centuries is held every Thursday.

This is the most central town in Norfolk. This view shows the varied façades of the buildings fronting the market place. The building next to the King's Arms Hotel on the right is a good example.

The shop extension filled with shoes and boots is now filled with all manner of things for pets. On the other side of the road was a garage, which is now the Job Centre and the Sue Ryder shop.

This marvellously detailed view of the High Street before it was transformed into a pedestrian precinct was taken from the first floor of the Cock Hotel.