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Though a good picture of a much-missed local landmark, this photograph also gives us a hint of Burnley as an industrial town.

This is another exceptional little town, set in its own south-facing timbered valley just east of the escarpment between Stroud and Gloucester. It is a place that makes grey look very good.

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

This is another exceptional little town, set in its own south-facing timbered valley just east of the escarpment between Stroud and Gloucester. It is a place that makes grey look very good.

The town's third dock, it extended from the corner of St Nicholas Churchyard to Moor Street; the land was provided by the Corporation.

FEW PEOPLE would be shocked by the idea of a national poll, conducted by Idler magazine, discovering that Luton was Britain's 'crappiest town'.

The town was part of a regular route from Liverpool, with steamers taking on passengers at Llandudno and Beaumaris.

This view shows how Jumbo the water tower dominates views in the town.

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

Some historians have suggested that the town is Roman in origin, given its straight streets and regular layout.

This sturdy gritstone bridge has spanned the mighty River Derwent in the centre of Derbyshire's county town for five centuries, although it has been widened and strengthened to take modern traffic.

The town was granted its right to hold a market during the 14th century, and bull-baiting was carried out in the Market Square until 1840.

Lymington serves as an important access port, offering one of the shortest passages across the Solent to Yarmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Looking across the town into Haverfordwest, the tower of the Church of St Thomas à Becket can be clearly seen on the skyline towards the centre of the picture, and the main body of the Castle with its

Some historians have suggested that the town is Roman in origin, given its straight streets and regular layout.

Because of the town's pervading odour of fish it was known familiarly as 'Fishygissey'.

These whale bones were brought to the town by a local trader, a reminder of Teignmouth's importance as a port.

Though the Gardens were opened in 1836, within four years of this picture being taken the Gardens' operating company was in financial trouble.The Town Trustees agreed to buy the Gardens for £5,445

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

This view shows how the Cathedral also played the role of a parish church; it was surrounded with the burial stones of the town's faithful.

It was regularly used, and featured particularly in the town's Millenary celebrations in 1930. In the early 1960s it was deemed unsafe and demolished.

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

On the top of the low cliffs are (from the right) the Marchesi Brothers' restaurant, the Albion Hotel, the Victoria Restaurant, and Blades guest house.

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort