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The Guildhall (left) with its tower was built in 1881, and the Town Hall (right) was added in 1887 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

A sheltered location and mild climate have brought generations of holidaymakers to Ventnor. The town lies at the foot of an 800ft hill with gradients in some streets of 1 in 4.

This traffic-free view of the town centre from Bridge Street conveys the history and feel of the place instantly.

All Saints' Church contains a memorial to the Reverend Lyte, author of 'Abide With Me' and 'Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven'.

This is a general view of Chesterfield, Derbyshire's second largest town, from the east.

A tragedy for Chesham was the demolition in 1965 of the Market House or Town Hall in the alleged interests of those great behemoths, the motor car and lorry.

Woking should not be confused with Old Woking a mile south on the banks of the River Wey, a battered remnant of a medieval market town.

Many Pennine woollen towns had strong Liberal leanings, and prominent in this photograph of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, is the tall four-storey building of the Liberal Club, a centre of local community

This gently curving street is to the east of the town. This view, looking back towards the town centre, shows both the Congregational and parish churches.

A decade after the Peel Institute was completed, the adjacent Market Hall was opened as the focus of the town's trade.

Lynmouth's twin rivers run fast and furious, and no more so than in 1952, when it suffered a terrible tragedy.

On what is now Station Road, on the outskirts of the town, Marsh Hotel plied its trade in a position somewhat distant from the town.

King Alfred had a royal manor here and King John granted the town a charter for a weekly market.

The older anchorages of Sutton Harbour and Stonehouse, with the greater expanse of the Hamoaze and Plymouth Sound beyond, created a perfect naval base long before the new town of Devonport was founded.

It now forms a centrepiece to this busy market town, familiar to the many local people who come to shop each week from dozens of surrounding towns and villages.

Devonport stands to the west of the city of Plymouth, and is the newest of the three towns that make up Devon's largest urban area.

Sailing ships from Bristol once plied up and down its channel and berthed at the town wharves.

Owing to an unfortunate one-way traffic system foisted on the town since this photograph was taken, Dursley's Market House and Town Hall is now isolated on a roundabout.

Packing the hillside of Happy Valley above Llandudno, holidaymakers and residents alike enjoyed the views of the activity below them beside the recently constructed Victoria Pier.

Potton's market existed at the beginning of the 13th century, and the town owes much of its present layout to that period. In the early 1900s a count revealed the existence of 32 alehouses.

A Midland Red bus makes its way through the town. The bus station was built on the site where the amusement fairs used to set up when they came to town.

To the right, Winchester Road rises to leave town; to the left it enters town.

West Street 1930 This town was a considerable port in the middle ages, but the silting up of its ancient harbour led to a decline in trade.

Wisbech's five mile-long canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech. It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens.