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Situated on the north-western edge of the New Forest, Fordingbridge was once famous for the manufacture of canvas and sail cloth.

This was Winchelsea's north east gate and lay by the banks of the River Brede (hence the name). It dates from the early fourteenth century.

Horsham was described as a borough in the early 13th century, and it had become one of the chief towns in the county by the 17th and 18th centuries.

There are bargains to be had at Brash & Willan's, where they appear to be selling off the stock of Wigham & Co (any relation to the shipbuilding firm of Wigham Richardson & Co?).

Many of the town's elegant buildings were built during the 18th century, when the town prospered from the East Indies trade.

When the canal was built and linked the town with Manchester, new industries soon followed.

A substantial remodelling of the town took place during the 19th century - the Town Hall, with its Tuscan porticos and fine bell tower, was built at that time.

This Snowdonian village on the Holyhead Road (A5) lies at the mouth of the pass of Nant Ffrancon, beneath the famous Penrhyn slate quarries, once the largest in the world and still producing slate today

Like Westgate Road, Chaloner Street was opened up in Victorian times, in this case in the 1860s to connect the town centre to the recently opened railway station, which served the town until

The Metropole Hotel, beloved as a modern day conferencing venue and purveyor of Victoriana, looks a little sleepy in this post-war photograph.

The town also acquired that other symbol of Georgian respectability and status: Assembly Rooms, in Bell Street.

When the half-timbered Queen's Head Inn was being built in Newark in the 16th century, the largest town in the East Midlands was probably Leicester, closely followed by Nottingham.

Basingstoke's role as an important market centre dates back to medieval times; it was established as a borough in 1622 when James I granted the town a charter giving it a weekly market and a twice-yearly

The hillside town of Yeadon lies to the north of Bradford, and is today perhaps most famous as the site of the Leeds-Bradford Airport.

The county town of Bodmin has a distinguished history, with origins dating back to the time of the Normans. Town lads are lounging on the pavement near the Royal Hotel.

The main thoroughfare through the seafaring town has always been busy with pedestrians and traffic.

Sherman Ferris`s bakery (left) used to stock ice cream, and was therefore much-frequented by children. It also evidently stocked Daren bread - a popular Hovis-like brand in its day.

The smooth slopes of 3,054-ft Skiddaw dominates the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

The wide Main Street of Egremont, watched over by the clock tower of the Victorian Town Hall, is typical of many Cumbrian towns.

Daniel Defoe, speaking of Leominster, described it as having 'nothing very remarkable about it, but that it is a well-built, well- inhabited town.

Portcawl's dock was closed in 1907, and its inner harbour was filled in during the 1920s, but the town had recovered somewhat by the time this photograph was taken.

Daniel Defoe, speaking of Leominster, described it as having 'nothing very remarkable about it, but that it is a well-built, well- inhabited town.

This churchyard stands at the top of Thundersley Church Road, well removed from the bustle of the town below.

Banbury's splendid Town Hall with its noble entrance and tower, built in the 15th-century Gothic style, opened in 1854. The clock was a later addition.