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On the town's tithe map of 1841 it appears in its present width as 'New Road'.

A bustling and lively shopping street but not yet choked with motor traffic.

Builth Wells is in 'the county of rivers', and the River Wye lazily winds its way around this old spa town. Mineral waters were first discovered at Builth in the 1700s.

The town's nautical connections are clearly seen is this early 20th-century view of the creek, crowded with sailing barges and boats.

As befitted a rapidly expanding modern town, with such a diversity of nationalities and religious persuasions, the spiritual needs of the new citizens were vigorously addressed, and there

Dumfries itself became a royal burgh in the 12th century, but the two towns were not officially amalgamated until 1929.

Chesham has been a market town since 1257 when Hugh, Earl of Oxford, obtained from King Henry III a grant of a weekly market and annual three-day fair.

This is the only one of the four town gates that survived. Dating from 1329 or 1381, it had a portcullis and a drawbridge, and is a most imposing entrance to the town.

On the River Erewash, close to the confluence of the Trent with Leicestershire's River Soar, this Derbyshire town was bisected by the Erewash Canal in 1779 and made readily accessible by

On the right is the Town Hall, built in 1902 to the designs of South Shields-based architect Fred Rennoldson.

Situated below Winter Hill on Rivington Moor, Adlington developed as a textile town before the advent of the railway because of its proximity to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs

West Bay is the small port of the neighbouring town of Bridport.The River Brit, which gives the larger town its name, is held back by a series of sluices and released at low tide.

On the right is the Town Hall, built in 1902 to the designs of the South Shields-based architect Fred Rennoldson.

From its beginnings as a railway station amid fields, the town has grown and continues to grow dramatically.

As can be seen, Dawlish Water was straightened and landscaped along a series of attractive small waterfalls.

The town first pushed for a town hall in 1833. The foundation stone was laid on 29 October 1852 by Joseph Fielden, but it was 30 October 1856 before it opened.

Acorns were the main source of food for pigs in Norman England, and pigs were an important source of food for many Lancashire villages.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550. Used for some time as the town prison, it originally had slit windows.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550. Used for some time as the town prison, it originally had slit windows.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550. Used for some time as the town prison, it originally had slit windows.

Until the latter part of the 20th century, the quaint stone-built town of Brackley suffered from increasing congestion.

North Street leads out of the town in the direction of Cowdray Park, with which the town is most closely associated.

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, chosen in 1888 for reasons of communication.

The Palladian-style building on the extreme left of the picture houses the Council offices; the town's court house was formerly here.