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The name Maidenhead means "the maidens' landing place"; this photograph depicts King Street and the town's splendid clock tower.

Until relatively recent times, the sea was a vital artery for supplying the town. In late summer the pilchard shoals would arrive and the town was a bustle of small boats.

The marketplace here was probably laid out in the 13th century, and some of the buildings in the Old Town are 17th-century.

Just off Main Road, Junction Road lies sufficiently distant from the hubbub of the market and town centre to provide a tranquil setting for tasteful town villas.

The well-grown tree hides Arndale House and the new Cornhill development, but the ugly Town Hall extension of 1966 (right) is still in clear sight.

A good view of the town centre, the castle centre-stage and the watchtower of the new prison building behind it.

Fondly-remembered Turog bread is advertised outside Tomlinson's whitewashed baker and confectioner's shop in the centre of Ingleton.

Not far away from the Bull Ring are displayed the town stocks and whipping post.

This view of the Kennet and Avon Canal, taken from the Town Bridge, shows the site of Hungerford Wharf.

The early Saxon town was attacked several times by Danish raiders, was destroyed by the French in 1340 and 1690, and badly bombed during the Second World War.

Parks were an important feature in many Victorian industrial towns and served as an escape from the noise, dirt and labour of the mills and factories.

Forever associated with its famous International Eisteddfod, Llangollen stands on the River Dee, seen here from the four-arched town bridge.

As the railway did not arrive until 1874, the town remained unspoilt by mass tourism, especially as the beach was shingle.

The wide sweep of cobbles and double avenue of trees defines this characteristic view on entering the town from the west.

Ford, Morris, Hillman and Triumph - all the big automobile names are represented here as the town becomes accustomed to the motor age.

Gifford House was situated outside the designated area of the New Town. Although it may have been ideal for the administrators and planners, it was virtually out of reach for New Town tenants.

Since 1958 when the first shops began opening, Basildon town centre has been the home for a whole host of differing consumer needs.

There are plans to include a new pavilion in the Town Square to complement the Toni and Guy and Costa Coffee units, to replace the escalators with stairs and lifts, and to add two new floors to

The town is studded with fine brick and flint houses with steep pantiled roofs - on the right is the flamboyant brick and pebble Barclay's Bank.

This is a picturesque view of the approach to the town along Launceston Road. The pony and trap has time to pose across the road without hindering other traffic.

Burtons and Timothy Whites face one another across Union Street, drawing many shoppers to the town. However, Aldershot offers much more than shops.

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

The town is studded with fine brick and flint houses with steep pantiled roofs—on the right is the flamboyant brick and pebble Barclay's Bank.

LIKE THE INHABITANTS of many coastal towns where creeks and estuaries were formed, the people of Fareham used the sea to extract salt, which before the days of refrigeration was an essential ingredient