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This masterpiece of grand architecture was built (1902-05) by Sir Aston Webb, who was also responsible for the eastern façade of Buckingham Palace and for Admiralty Arch, both in London.

This photograph and O1033 are particularly interesting because they were taken not long before work began on the construction of the new town of Telford.

Although these two 16th-century houses are situated on the main A417 road, they have survived the ravages of modern traffic and are still recognisable.

The town centre was extended eastwards in the 1980s, and Southernhay was diverted.

This bleak mid-Victorian prison, at the northern edge of the town, was closed at the turn of the century, and quickly decayed into a chilling ruin.

Like St John's Abbey, St Botolph's Priory lay outside the town walls.

Take away the motor cars and we have a good idea of how an affluent wool town would have looked during the 14th and 15th centuries.

Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea-bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort.

A border town with a ruinous castle built by Henry III, Hawarden lies close to Chester on the former main road into Wales from the Dee lowlands and the Cheshire Plain.

The town has not always been as peaceful as this picture suggests.

Now a National Trust property and open as a museum, this stone, brick and timber building is said to be the smallest town hall in Britain.

A little along from the Town Hall we see the prestigious Cromwell Hotel, embellished with an airy cast iron balcony.

Outside the 19th-century cell block, where Conscientious Objectors were imprisoned in 1916, stands the Sebastopol cannon, long since gone, brought to the town in 1858 and accompanied on its journey

The viaduct which carries the main Sheffield-Leeds railway line dominates this view of the High Street of the South Yorkshire town of Denby Dale.

This old tin-streaming town is perched on a windy hill a mile inland from the sea.

At this time, Felixstowe enjoyed popularity as a seaside resort, but the dream of eccentric local landowner Colonel Tomline to transform the town into a major port had not yet materialised - that was to

Here we see a pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town.

Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers.

A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.

Many of the terraces would have been built by local speculators as lodgings for visitors - the mildness and salubriousness of the climate made the town popular as a winter residence.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

The Quay and the harbour were once separate from the rest of the town.

This is one of Exmouth's two bowling greens - the other is at the back of the town at Phear Park.

In his 'Topographical Collections' of 1659-70, John Aubrey wrote: 'Here is a strong and handsome bridge in the middest of which is a little chapell as at Bathe, for Masse'.