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Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's.

The old market place, on which the vehicles are parked, is a reminder of Battle's former identity as a market town.

Notice the old Town Hall on the right hand side of the photograph – now sadly destroyed and replaced by an extremely bland 1960s building.

The first forge is reputed to have been working in 1425, with the first ironworks following in 1577; it is also said that the first forge in America was built by emigrants from the town.

The central section was the Market House, and dates from c1450.

The harbour pier and landing-slip could accept vessels up to 400 tons.

The bathing huts will soon be winched down to the shallows so that modest ladies can paddle discreetly.

Before efficient transport links were opened to Ilfracombe, steamers crossed the Severn estuary from South Wales, discharging hundreds of day-trippers into the town.

The centre of Bishops Waltham has retained its character over the years, and this picture shows one of its quaint, narrow streets.

Lowestoft's convalescent home was a gift to the town in 1877 from William Birbeck, who was himself ill – he died in 1897.

Even so, the population then was about 6000.The town’s development received a boost in 1945 when Rover announced their intention to abandon their Coventry plant and concentrate production at their

Large sailing ships are moored at the buoys opposite the town waiting to go up river to load china clay.

The Midland Hotel next door was demolished and replaced with an extension to the town Post Office, which still occupies the same site today.

All Saints' Church now stands at the edge, soon to join the lost medieval town in a watery grave.

Newlyn was the first Cornish town to attract the attention of artists.

Some of the small boats here were almost certainly built at Lidstone's, whose South Town Yard started business in 1824.

Newport began to grow as a town in the 13th century, and expanded as a port during the Industrial Revolution.

In fact, cobbles are circular and very rare, whereas there are stone sett streets in most northern towns.

In 1956 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone opened a Methodist church in Langdon Hills, and in the following year the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited Kingswood Junior School, officially opened

Morecambe is much frequented by trippers from the busy towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, for whose recreation are provided abundant entertainments of distinctly popular order.

It was now firmly on the map: its narrow crowded alleys and harbourside streets, its ruined abbey and its souvenirs made from jet, fossilised wood found in the local area, proved a magnet for day trippers

The Ulverston Canal was opened in 1796 to connect the town with the Leven Estuary, and to enable trade, both exports and imports, to be increased.

The artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti lived here until his death in 1882, and he was interred in All Saints' churchyard.

Dartford was home to two of the world's most famous rock stars, Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and this is how they would remember the town of their youth.