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Coalville developed as a town from a railway station named Long Lane on the old Leicester-Swannington line (1832).

The town's growth came from the nearby coal mines - they are now closed. The most noted industry now is the well-known Ibstock brick company, which sells to customers world-wide.

The bus stop outside the Britannia public house is for bus numbers 26, 26A, 39 and 40; opposite, a No 26 bus heads for Gravesend.

Here we see shoppers in the centre of town on what was obviously a warm summer's morning, and with a surprisingly low level of traffic.

In the early 18th century John Goodwin and Robert Littlewood built what was really the town's first real reservoir; Barker's Pool was in fact little more than a pond.

The photographer walked away from the river bridge up Hart Street towards the Town Hall in Market Place and turned back by the Bell Street junction to take this view towards the church with its dominating

Harrogate had become a fashionable town noted for its fine shops and rich teas.

It pumped sea water, which was used both in local water carts for street cleaning, and for flushing out the town's sewerage system.

Much of the employment in Victorian Cheltenham had been directly related to the activities of a spa town, with a large proportion of the working population being domestic servants or employed in hotels

Timber, stone, corn and malt were transported from here to London by river. Its 18th-century economy depended on the coaching trade; further expansion followed the dawning of the railway age.

The thatch to the right has gone, and so has the church spire; it has a square tower today. Beer had a substantial reputation as a smugglers' base in years gone by.

The tile-hung building to the right of the Square has woodwork elaborately carved with figures, fruit and mythical animals. Constructed as the Court House in 1881, it became a bank, then the library.

The Town Hall was designed in 1855 by the Bath architect Thomas Fuller – he later emigrated to Canada.

It is now home of the main county offices, replacing the ancient capital, Cardigan, and the more recent administrative centre, Aberystwyth.

Behind on the left is a house called Belle Vue, later Whitcliffe Grange, now demolished and replaced by council houses. Beyond is Westfields, one of the town's three medieval open fields.

Mentioned in the Domesday Book and briefly a spa town in the 17th century, Wellingborough was granted market rights by King John in 1201. Cromwell stayed here en route to Naseby during the Civil War.

Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the picture, which was built in 1824.

Many towns had open-air pools, though few now survive. They went out of fashion; many were closed on health and safety grounds.

This is the Joymount corner of the town; the gardens, no longer there, mark where a governor of the castle, Sir Arthur Chichester, began to build a fine mansion in 1610.

It throttles the town centre, and its construction involved the wholesale demolition of attractive buildings. Those on the right of this picture were lucky: they narrowly escaped demolition.

Situated high up on the eastern edge of the 580-acre Minchinhampton Common, now in the care of the National Trust, this attractive old cloth town is rich in the variety and architectural style of its buildings

He also donated the new Town Hall, which stands at the back. It was opened in 1909 and above its grand portico is a relief that depicts Victoria's successor to the throne, Edward VII.

On the right, occupying part of the Victoria Hall are the premises of the London City and Midland Bank.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.