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Today we would be horrified to find beasts strolling around the town centre passing offices and private houses.

This chapter starts in the county town of Northampton – in its superb and large market square.

In the era of the stage coach, the George Hotel was classed as the best hotel on the Great North Road, and it is still one of the best in the area.

A small town at the gateway to Wales, close to the English border and Offa's Dyke, Chirk is noted both for its castle, in continuous occupation from the 13th century, and its position at the entrance to

This photograph was taken from Windmill Hill, the only point in the town that is higher than the castle. The road curving up to the left of the castle is Roydon Road, known at this time as Zulu Road.

Bramber was once the main town of one of the Sussex Rapes, or Anglo-Saxon administrative areas, and the seat of William de Braose's Norman castle guarding the Adur gap through the Downs.

An ancient market town, Ormskirk was an important centre for the linen trade during the 16th century, whilst in the late 18th and early 19th centuries there were silk mills in the area.

The town of Calne boasts a stunning and attractive Perpendicular church, which was funded by the once- prosperous local cloth trade.

As its name implies, Market Deeping is a market town with a large, triangular market place, lined with pubs such as The Bull for the farmers and coaching inns for travellers, including The Deeping Stage

South of the town, beyond the stock market, the Bridgwater Road crosses the River Brue, here canalised.

In this photograph it looks rather new and un-developed, as indeed it was at this time.

One of Windsor's most famous view shows the town's bridge in the distance, which was erected in 1822.

If you are a fan of open markets, Moreton on a Tuesday is your birthday and Christmas all rolled into one!

Oakfield Corner, built around 1910 and part of the earlier phase of Amersham on the Hill's expansion, chose the vernacular and timber-framed tradition for its shops with flats above.

Once controlled by a simple set of three traffic lights, the junction of George Street, Wellington Street (left) and Manchester Street (right) now requires a multi-function system complete with laning,

Nearby is the site of the forthcoming 1930s Woolworth store and 1980s redevelopment. Down past the latticed railway bridge is the new road over the bridge to Middleton.

Heading north-west roughly parallel to the River Witham, we reach two small towns on either side of the River Bain, which meets the Witham a mile away at Dogdyke.

Navenby is a small market town with wide, airy views over the Trent valley to the west. There is a fine church, noted for its Decorated Gothic chancel, and a broad main street, once the market place.

As time went on, Peter, the founder of the town, assumed the additional name of Fleetwood. By this time the Mount had been grassed over and flower beds planted.

Banstead station, on the branch line from Sutton to Epsom Downs station, opened in 1865.

The old terrace of shops to the left include J N Read & Son, butchers.

The Town Hall is to the west of the cathedral. It was designed in the Gothic style of the late 13th century by William Henry Lynn of Belfast, and completed in 1869; the tower is 160ft high.

Speculators built many homes, and this substantial little town is now a favourite place for retirement.

This was the site of the Old Town Hall. Thomas Harris paid for the enclosure and planting of the Central Gardens in 1896.