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Several of Frith's 1921 views of the river have the same river launch loitering in the foreground (compare with 70432, 70435 and 81732, a return visit by the same photographer in 1929?).

Continuing south-east across Ashdown Forest, the tour finishes at Uckfield, a town now by-passed and the terminus of a commuter railway line to London, the continuation to Lewes having been closed.

The square seems quite small now for a town which has had an extremely active market since the 13th century.

We are looking down on Aberdare, a town set amid beautiful scenery at the head of the Cynon Valley.

In fact, Feckenham was virtually a town when Redditch was barely even a village.

The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.

Built as a town house for the lead mine-owner Charles Bathurst of Arkengarthdale c1720, its newly-fashionable hand-made bricks, three-storey height and eight bays must then have made it very prominent

The north and west curtains faced the town and were considered vulnerable to assault should the town fall.

It is appropriate that our east to west town tour should start in the cathedral city of Chichester, the county town of West Sussex and one with a very long history.

A pleasant, traffic-free scene with the horse and cart unattended, patiently waiting for the master's return from Illsley the saddlers.

The Palace, designed by the illustrious London architects Ernest George & Peto and built in 1882 at the then enormous cost of £20,000, was funded by Viscountess Ossington, sister of the 5th Duke of

19th-century visitors wishing to get a good view of the town and castle were advised to climb the tower, known as Corrin's Folly, standing on Corrin's Hill (485ft).

19th-century visitors wishing to get a good view of the town and castle were advised to climb the tower, known as Corrin's folly, on Corrin's Hill (485 ft).

Diveting eastwards up Mill Street, our tour reaches St Cuthbert's Church, which served the east part of the town and was possibly of Anglo-Saxon origin.

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

But the view from the Downs had changed since then; fields were giving way to housing everywhere between Epsom and London.

Midhurst is a town of contrasts, with an early medieval core around the church, west of the Norman castle earthworks on St Anne's Hill, and the wide North Street, a later medieval planned market place.

Seaside bustle on the promenade, built as the old Upper Walk between the town and the Cobb Harbour in 1817; it is now known as Marine Parade.

Gallowtree Gate runs out of Granby Street and London Road as it drops down to the Clock Tower.

The trade with the Channel Islands and France began soon after the Norman Conquest.

Now around to the south-west side of Glastonbury, where Wearyall Hill lies between the town and the river Brue.

Henry V was a son of the town and is commemorated by Agincourt Square, perhaps the finest monument to the king.