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The town's wealthier residents lived in sumptuous villas at this end of Newton Abbot.

The ancient town of Totnes was once second only to Exeter as a prosperous merchants' town, but declined in importance in the 19th century.

St Mary's Church 1907 Moving north-east to the western end of the Sussex Weald, we reach the town of Horsham, which expanded greatly after the railway arrived in 1848.

This is a very popular view of the town, showing the three bays separated by rock outcrops.

It was in Shropshire Street that Roland Lateward lived at the end of the 1700s.

Returning to the west end of the bridge, a most dramatic view of Andover was to be seen over Micheldever Road in 1908.

An 1821 Act of Parliament specified financial limits within which Worthing Town Commissioners could purchase land to erect a building to hold their meetings and provide and maintain a town clock.

The top end of the main street in Penzance is dominated by the impressive classical frontage of the Market House and Old Town Hall, erected in 1837.

This rare photograph shows the interior of the convalescent home at the end of Queen Victoria's reign.

Under the two awnings on the left are Foster`s bakery (advertising Hovis above) and Clunas the chemist (advertising Iron Jelloids).

The fine, large town church is situated up an alley at the east end of Market Street and behind the market-place.

This is looking northwards up South Street, to Stag House at the top end of West Street and the Town Hall (centre).

This is looking northwards up South Street, to Stag House at the top end of West Street and the Town Hall (centre).

Here we look east, with the castle, now a golf hotel, out of the picture at the far end of the road.

This photograph was taken further up the street from no C537055.The shops on the left bring back many memories, and F W Woolworth is there as well.

This superb picture shows the magnificent sweep of Nayland Crescent at the western end of town, close to the Royal Sea-Bathing Hospital and the infamous Nayland Rocks.

Its designers considered that this new access to Torquay would popularise this hitherto quiet end of town.

At the centre of the town is the old Market House with its shallow arched openings and weather-vaned bellcote.

The precinct is built on the site of the Townsend tram terminus, next to a junction known as the Cross, which is also the name of a good-looking pub on the opposite corner.

A Little Chef and a more modern fuel station (the Mile End service station) has now taken the place of this homely café we see here offering teas and the delights of the ubiquitous Hovis loaf.

The Guinness clock at the top of Old Town Street was a popular rendezvous.

This street-name reminds us of Belfast the market town: the view looks from Arthur Square (another Chichester name).

This was the period that saw the beginning of the end for the town - in 1959 the last steel works closed, followed in 1987 by the last iron works.

Looking along Market Street towards Market Square, at the far end we can see the old Town Hall.