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In 1811 the local boat builder at Salcombe completed the ketch 'Ceres' for Capt William Lewis of Bude for trading with north Spanish ports, though for much of 1813 and 1814 she was employed carrying

There were many Lancashire towns going through the same revitalisation, but in the frenzy of change many of the grand Victorian buildings were lost.

Southgate is the only surviving gate of the three that used to give access to the old walled town.

As long ago as the reign of Edward the Confessor, Bridport was a town of considerable importance, boasting over a hundred dwellings, a priory of monks and its own mint.As its name implies, it was

Milborne Port lies east of the Dorset town of Sherborne.

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 saviour was a young girl whose family had been dispossessed of their property; this was immediately restored to them and the Tudor rose, the family emblem of the Tudors which shows the union

This is a central and popular spot for shoppers and office workers to sit and relax in the well-laid-out formal gardens.

This most attractive of towns is sets amongst woods and gentle rolling hills.

Its creation was vital to form a refined loop around which the wealthy and fashionable could travel.

Much of the life of the town revolves around the Saturday influx to the weekly market.

The saviour was a young girl whose family had been dispossessed of their property; this was immediately restored to them and the Tudor rose, the family emblem of the Tudors which shows the union

Worth village stands in the Forest of Worth, east of Crawley, and was a place of pilgrimage.

They disappeared during the Second World War to be melted down for munitions.

Church Street leads down to St.

The impact on Twickenham of the carnage of the First World War can be seen by the many local names on the war memorials around the town and neighbouring districts.

The window was glazed by the Pease family in memory of Lady Pease of the nearby Hutton and Pinchinthorpe estate.

The photographer has now moved west down the High Street, a superb long and wide street lined by timber-framed and brick houses - one of the best historic townscapes in Buckinghamshire.

Behind the disused mill was the Wharfedale Brewery, which supplied many of the town's fifteen taverns.

In 1996 the two schools came together with the name of Berkhamsted Collegiate School, and Dr Priscilla Chadwick was appointed as first principal.

When Basildon New Town was built, the plotland houses were torn down by the thousand.

'A town built for pleasure' is possibly the best description for Southport.

Sellargarth was a small farming hamlet close to the abbey, and the population were all tenants of the abbey.

The row soon became known as 'the ham and egg parade', and very popular it was too.