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This celebrated market town has one of the most magnificent abbey churches in England; the abbey was founded over 900 years ago by Benedict of Auxerre.

The site of the town was granted to the monks of Torre Abbey by William de Briwere in 1196, hence the second part of the name.

The site of the town was granted to the monks of Torre Abbey by William de Briwere in 1196, hence the second part of the name.

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

Traditionally Nantwich was the most important of Cheshire's three salt towns, although salt production ceased here in the 1800s.

Standing in the Severn Vale to the west of Stroud, Stonehouse was once a cloth-making town.

Dumfries itself became a royal burgh in the 12th century, but the two towns were not officially amalgamated until 1929.

King Alfred had a royal manor here and King John granted the town a charter for a weekly market.

On what is now Station Road, on the outskirts of the town, Marsh Hotel plied its trade in a position somewhat distant from the town.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550. Used for some time as the town prison, it originally had slit windows.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550. Used for some time as the town prison, it originally had slit windows.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550. Used for some time as the town prison, it originally had slit windows.

Until the latter part of the 20th century, the quaint stone-built town of Brackley suffered from increasing congestion.

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, chosen in 1888 for reasons of communication.

The Palladian-style building on the extreme left of the picture houses the Council offices; the town's court house was formerly here.

North Street leads out of the town in the direction of Cowdray Park, with which the town is most closely associated.

Sailing ships from Bristol once plied up and down its channel and berthed at the town wharves.

Potton's market existed at the beginning of the 13th century, and the town owes much of its present layout to that period. In the early 1900s a count revealed the existence of 32 alehouses.

A Midland Red bus makes its way through the town. The bus station was built on the site where the amusement fairs used to set up when they came to town.

The prominence of brick buildings here demonstrates a late flourish in the development of this town: the railway brought both bricks and visitors to the town.

All Saints' Church contains a memorial to the Reverend Lyte, author of 'Abide With Me' and 'Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven'.

This lovely market town lies at the entrance to Wharfedale. The bustle of what must have been a market day is evident in the thronging crowds around the clock-tower and the busy road.

The original part of the town of Alsager was to the north of here.

Todmorden Town Hall, built in 1870, once stood on the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, a fact reflected in the carvings in the pediment frieze on its classical front, shown here: there are bales