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Beyond is the clocktower at the centre of the town. In the distance is Coombe Hill; since 1904, three years after this view, it has been dominated by a Boer War memorial obelisk.

Preston was the centre of a wheel of railway transport: spokes went off to Blackpool, Lancaster, Blackburn, Manchester, London, Liverpool and Southport.

About 1918 an extension (centre) was made to join the former St Margaret's College (left background). Since closure in 1976 much of it has gone but part survives as Neale House.

Beyond the gates, the Ewell Road extends onwards to the centre of Cheam village.

The large chimney on the guardroom (centre) is of a style attributed to the Flemings, who arrived with the Normans.

In the middle of the 20th century it became an adjunct of the Tidal Institute at Liverpool University, and it is now known as the Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences - Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory

Its more salubrious site was, and remains, the one pictured here on Milford Hill, just east of the city centre beyond the ring road.

Flimwell is centred on a crossroads near the Kent border. Its church, St Augustine's, was built in 1873.

Being on the far side of the Lancaster Canal from the centre, the school was considered to be out in the country, and the air was good for the boys.

Kingston is well renowned as a shopping centre of excellence, with Bentalls department store in Clarence Street at its hub.

The Barbican, the security tunnel through the centre arch, was added in the 13th century; it is the only remaining barbican in England.

Almost equidistant from Gloucester and Bristol, situated on the southern side of the Severn Estuary, Berkeley is a small market town, a trading centre for the surrounding rural community, as it has

St Michael's tower (right), which dates from the mid 15th century, is all that remains of the city centre church today. The rest was demolished in 1955.

Wheat-straw covered chalk clunch walls at Haydon Farm, and a long 1704-dated barn in Flemish-bond brickwork, stood beside a hayrick in the centre of the village.

The only thing that can be said about the horrendous building in the centre is that it served a useful purpose - a toilet block.

The 17th-century Church Farm (centre), with its brick end wall and gables, was thatched at the time of the photograph.

The centre of the town, shown here, is certainly becoming the domain of the motorist; we can see few vehicles, but a plethora of road signs.

In the picture is the Italianate Town Hall designed by Brightwen Binyon; it was demolished in 1971 after being replaced by a new civic centre at West Park.

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.

Known at the time of Domesday as Ferlingeham, it was once a significant market centre, and in later centuries had important paper mills.

The other exit - left of centre - is Lichdon Street. Note that electric street lighting is already in place, only a few months after the Barnstaple Corporation Electricity Works was opened.

Best Outfitters are in the three-storey building, beyond which the Lily Hotel projects towards the road, with Colmer's Hill being the distinctive hilltop (centre).

Leaving the town centre we move along Church Street to the Missenden Road, just past the junction with Pednor Road and Wey Lane.

This is the centre of this secluded little hamlet tucked away on the north side of Hurt Wood, with its modest stone war memorial isolated on a triangular green, opposite the village shop and post office