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Caption For Louth, Eastgate C1955

The Whyte Swanne of 1612 is still there, and Peacocks have replaced the long-time Louth outfitters of Lawson & Stockdale at No 47(centre). Peacocks also expanded into the Prudential next door.

Caption For Blackburn, Sudell Cross 1895

The shops behind the big lamp in the centre of the road are interesting.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Square C1955

The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street. Hubert Charles Parham was the draper at No 64 Broad Street (bottom left).

Caption For Swindon, Regent Street C1950

At centre-right is Morse's department store, 10/12 Regent Street. This was the second of Swindon's major stores for many years (with McIlroy's) and was owned by the Morse family of Old Town.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Crown Street C1955

The Dog and Partridge (centre left) looks much as it does today.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

Boots were to move three times, epitomising the changing importance of different parts of the town centre.

Caption For St Neots, High Street From The Cross C1965

The Cross, the junction of the High Street, Cambridge Street, Huntingdon Street and Church Street, marks the original site of the centre of town, and was a planned medieval market place.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1897

Colmer's Hill is the distinctive distant hilltop (centre).

Caption For Preston, Fishergate 1903

It was built for the tramway which connected the Lancaster Canal with Walton and is now in daily use as an entrance to the Fishergate Centre car park.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate 1913

It shows Westgate, the main thoroughfare of the town centre, and leading off to the left is Westgate Road, opened up in 1876 on the site of the former driveway to Sunnyfield House, a prominent private

Caption For Askrigg, Cross 1914

Askrigg's Elizabethan Old Hall, centre, burnt down in 1935. The TV series All Creatures Great and Small was filmed here, which put the village back on the tourist trail in the 1970s.

Caption For East Witton, Village 1918

The original water supply to the village came from Diana's well, and the large stone (dated 1859) at the end of the green (centre left) still retains a tap.

Caption For Coxwold, The Village C1955

In the foreground are Spring House (1871, left) and the Prison House (1868, right).The forge is to the far right, and the single-storey house, centre, dates from 1662.

Caption For Fairford, The Square C1945

The Market Place, shown here, has fine 17th- and 18th-century buildings; the 3-storey ashlar-faced house right of centre is a fine example, with its rusticated ground floor stonework, fine pediment

Caption For Haywards Heath, South Road C1955

The site was re-developed, and the Orchards shopping centre was opened there in 1982.

Caption For Swindon, Bridge Street C1955

This junction was the tram centre, with branches leading off to Old Town, left to Gorse Hill and right to Rodbourne.

Caption For Charmouth, The Beach C1960

Evan's Cliff is to the east (centre), followed by the higher cliffs of Cain's Folly and Golden Cap (top right).

Caption For Standon, High Street C1955

The Windmill pub stands out as the white building in the centre left of the view.

Caption For Burwash, The Village 1889

Burwash was a centre for Sussex iron making. After the iron industry ceased production, the locality was less prosperous; the common became notorious for 18th-century lawlessness.

Caption For Haywards Heath, Victoria Park C1960

home ground is in nearby Cuckfield, which is also used by athletes from the Haywards Heath Harriers during the summer months - during the winter they use the facilities at Oathall Community Centre

Caption For Swanland, Main Street C1965

At the centre is Christ Church, dating from 1693, and rebuilt in 1803 to incorporate the Library and Institute. The Tudor-style building on the left has had many uses, and is now an estate agent.

Caption For Bawtry, High Street And Market Place C1965

Bawtry Hall, now a religious centre, was the wartime HQ of No 1 Bomber Command.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1912

Beyond are an obscured Bridge Cottage, By the Stream , and Apple Tree Thatch (centre).

Caption For Cawood, The Bridge C1955

The village was also the centre of much royal intrigue. A castle was built here by the Norman conquerors, and it later became a court of King Edward I and Queen Marguerite.