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The fact that this town has a Roman amphitheatre and a long history perhaps suggests why the new development seen here has been given the name Gloucester Court.

In 1835 it was moved from its position near the Workhouse, but it has now been rebuilt in its original site opposite Pound Cottages in Common Lane to the north east of the town.

In the 1920s and 30s Walter Collins printed a well-known series of sepia postcards of the town.

The architect of the Town Hall, Cuthbert Brodrick, also left many other Leeds legacies, including the Corn Exchange (1860), the Mechanics' Institute (1860), the Oriental Baths (1866)and shops on Cookridge

It was now firmly on the map: its narrow crowded alleys and harbourside streets, its ruined abbey and its souvenirs made from jet, fossilised wood found in the local area, proved a magnet for day trippers

Plymouth hookers were essentially long liners, varying in size from 25ft to 40ft and from between five and fourteen tons.

We are looking downhill and seawards from the post office (left) and the Volunteer Arms (far right) at the Top of Town.

The buildings to the left are the river side of Quay Street and served as port facilities for the town.

In the 1190s Rye joined the Cinque Ports federation, a group of Kent and Sussex ports that provided ships for the King's navy in return for enormous privileges.

Trebilcock's shop is displaying the well-known brand of K shoes and boots.

Bathpool is now very much a suburb of Taunton, with the spread of the Somerset town on one side and the M5 motorway on the other.

The town achieved nation-wide fame in 1941 when a wartime radio show was broadcast from the Empire Theatre.

Guarding the road from the south, the Hotspur Gate was built in 1450; a licence to fortify the Border town of Alnwick had been granted in 1434.

A few miles to the north of Chipping Campden lies Mickleton, a small town that displays both the limestone buildings of the Cotswolds and the traditional half-timbered style of the Vale.

Today the town's fortunes are based on tourism, and even the railway is no more.

The Glyndwr Hotel (left) speaks of the importance of his memory in this busy little town on the A5.

To the right is the Liberal Club, also of 1893, and further along is the old Mechanics' Institute (1889) with its own collection of over 800 books.

The Arndale House building is much the same, but the cinema has made way for the Cornhill shops, and beyond the canopy of the Town Hall extension are the new shops which have

More rooftops, a passing steam train (they were being replaced by diesel- powered locomotives at this time) and the sweep of the park express progress.

It was largely financed by the Duke of Buccleuch and the Duke of Devonshire.

Christchurch (or Christchurch Twyneham, to give the town its old name) is one of the oldest settlements on the south coast, probably being in existence even before the Romans settled in the shelter

Chagford is a tiny market town on the eastern slopes of Dartmoor, close to the upper reaches of the river Teign.

A further view of the High Street taken eight years after photograph 35669, this time from closer to the columns of the Town Hall.

Romanby Green at Northallerton, a little town on the River Wiske on the western edge of the North York Moors, gives the impression of a village green.