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FOR MUCH of its existence Teddington has been regarded as a quiet town between the busier Richmond, Twickenham and Kingston centres on the River Thames.

George Square in the city centre, on the other hand, was originally no more than a pasture for the cows that provided fresh milk for the city dwellers, but by the 1850s it was almost entirely paved

TO THE modern visitor, Mobberley appears to be strung out along Town Lane between Alderley and Knutsford, with at least three centres to the village.

Some photographs show areas open where now there is housing, but the decline in Richmond as a shopping centre is particularly evident.

The new library and mayoral suite were seen as the first phase of a new block of civic buildings, though in fact it was another 30 years before the rest of the site - the Civic Centre and Civic

The centre for this was a site of many acres behind the houses on Marine Terrace facing the golden sands.

A new barrage will be constructed downstream, expelling the tide, and boats will be able to moor at Packhouse Quay, Doughty Quay, and other places along the Haven through the centre of Boston

So, Wilmslow became a thriv- ing mixed community and the shopping centre for the whole area; more of a town than a village.

Telford has certainly long since taken over as the largest centre of population as well as of indus- try in the county.

It was at the centre of the farming community for centuries with regular livestock markets.

The old village of Basildon was chosen as the town's centre.

It is largely due to Bruff that the centre of Clacton still retains that airy and well laid out

In 1878 the Town Council obtained powers to clear the area; they began by extending the town centre with a fine new street connecting Castle Place with York Street.

n Victorian times Dorking was still a very rural town with a wide market place in the centre.

n Victorian times Dorking was still a very rural town with a wide market place in the centre.

The Red Lion, which was demolished in 1964, was a hotel, as is the White Horse, which sits in the centre of the town, and the Lincoln Arms, which stands in Lincoln Road at the entrance to the main

Lester Bowden died in 1980, leaving his sons Richard and Warwick in charge of the rebuilding programme occasioned by the Ashley Centre.

The estate buildings are all now part of Denbies Winery, with a reception centre, a restaurant, conference rooms and a gift shop.