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Standing in the upper Douglas Valley, Wigan was once a market town, but by the mid 19th century it was a major centre for Lancashire's coal industry.

The building in the centre, just to the left of the lamp standard, is the Staines Iron Works.

We can see horses trotting through the village (centre). The name 'Clatford' means 'ford where burdock grew.'

The church itself dates from Saxon and Norman times, when the village was an important centre of the Royal Forest of the Peak, a hunting preserve of Norman monarchs.

To the south is a new development with its own shopping centre. Stoke Park Wood lies to the east of Bishopstoke.

Note the abundant cigarette advertising in the shops in King Street, and the steam roller at the bottom of the street (centre).

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the Castle in the centre and the tower of St Thomas à Becket on the hill overlooking it.

This view has changed considerably, for the old school, pictured in the foreground, is now demolished and replaced with the Edward Parry Day Care Centre.

He may well have been a busy man - Tavistock had a reputation as a somewhat rough mining community, and the centre on Saturday nights could get a little lively.

Britain's most important centre for the manufacture of broadcloth, this mill town sprawls across its wide valley, a huge piece of industrialisation in a wonderfully natural setting.

It is hard to believe that when this pier was built, it was so far away from the town centre that the revenue it generated fell far short of what had been anticipated.

The Poultry Cross is just visible, left of centre. Delivery boys lean on their handcart. The shop on the extreme right boasts some highly ornate gas lamps over its frontage.

Wreaths are laid at the war memorial seen at the centre of the picture.

An important sailing centre, Lymington was originally a Saxon port with shipbuilding in operation between the Norman era and the 18th century.

They built a two-storey shopping centre with two wide malls and covered arcades.

A major boating centre to this day, Braunston was the northern end of the Grand Junction canal. At this point it met the Oxford Canal; there used to be a small lock outside the house.

This lovely old picture of the village centre shows the Post Office and a Post Office van outside.

The town was a centre for the manufacture of flannels, coarse woollen cloths and kerseys. Currying and tanning were also carried on.

The town developed as a lace making centre, second only to Nottingham. The distinctive cafe now houses a hairdresser's shop.

Cornwall's cathedral city is at the centre of a mining district and sits comfortably in a broad valley, at the junction of the rivers Kenwyn and Allen.

It would be a few years on before electric street-trams would link Headingley with Leeds city centre.

The harbour was completed in 1858, with the flood gate (visible in the centre) raised for the first time on 7 October.

Now a centre of excellence in spinal injuries, Stoke Mandeville started as an isolation hospital, built in the 1930s.

The big Greek portico of the General Post Office of 1818 is prominent in the centre of the picture. It played a central part in the Easter Rising in 1916.