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In the mid 18th century, improvements in navigation on the River Blyth led to a big improvement in trade for the area's maltsters and brewers. The Thoroughfare is Halesworth's main shopping street.

From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down 29 locks to the valley below. This one is on the edge of town, close to the old prison.

St Blazey is a modest town that sits inland from the port of Par in St Austell Bay.

The pool is an obvious source of enjoyment and pleasure for the mothers and children of the New Town in this summer scene.

Pevsner writes: 'The church is out of the way to the west of the High Street, and what is attractive as a setting is around it and has little do with the town'.

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.They were held on Midlent Thursday, Holy Thursday, 5

This view from the Square looks westwards towards Barry Town - unike today, there are no vehicles to be seen.

Among the many fine Victorian terraces in the town is one called Kipling Terrace, which was once the United Services College.

Almost out of shot on the right-hand side of the photograph is probably the best-quality structure in the town.

Queen Victoria much admired the town of Dartmouth and its beautiful estuary, recording in her journal that '...the place is lovely, with its wooded rocks and church and castle at the entrance.

The town centre of Coniston shows a quieter scene than today, with just one car on the road and a pair of ramblers (right) setting out purposefully for the hills.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Tenbury received its first charter for a market and fair in 1249, but remained a fairly humble country town until 1839 when a medicinal spring was discovered, leading to the creation of a pump room and

A view of the High Street showing—on the left—the Town Hall of 1900, which housed Barclays Bank and the Post Office downstairs.

We are looking north-east up the valley to the town.

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.

The Gardens at Dunoon offer a little peace and tranquillity, compared to the hustle and bustle of the town.

By the mid 18th century, the town was even involved in whaling; blubber warehouses were erected along the inner harbour.

St Anne's has been described as 'a town built on golf', and this is epitomised in this splendid building.

During the late seventeenth century Greenock's trade in herrings with France and the Baltic required a fleet of over 300 boats. The town motto was 'Let herring swim that trade maintain'.

Here we see a narrow cobbled way with granite and slate-hung fishermen's cottages in the Downalong part of town.

During the late 17th century, Greenock's herring trade with France and the Baltic required a fleet of more than 300 boats. The town motto was 'Let herring swim that trade maintain'.

This small and delightful riverside town has a bustling quayside with a mix of pleasure boats and commerce in the shape of boat builders and repairers.

Thorne was already a busy market town when the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to