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The town climbs increasingly steeply away from the sea to the west of the Wish Tower, with an expansive green- sward, known as the Western Lawns, between the much lower promenade and the buildings fronting

Corbridge is a small town with a traumatic history.

It is a quiet morning in this pleasant small town, situated on a gentle hill a few miles west of Sevenoaks.

Leaving town by the line of the present existing Old Bedford Road, it crossed the river by a ford on the town side of Little Moor.

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the Castle and the impressive Castle and prison itself.

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.

Broadwaters Park stream flows towards the town.

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

However, the remnants of earlier Georgian homes, taverns and inns can still be seen in and around the High Street.

Every town, village and hamlet had its market place; Pocklington market is still held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

In the 1930s the Sir John Barleycorn Inn was just one of several taverns in the Cadnam area - known only to locals, visitors from nearby towns, and passing travellers.

When Leland visited Weobley in 1540 he described it as 'a market-town where there is a goodly castle, but somewhat in decay'.

Midway between Rushden and Thrapston lies the small town of Raunds.

A green lung in the centre of the town, the park was given to Whitby by Alderman Pannett.

Where better to begin an exploration of Taunton town than in Fore Street, very much the centre of this ancient Borough.

He died shortly after it was finished and William Rock bought it in 1888 to give to the town.

Hotels and yacht chandlers line the seashore at Cowes.

The town centre was extended eastwards in the 1980s, and Southernhay was diverted.

As with so many seaside resorts of the 19th century, Bournemouth attracted a wealthy and fashionable clientele.

A Kettering resident remembers the town centre in the 1920s and 1930s when policemen, with arms outstretched, directed what little traffic there was, errand-boys cycled through the streets loaded with

It is to the credit of generations of Romford councillors, developers and benefactors that the borough has so many avenues of fine mature trees.

The stocks and pillory in Market Square remind us of a time when justice was swift and direct.

In the middle distance on the left are Bagshaws, estate agents in the town since 1871.

One reason for Bournemouth’s success as a holiday resort has been that the shops are available if the weather is too wet and windy for the beach.