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The village has recently grown enormously following the building of a dual carriageway linking the area with Wrexham and Chester, and many people from here now commute to those towns.

The tram arrives from the town below; a modern Triumph Herald estate has joined the older cars here; and refreshment is available at the hotel.

Tram wires and tracks are evident in this view of the county town. With five important roads making this junction, it proved to be one of the most complicated tramway configurations in the world.

Situated at a height of 650ft above sea level, Chipping Norton is Oxfordshire's highest town.

It was formed by the Arkle Beck, which rises high on Sleightholme Moor and passes through some lovely hamlets such as Arkle Town, Whaw and Langthwaite, where The Red Lion (centre) is a welcome hostelry

Northumberland Street runs along the spine of the spur on which the town is built. After the harbour had become unusable, a number of warehouses and granaries were redeveloped.

That room was the mayor's personal receiving room, and the windows meant that a watch could be kept for anyone important approaching the Town Hall.

Church Street is busy with shoppers and shopkeepers. Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

As a seaside town, Budleigh has developed almost entirely since the beginning of the eighteenth century. It was known as Saltre in 1210, and had become Salterne by 1405.

The High Street again, and a much busier scene is shown. The road is the A30 London to the west of England road which, even in 1955, could become horribly congested, especially at summer weekends.

The church, castle and market hall, the historic heart of the town, remain at the centre, but more modern housing fans out from it in this scene.

Originally known simply as Cleeve, this village gained its prefix at the time when it was owned by the Bishop of Worcester.

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Tavistock, one of Devon's three original Stannary Towns, lies on the banks of the Tavy, which rises high on the moors near Cut Hill and flows into the Tamar upstream of Tamerton.

Perhaps the climb is worth it for another reason: the view over handsome Georgian streets and the vast green bowl of hills around the town.

We are looking along Grosvenor Road towards the A26 to Tonbridge and London from the town centre at Five Ways, with Mount Ephraim Road on the left.

The village became a favourite with artists and holidaymakers alike; many of its red-roofed cottages were perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs. It is also known as Bay Town.

Its training ranges are situated on the desolate shingle banks west of the town. Around Ashford & Folkestone

Leland, that great traveller of the 16th century, described a visit to Lulworth thus: 'I saw on the shore a little fishar towne caullid Lilleworth, where is a gut or creke out of the se into the land,

The attractive entrance to the town is seen here; we are looking north from Bath. The parish church of St Mary stands boldly on its mound.

Both the Town Hall, the stone building on the right, and the Bolton Hotel on the left, are still here today.

The branch railway arrived in Ashburton in 1872, but did little to revive the town's fortunes. Here the local policeman chats to workmen, and the main street looks almost bereft of traffic.

High above the East Cliff promenade are the turrets and flags of The Royal Bath Hotel, one of the town's leading resorts at this time.

Martindale Avenue predates the New Town.