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The earliest residence in Rockingham dates from 1670; much of the village was modernised and improved in the 19th century, and then again in the 1950s.

Martindale Avenue predates the New Town.

Never a very large town, Sandy owes its continued existence to the strength of the produce market in Victorian England.

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury has wide views over Blackmoor Vale and thousands of acres of rolling Dorset countryside. Some locals still use its old name of Shaston.

here were many public houses and inns in the town.

P G Wodehouse lived in Emsworth between 1904 and 1913, and based many of his locations and characters on local places and people.

Here we see one of the town's post-offices.

After the railway came to the nearby town of Dorking, and also Gomshall, in the 19th century, Holmbury became a desirable place to live.

Running from the Market Place to the station and level crossing at the bottom of the hill, Berry Lane leads to today's town centre.

Billy Butlin bought the land here and opened one of his holiday camps in 1945. In 1995, just beside the old Butlin camp, the modern chalets of Primrose Valley Holiday Camp were built.

Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the locomotive workshops

On the southern part of the market is the old Town Hall or Market House; the original open arcade on the ground floor was used as a butter and poultry market.

Built in 1540, during the post-moot age really, this red brick and half-timbered Moot Hall would have been a hotbed of commercial and legal activities during the town's most prosperous

The priory was dissolved in 1538, and it became a residence. Later it was used as a school, and formed part of the workhouse and poorhouse for the town. It now provides accommodation as almshouses.

Prosperity came to Warrington along with industry in the 1800s, and this is reflected in the quality of all the town's commercial buildings.

Old - or Upper - Sheringham is on a hill well inland; the town only developed towards the sea in the late 19th and early 20th century.

The unique, richly-carved granite exterior of St Mary's is one of the glories of the town.

The unique, richly-carved granite exterior of St Mary's is one of the glories of the town.

Winchcombe lies on the high ground to the north-east of Cheltenham; its street pattern suggests its origins as an important Saxon town, once the capital of the kingdom of Mercia.

The site on which the building stands was originally a small inn on the Clifton estate, but as the town grew in stature and importance, the necessity for a prestigious establishment led to the present

Further north-west the photographer looks back towards the town centre past the Moat Road junction to Moat Church, the Congregational Church opened in 1870, now the United Reformed Church and its unusual

Many towns had open-air pools, though few now survive. They went out of fashion; many were closed on health and safety grounds.

The railway wrought considerable change when it arrived in the town in 1893 and holidaymakers discovered its attractions.

Here, in Walton High Street, only the occasional pony and trap disturbs the peace, although neighbouring Felixstowe was enjoying popularity as a seaside resort.