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Our tour of Reading town centre starts at the railway sta- tion, built in 1840 and remodelled in the 1860s.

Controlled growth has kept this, the largest town in England's smallest county, a pleasant and compact community.

The pier was 18th-century, and the Rhenish tower added early in the 1800s by a General Rawdon.

In the 18th century, the almost picturesque group of church and school was completed by the addition of the town stocks and whipping post.

The 'Mother and Child' sculpture, behind the children, now forms part of Basildon's logo, such has been the extent to which people associate it with the town.

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre and it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

The village takes its name from a corruption of the words 'Frome Town'. This graceful arched bridge over the River Frome has wooden rails, which still guard the road.

The Roundabout c1960 This is part of modern Cheshunt, with its brash new shopping parade and roundabout with its ornamental fountain, which would not be out of place in one of Hertfordshire's

Having survived the great fire of 1583, St Mary's Church is the oldest building in the town.

This view captures the essence of the town.

The hill-top town of Shaftesbury, or Shaston as it is sometimes known, owes its foundation to Alfred the Great, showing much evidence of its Saxon origins.

Ified was once a typical rural settlement surrounded by open countryside, but these days it is part of Crawley New Town.

Near the quays is the 18th-century harbour office, once the Old Town House, a club for the sailing ships which docked nearby.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Kenilworth was a small town with about 4,500 inhabitants.

Weymouth owes its origins as a favourite resort to the patronage of George III and of the rest of fashionable Georgian society, who travelled to the town to take up the new 'cure' of sea bathing.

The town was one of many that became popular during the Napoleonic wars when the rich could not travel to Europe. They found Sidmouth before Torquay and it developed accordingly.

Omnibus and bicycle opened up the outside world to many Cotswold villages. For the first time it was possible for shoppers to go into towns like Stroud on a regular basis.

Warfleet lies downstream from Dartmouth on a small creek, and in the mid 19th century it was the site of one of the earliest villas in town.

Here we see the Albert Edward Dock basin, looking from the entrance towards the town. Amongst the cargo which was being unloaded here in our picture would have been timber, flax and china clay.

When Leeds town hall was opened by Queen Victoria, the streets were lined with palm trees and triumphal arches.

Leckhampton Hill, and the surrounding four hundred acres of grassland, were purchased by Cheltenham Town Council in 1929, and the area is now designated as a Site of Special Scientific

It is so sheltered and mild that even oranges have been known to grow there.

The streets are packed with onlookers, and anxious officials wait by the entrance to the site of the new town hall.

For many years, Todmorden (or 'Tod' as it is always known locally) straddled the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, and this busy, bustling little town has always had a foot in both camps, although