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Wollaston expanded farther after World War II and this view is of former council housing, part of an estate built in the south-east of the town.

It was a boom town during the 19th-century iron-mining era, and takes its name from the remains of a 12th-century Cistercian nunnery, now built into the parish church.

Kendal—the 'Auld Grey Town' on the River Kent—was founded on wealth won from the wool of Lakeland sheep. Stricklandgate, the northern extension of Highgate, is one of Kendal's main thoroughfares.

Besides being empowered to replace the bridge, they cleared away numerous houses near St Paul's Church and the medieval Guildhall in their zeal - no doubt the area was in serious decay.

The original intention was that there should be a tower on top of the Town Hall but the local people felt it looked quite grand enough as it was and so did not bother to add it.

The founders of the modern Billingham Town Centre felt the need to introduce features which helped to take away the starkness of the new surroundings.

The arrival of motor traffic in Loughborough in considerable numbers meant that the town's centuries-old narrow streets were no longer sufficient to accommodate the volume of cars and lorries

Despite the fact that post-war rationing was still in force, this market town was thriving. On the left is an optician's, A Bateman's.

Billy Hole, whose newsagent's, stationer's and tobacconist's shop we see on the left, was an interesting character.

This is a view over Low Town from about one hundred feet above the Severn.

Looking east from Blucher Street this view shows how steeply the chalk hills rise behind the town, still undeveloped.

Their clothes were strong, too, and water-resistant, especially the knitted jumpers which were made in the town with specific designs for individual families, a very similar idea to the tartan of

Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place.

The strangely landlocked lighthouse was safely positioned away from the cliff edge but not too central in the town, where the smoke from coal fires might have obscured the light.

The sign for the King's Head Inn is on the right of the picture, although the King's Head itself is in fact on the opposite side of the road standing next to the International Store.The old Town

W H Smith (right) has gone, and since 1994 the shop has been owned by an antiques dealer. The van (left) is coming out of Stanhope Avenue.

From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down the extraordinary flight of 29 locks at Caen Hill to the valley below.

During the 19th century the borough council were desperately seeking new fresh water supplies for the town.

It is an ancient town with a medieval layout and a wide gently curving High Street, now mainly pedestrianised.

Front Street is a long wide high street that leads down to the River Blyth.

The stooks lend period atmosphere to the harvest scene; the view today is far more built-up.

It is said that no other town has such a choice in the way its name is pronounced: 'Ucheter', 'Uxeter', 'Toxeter', 'Itcheter', to name but four.

It was the home town of General Hector MacDonald (1853–1903), who enlisted in the 92nd Highlanders at the age of 17.

The town, now mercifully by-passed, has a remarkably complete High Street, considering the volume of traffic that used to choke it en route to the coast.