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It was largely financed by the Duke of Buccleuch and the Duke of Devonshire. In 1866 the churchwardens, headed by James Ramsden, organised the town's voluntary fire brigade.

Christchurch (or Christchurch Twyneham, to give the town its old name) is one of the oldest settlements on the south coast, probably being in existence even before the Romans settled in the shelter

The Glyndwr Hotel (left) speaks of the importance of his memory in this busy little town on the A5.

Chagford is a tiny market town on the eastern slopes of Dartmoor, close to the upper reaches of the river Teign.

A further view of the High Street taken eight years after photograph 35669, this time from closer to the columns of the Town Hall.

The Arndale House building is much the same, but the cinema has made way for the Cornhill shops, and beyond the canopy of the Town Hall extension are the new shops which have

Romanby Green at Northallerton, a little town on the River Wiske on the western edge of the North York Moors, gives the impression of a village green.

This is one of the final stretches of golden sand that once graced the foreshore at Parkgate before the estuary totally silted up and salt marsh encroached. Parkgate was a popular yachting centre.

The little town of Corfe is older than its castle; it is the Corvergate of the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'.

Looking in the opposite direction to No S23030 (page 79), we can see on the right-hand site of the street two of the 48 public houses that could be found in the town in 1889.

Below the Town Clock the blackened sandstone of Holy Trinity Church bears witness to the effects of industrial pollution. Meanwhile a rag and bone man trots on his way in front of the Metro Cleaners.

The increasing sizes and numbers of vehicles led to the town centre being by-passed. The building behind the man on the Corgi (centre right) has been demolished to create Angel Link.

The buildings to the left are the river side of Quay Street and served as port facilities for the town. Quay Street was also once known as 'Schippistrete', a very descriptive title.

In the 1190s Rye joined the Cinque Ports federation, a group of Kent and Sussex ports that provided ships for the King's navy in return for enormous privileges.

Trebilcock's shop is displaying the well-known brand of K shoes and boots.

The views are remarkably evocative of a past era of the town, as the road has, with one notable exception, been entirely redeveloped.

To the right is the Liberal Club, also of 1893, and further along is the old Mechanics' Institute (1889) with its own collection of over 800 books.

This view shows how much more traffic there was by the 1960s, and a 'No Entry' sign to King Street. A van in the square belongs to Lawrence's, a radio and television dealer.

Westborough was one of the main thoroughfares linking the North Eastern Railway station and the town.

This, the town's only open-air swimming pool, was recently demolished and replaced by the Marina and a supermarket: something of a poor exchange.

A steam launch - the 'Thistle' - is moored outside the Crown and Thistle pub's landing stage just above Abingdon town bridge. This pub, a 19th-century coaching inn, is still open for business.

The bustling holiday town of Largs has long been famous as the site of a battle in 1263 between the Norwegians and the Scots.

Rothwell is an old town with a market charter from King John's reign.

Heading towards Boston, we reach Donington on the Grantham to Boston road, an attractive market town, once the centre of a flax and hemp trade with three hemp fairs a year.