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Reading is famous for the Huntley and Palmer biscuit works, once one of the town's biggest employers.

In 1398, Robert III named his eldest son Duke of Rothesay, and to this day the heir to the throne retains this as one of his titles - Prince Charles is the current holder.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks - quite a bargain!

The fortified manor of the Wynn family, built at various stages from around 1490, is seen with carefully tended beds and wisteria and ivy-clad walls.

Tavistock is an ancient stannary town, renowned for its 10th-century Benedictine abbey. It was once the largest producer of tin in Europe.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

Although earlier it had been a wagon-wash, the cleaning of horse-drawn vehicles was strictly prohibited, and railings were erected in 1915 to prevent access.

An ancient market town, Ormskirk was an important centre for the linen trade during the 16th century, whilst in the late 18th and early 19th centuries there were silk mills in the area.

There are dates on the bressummer beam (1600), on the two small gable windows (1625), on the stork in the roundel (1871) and on the highest gable (1676), showing that work was undertaken in different centuries

South-east of the town on Watling Street, the entrance to Towcester Race Course and Conference Centre is through this fine gate screen linking two lodges.

The town hall not only housed the council: there were law courts, facilities for lectures, public meetings and for music festivals.

Sunnyhurst Wood is a Nature Reserve; Sunnyhurst Brook runs through it to join the River Darwen that gave the town its name.

Chapter 2's tour finishes at Highbridge, not one of Somerset's most attractive towns.

In the late 17th century the town had an established, high-quality cheese and butter market, with buyers coming from as far as London to do business.

The sunny summers of the 1950s filled this pool, which had excellent amenities – a café, changing rooms, diving boards, and sunbathing and spectator areas.

Looking east with terrace houses on the left, then a thatched cottage and a 19th-century house with an Ionic porch.

It was along this street that the men of the town swarmed in 1381 towards St Albans. They demanded and received a charter protecting their right of pasture, fisheries and so on.

From the south-east, a look at the Institute, which has now sprouted a clock, put up in 1891 in memory of Thomas Cramp, the town's diarist and total abstainer.

The Lloyds Bank to the left of the road is still in existence and bears a commemorative plaque to Gwen John and her brother Augustus John, both artists.

Of the businesses that surrounded the square in 1922, only four remain in their original positions: Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner

Here the stream widens and was used as a waggon wash. He is looking along Germain Street towards the town centre and Market Place, but the houses beyond the bridge gave long been demolished.

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

Opened in June 1860, the Town Hall cost £3,505 to build, and provided space for the County Police Station, with cells and an exercise yard, a courtroom and council offices.

The building on the left is Hickling's Vaults, which was demolished in 1961, revealing several caves and part of the old town wall underneath.