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Brockenhurst is a railway junction well-known to travellers to Southampton, Bournemouth, Lymington and the Isle of Wight.

It is surrounded by the simple grey slate-gabled shops and houses which are so typical of a small Lake District town.

This recreational area just outside the town would be newly laid out at this date. The shrubbery and flowerbeds look well cared for.

At Furnace, a small town hugging the western shores of Loch Fyne, iron-smelting works were established in the early 19th century.

Pontefract General Infirmary now overlooks the bowling green in this oasis of greenery near to the town centre.

Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the terraces, villas and open spaces so typical

In more modern times the town was a major coaching post on the great North Road, and several fine inns survive here.

Brook's Cafe Restaurant is now The Bradford & Bingley Building Society. The horse is still supreme: it would be another three years before the first car made its appearance in town.

The Guildhall is the town's oldest public building, dating from about 1714, but it was heavily restored during the mid 19th century.

A new town was laid out from 1876 by the Earl of Scarbrough; in 1881 it acquired a splendid pier, seen here and unrecognisable to the modern visitor.

This was the year that Coca Cola arrived in Kent and an outbreak of typhoid fever terrified local families. At this time the Headcorn to Tenterden railway line was opened.

The town of Bishop Auckland grew around the castle and the extensive bishops' deer park with its 18th-century deer house.

The De Brus Cenotaph is the most significant surviving relic of the town's priory.

The statue was presented to the town by Edwin James Trendell, who lived in Abbey House, and whose gardens occupied the site of the abbey church and monastic buildings.

Looking west from the chalk hills east of the town, undeveloped to this day, Chesham nestles in the deep-cut valley of the River Chess.

Uppingham School's Memorial Hall and classroom block dominate the street, replacing houses which were demolished in the 1920s.

The right side of this picture is now taken up by Natureland, whilst the Figure 8 switchback, the dodgems, the big wheel, the tennis courts and the North Shore Café (right) have all gone.

Situated on the eastern edge of the beautiful Ashdown Forest, the town is now a commuter settlement.

Holy Cross Church is the only Georgian town church in Peterborough diocese. It was rebuilt in 1752 after the remnant of the Cluniac priory church became unsafe.

Ellen & Son, estate agents, is where Gilbert & Heath opened Heath's Bank by 1807. Opposite was Heath's Brewery, started by Charles Heath in 1778, shortly before coaching reached its peak.

Coltishall was a prosperous town in the 18th and 19th centuries, when trade was carried by river rather than the road.

Across the street are D L Edwards the grocer and the Ennis Hotel. Centrally placed, the town hall is bedecked with bunting and flags.

Deerhurst adorns the Vale of Gloucester in a lovely setting between the towns of Tewkesbury and Cheltenham.

The original Tudor town plan was based on a series of both parallel and converging streets, but erosion during the 17th and 18th centuries resulted in many houses being lost to the sea.