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Before 1984, dramatic life in the town had centred on the Ebbisham Hall, built in 1929 by a church group called the Epsom Brotherhood.

The Broadway site was then demolished and replaced by a parade of retail units with offices above.

The new library and mayoral suite were seen as the first phase of a new block of civic buildings, though in fact it was another 30 years before the rest of the site - the Civic Centre and Civic

The inscription described her as a 'rat catcher who has lodged in many a town and travelled far and near. By age and death she is struck down to her last lodging here.'

While many of the buildings on the right remain, several were pulled down in the 1980s and their sites now form part of a supermarket car park.

Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

An interesting view showing the Ha'penny pedestrian bridge across Rifts Wood and the road bridge between the old town and new town.

A panoramic view of the town and Castle showing how the latter dominated the scene even in 1955. Note the scaffolding around the tower.

A panormaic view of the town and castle showing how the latter dominated the scene even in 1955. Note the scaffolding around the tower.

Abingdon's stone bridge was built by the Fraternity of the Holy Cross, a guild of town merchants and prominent citizens founded before 1416 and incorporated by royal charter in 1441.

We start in the Market Place of Grantham, a town of 30,000 whose medieval wealth was based on wool from the sheep grazing the Kesteven fields.

On the right the Old Post Office Buildings, faced in red terracotta, were a triumphant memorial to the Victorian splendour of the town, and to Gotch and Saunders, the architects.

On the right the Old Post Office Buildings, faced in red terracotta, were a triumphant memorial to the Victorian splendour of the town, and to Gotch and Saunders, the architects.

More than 10 years before this photograph was taken, a thick pall of oily black smokescreen enveloped the town and the trading estate, where many of the factories had been requisitioned for war work.

Every morning some of the inmates would wend their way into the town to work in the houses or the inns.

Rifts Wood, the area between the old town and the new town, was spanned by a pedestrian bridge known as the Ha'penny Bridge, under which were laid a series of lovely gardens, including

The town and castle sit on a cliff of very soft sandstone.

A royal burgh and port, Irvine was, by the 1920s, a town of 7,000 inhabitants.

Described by Pevsner as 'uninteresting', the Town Hall was designed by J W Beaumont and built in 1883-85. The clock and bells on the building were donated by Joshua Bradley.

A plaque on the structure protecting the stocks refers to the legislation of 1376, which required that stocks be set up in every town and village 'to encourage virtue and discourage evil doers'

The High Street is Aldeburgh's main area of activity, and from here the Town Steps lead off up a steep hill. Here grand houses enjoy a superb view overlooking the town and coastline below.

A celebrated art critic has declared that Edinburgh, Venice and Torquay are the three most beautiful towns in Europe.

A view looking down Belfast Lough to Carrickfergus and the harbour. The town and church can be seen inland of the castle, ranged beneath the slopes of Knockagh. A ship lies rotting by the quay.

Another open area of Newton Abbot is Decoy, to the south of town. With playing fields, a recreation area, a lake and woodlands, it is very popular with the local townspeople.