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In the 1950s, part of the building was used as overflow classrooms for the Abbey School, which at that time provided all primary education for the town.

This is a charming turn- of-the-century tableau of Salutation Square, which is the main access into the town.

The story of how the town got its name is an unusual one.When the railway arrived, a station was built here at Marsden.There was another Marsden just a few miles up the line in Yorkshire, so a railway

The town of Winsford did not exist until the Weaver River was canalised in 1731 - this was needed to link the local salt fields with the Mersey River.

However, a new station was now planned with a sizeable refreshment room; behind that was growing a town decidedly Edwardian in style.

St Mary's Church is on rising ground west of the town, with Lowndes Park to its north and east and The Bury to its west. The large cruciform church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries.

Blackburn had two markets, the indoor market and an open air one, held every Wednesday and Saturday, when this photograph was taken. Friday was later added to the open market days.

With the introduction of the one-way system, traffic now travels only out of town through the arch. Next to the Arch is the Baker's Arms Hotel, another 18th-century building.

The old guild hall and numerous small market encroachment buildings were cleared away early in the 19th century by the town's Improvement Commissioners; this in effect recreated the original

This view looking towards town captures well the flavour of interwar development along the Tring Road itself.

Also known as Bay Town, the village became a favourite haunt for artists and holidaymakers alike.

The fact that this town has a Roman amphitheatre and a long history perhaps suggests why the new development seen here has been given the name Gloucester Court.

In the 1920s and 30s Walter Collins printed a well-known series of sepia postcards of the town.

In 1835 it was moved from its position near the Workhouse, but it has now been rebuilt in its original site opposite Pound Cottages in Common Lane to the north east of the town.

The town is a mix of stone, brick and colour-washed render.

This substantial open space at the heart of the town is the original site of the Charter Market.

Kingsbury Square is the market place for the oldest part of the town; this grew up around the church, whose tower can be seen beyond the roofs.

'Chepe' and 'stowe' combine to mean 'market place', which indicates the early origins of this town.

After a succession of owners and tenants, the estate was sold to Featherstone Council in 1930 for £3,600, after which it was used as the Town Hall and a public park.

Broadwater is the old parish on which Worthing was built; its church is the mother church of the town. It was an old market under the Camois family, and is now a district of Worthing.

Lack of major industrial development in Tewkesbury meant that the town retained much of its 17th- and 18th-century character and did not experience much of an explosion in its population.

South-east of the town, along the valley of the River Ise and west of Barton Seagrave village, is The Wicksteed Park with the river dammed to form a large lake as the centrepiece.

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

Looking from the Hall (or the Palace Avenue Theatre) through the gardens, we can see Norton's and Welton's shoe shops.