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The town achieved some status as a holiday resort, particularly as a touring centre and as a base for leisure yachting.

It is conceivable that, following the Grammar School's hasty exit from the old refectory, it had been patched up and gentrified until, by the 18th century, it had mutated into one of the town's

The first stage of the Otley to Skipton Railway reached Ilkley on 1 August 1865 - the town was decorated with bunting, and merrymaking continued day and night.

The Rose & Crown and the Whitehorse Hotel on the right were among the numerous inns which made this small town one of Hertfordshire's premier coaching centres, thanks to its position on the Great

The Marquis of Granby was another one of the many pubs and alehouses in the town centre that no longer exist.

As the motor car became the prime mode of transport after the war, every small village and town sought to capitalize on the additional, but highly seasonal, trade it brought.

This view is looking towards the town centre, and the boat ('BN3', a Boston-registered boat) is heading out to the Wash and the North Sea.

This ornate green and gold-painted cast iron fountain was presented to the town in May 1900 in honour of Peter Walker, founder of Walker's Brewery.

Designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, the architect of the Grand Hotel, Scarborough and the Leeds Town Hall, this splendid structure joined Ben Rhydding Hydro in putting Ilkley firmly on the water cure map.

Along with the substantial numbers of parked cars along the verges, a laden lorry and a coach are advancing down the High Street, representative of the immense numbers of similar heavy vehicles which

Looking at this view, it is hard to believe that many of the towns and villages of East Cleveland were industrially based, but indeed they were largely dependant on ironstone mining for almost a century

The town of Oban is only a little more than 200 years old. It owes its origins to when a fishing station was established here by the government Fishery Board in 1786.

The Beach House Temperance Hotel (to the right in photograph No 44204) is apparent on the left in this view of the broad Esplanade, looking towards the centre of the town.

Heading back north, we cross the River Yeo and reach Somerton, another medieval market town, this time on a ridge in the Polden Hills and on the south bank of the River Cary, which weaves through the

An important sailing centre, Lymington was originally a Saxon port, and there was shipbuilding here between the Norman era and the 18th century.

Fletchers and Woolworth's (left) have been built on the site of the Queen's Arms public house and the old Fotherley Almshouses, which had been erected in 1682 to provide for five poor widows of the town

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

Said to be one of the finest town churches in Kent, the parish church is built of Kentish ragstone and has an impressive interior.

This is not one of Northamptonshire's most attractive boot and shoe towns - and what old buildings remain are now isolated by new buildings, some visible in this view.

In 1799 Edward Ind bought the Star Inn which had a reputation for brewing fine ale. He developed a prosperous brewing business and in 1845 Octavius and Edward Coope joined the firm.

Along with Deal and Sandown, Walmer was one of the 'Three Castles which keep the Downs'.

In contrast with the western side of the Wirral Peninsula, the towns and villages of the east have become one continuous conurbation because of their proximity to the River Mersey and Liverpool.

This ancient town crowns the steep hill above the valley of the River Kensey. Here we see the broad market place, with its pleasing facades of 17th- and 18th-century slate-roofed buildings.

The Town Hall tower (centre right), designed by T M Lockwood and E A Landsdowne, was opened in 1885. It has since been demolished to make way for the British Home Stores.