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It was once a prosperous wool town, and famed for its lace. Little has changed since this picture was taken, save that the clock tower of 1887 is now painted blue and white.

The remains of Hastings Castle, the first built by William the Conqueror, crown Hastings' West Hill, with superb views over the town and out to sea.

Our progress down-river reaches Dorchester. It was a Roman town and the seat of an Anglo-Saxon bishopric, and is now dominated by its great late 11th-century Abbey church.

Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

The Old Hall, very much the finest building in the town and now largely surrounded by Victorian housing, sits in its grassy square, a potent reminder of the town's great medieval past.

This still stands on the north-east of the town and is the only one of Rye's four gates to survive. It is part of the fortifica- tions authorised by Edward III in the 14th century.

We have an attractive glimpse of the medieval castle keep on its mound, which dominates the roofs of the town and the surrounding countryside.

Seen from Lower High Street, this was the main A30 through the town and a busy stop for buses and coaches.

Sherborne Abbey is the burial place of two Saxon kings, Ethelbald and Ethelbert, the two elder brothers of Alfred the Great.

'A grey town and a grim town, pervaded with the unlovely spirit of its fearful prison.' Thus Arthur Mee captures the forbidding character of this remote community, beset by fogs and rain.

Frith's photographer could not resist one of the most photographed views along the Thames: Windsor Castle on its cliff-top towering above the town and river.

The shopping parade was built between 1960 and 1966 by Wallis, Finlay, Smith & Ball on the site of a house of some historic interest called Fountainville.

Denbigh saw action during the Wars of The Roses and changed hands on several occasions. In 1468 it finally fell to a Lancastrian force led by Jasper Tewdwr, Earl of Pembroke.

Porthminster Beach, almost in the town and just below the railway station, was extremely popular even a century ago. The crowd appears to be there for an event - perhaps a Sunday-school outing.

A study of cyclists and pedestrians on what is now the A30.

Early visitors preferred to stay in the hotels and villas in this area, within easy walking distance of the sea.

Its construction marked the town's commitment to its role as a resort.

Richard Rigg opened his Windermere Hotel in 1847 - the same year as the Kendal and Windermere Railway reached the town - and his yellow-and-black coaches provided a connecting service from the adjacent

The 160ft tower of the mainly Perpendicular church of St Peter and St Paul soars majestically over the town and is a prominent day mark for shipping in the choppy coastal waters.

The Romans built a town here, though its ramparts are now only faintly recognisable, and in Saxon times it was the bishopric for Wessex and Mercia.

Christchurch has always been a busy town and a favourite place for shopping for both tourists and locals.

A view from Church Street showing the ornate tower, the south porch with a priest's chamber above, and the crenellated south aisle.

Some parts of Victoria Park were left as woodland, and bracken, silver birch and oak thrive. It would be difficult to guess from the photograph that this was in the centre of a town.

Described in the 1880s as a 'small, quaint, and decayed town', Dedham's prosperity had climaxed in the early 1500s.