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The lantern tower of St Botolph's dominates the town and the surrounding countryside. The river flows down into the Wash.

In this wide street, cars can park on both sides of the road and still allow for traffic. Cannon Street is one of the oldest parts of the town, and dates from the 1850s.

In 1800, Aberaeron was little more than a farm and inn by the main coast road where a bridge crossed the Aeron.

The River Irwell, beside which Bacup lies, powered the first mills in the town, and the Irwell Mill, whose square tower rises at the back, was one of several providing employment in the town

The River Irwell, beside which Bacup lies, powered the first mills in the town, and the Irwell Mill, whose square tower rises at the back, was one of several providing employment in the town

This view looks up Highbridge Street from the river bridge to the Abbey church and its impressive 16th-century west tower.

Dartmouth is still very much a sailing town, and the Royal Regatta, which is held annually in August, still attracts huge crowds.

Three tennis courts and a bowling green were added to the Thomastown Park in the inter- war years.

Warminster, on the A36 at the head of the Wylye valley, was an important market town and communication centre.

Its opening in 1848 encouraged the development of the town and an expansion of the nearby quarries, whose fine stone was taken to build Liverpool Docks and the Harris Gallery at Preston.

Its surroundings are pleasant without being spectacular: 90% of Staffordshire is rural, and nowhere in the town, not even in the very centre, is one ever far from the countryside.

The waters of Stock Ghyll rise just below the summit of the Kirkstone Pass, north of the town, and plunge through this wooded gorge before joining the River Rothay and eventually entering Windermere.

Jane Austen visited the town and adored the setting, capturing her enthusiasm in her novel. 'The young people were all wild to see Lyme', she wrote as her characters approached the town.

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.

For so long Eastleigh has been synonymous with marshalling yards and the grime of the railway age.

Cottages sit beside Skilling Hill Road in a panorama eastwards across the double vales of the River Simene and the River Brit.

The tower of Holy Trinity church is just visible above two fields in the centre of town, and terraced houses along Bodmin Road and the Workhouse can be seen towards the left of the picture

After Weymouth harbour was dredged and improved in 1888, larger ships joined the trade routes between the town and foreign ports. Here we see a paddle steamer moored at the harbour wall.

This pleasant scene, just three-quarters of a mile from Park Square, is a good indication of the rural nature of the town and its economy at the time.

Once the port for Canterbury, Fordwich was a town when Domesday was compiled. Now it is now just an attractive riverside village.

Its appearance was much the same in a town guide of 1961, when it was advertised as having central heating with fires in all rooms.

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

At the turn of the century Wetherby was described in some tourist guides as 'a town of no interest'.