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Dated 1923, the neo-Georgian terrace of shops and flats was built to coincide with the arrival of the Northern Line in that same year.

Note the many shop awnings and the trams further down the street, a reminder of town centre public transport.

It grew to become a powerful organisation within the town, and there was intense rivalry between wealthy local families for membership.

Friars Fleet winds along the back of the town and joins the Ouse close by the quay. King's Lynn flourished into one of richest ports in the land in medieval times.

Batchworth Lake is the easternmost of a chain of four lakes west of the town and sandwiched between the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne.

This fine church in Queen's Road was consecrated on 10 September 1879 and was named after Margaret Snowdon, the daughter of the vicar of All Saints' Church.

Like Eastbourne, there was an old town up the hill, and like Eastbourne, Bexhill as a seaside resort is Victorian, but even later in starting.

Apart from the ubiquitous Minis, Morris Minors and Ford 105E Anglias, we can see not one but two examples of the rare Austin Metropolitan, two Jaguar Mk IIs, a Vauxhall VX 4/90 and a Vauxhall PA Cresta

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

The success of Wisbech has always depended on its rivers and canals. The five mile-long Wisbech Canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech.

Several of Frith's 1921 views of the river have the same river launch loitering in the foreground (compare with 70432, 70435 and 81732, a return visit by the same photographer in 1929?).

Continuing south-east across Ashdown Forest, the tour finishes at Uckfield, a town now by-passed and the terminus of a commuter railway line to London, the continuation to Lewes having been closed.

The square seems quite small now for a town which has had an extremely active market since the 13th century.

We are looking down on Aberdare, a town set amid beautiful scenery at the head of the Cynon Valley. On the far right, the road continues over the top to Maerdy.

In fact, Feckenham was virtually a town when Redditch was barely even a village.

The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.

Built as a town house for the lead mine-owner Charles Bathurst of Arkengarthdale c1720, its newly-fashionable hand-made bricks, three-storey height and eight bays must then have made it very prominent

The north and west curtains faced the town and were considered vulnerable to assault should the town fall.

It is appropriate that our east to west town tour should start in the cathedral city of Chichester, the county town of West Sussex and one with a very long history.

A pleasant, traffic-free scene with the horse and cart unattended, patiently waiting for the master's return from Illsley the saddlers.

The Palace, designed by the illustrious London architects Ernest George & Peto and built in 1882 at the then enormous cost of £20,000, was funded by Viscountess Ossington, sister of the 5th Duke of

19th-century visitors wishing to get a good view of the town and castle were advised to climb the tower, known as Corrin's Folly, standing on Corrin's Hill (485ft).