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Here we see Washington village about ten years before the area was designated a New Town.

Yeovil is by far the largest town in south Somerset.

Also taken from the Town Hall, this photograph shows that the main street was less congested than it is today.

A hundred years ago, Huddersfield was a collection of villages - now Milnsbridge is on the outskirts.The town is packed with mills and machinery works.

Batley was the north's shoddy town: its prosperity came from the process of breaking down and reweaving woollen cloth from waste rags.

The photographer is looking south-west across the pretty market town of Wendover, which lies on the edge of the Chilterns.

The town, separated from The Wolds to the east by thin sandy moors, now mostly afforested, became the main market for a wide area in the 16th century, and changed its name from East to Market Rasen.

Queen's Park was presented to the town by the London North Western Railway Company (LNWR) in 1887, and marked not only the Queen's Jubilee (hence the park's name), but also the 50th anniversary

New in 1772, the road was built to bypass congested town centres from Star Hill, Rochester to the bottom of Chatham Hill.

This narrow gateway, constructed of cobbled flint and brickwork, was built in the 13th century to defend the northern entrance of this well-preserved town, which was also fortified by earthworks connected

We are looking up New Road, with W C King & Sons, ironmongers, on the left. Further up we can see the sign of the Black Horse. According to the deeds, this was built in November 1843 as a beer house.

The Town Hall was built on the site of the old chapel-of-ease. Its foundation stone was laid on 11th June 1845 and the cost of the building was £1,300.

Bala`s elegant main street is lined with trees and is unusually broad. This traditional market town was famous for its stocking fairs.

Newark is a town with a wealth of historic buildings, and it is relatively little changed compared with Grantham or even Nottingham.

This is one of fifteen towers built with the defensive walls of the town between 1284 and 1396.

Mills and rows of cheap housing were swept away during the development of Marlowes in the new town of Hemel Hempstead.

In the 1920s the future looked very bright for Loughborough, but the Depression of the 1930s came as a cruel blow to the town.

The town is a little disappointing - it is a mix of Rothschild fake timber-framing and earlier buildings. In this view the town is en fete for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Dumfries itself became a royal burgh in the 12th century, but the two towns were not officially amalgamated until 1929.

The word callis means almshouse or hospice, and possibly derives from the name Calais. St Peter's Church was 'pulled down' in 1560, and this building was built in 1863.

Fortunately for us, we can pore over their dress - and demeanour - in this image of Victorian Denbigh.

Like many other Cotswold towns, Burford's fortunes were founded on wool, but leather and paper making were also important industries.

At its height in the 19th and early 20th century, Halifax was the greatest of the textile towns of West Yorkshire, a centre for woollen manufacture and clothing, larger even than Leeds or Bradford.

The word callis means almshouse or hospice, and possibly derives from the name Calais. St Peter's Church was 'pulled down' in 1560, and this building was built in 1863.