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The name Maidenhead means "the maidens' landing place"; this photograph depicts King Street and the town's splendid clock tower.

The town was never remarkable architecturally, although there were some attractive 18th- and 19th-century buildings in the High Street.

The characteristic mid-Victorian, family-orientated, open-air seaside culture, which offered a satisfaction of its own, and the town's secure, peaceful ambience is captured in this view of the beach.

To the left, overlooking the beach, stands the lifeboat station and, on the right, one of the town's two lighthouses.

The heart of the present- day city of Chester sits right on top of the old Roman town of Deva.

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

The excessively narrow High Street runs down to the town pier and the passenger ferry across the River Thames to Tilbury.

In front is one of the many bicycles and tricycles that flooded the town.

As the highest town in Oxfordshire, Chipping Norton must have been reached only after a struggle in the days of horse-drawn travel.

On the right is the United Free Methodist Church, which opened in 1869, and facing it on the left is Burnley Town Hall.

The railway cuts a swathe through Halifax, yet given the town's importance, there was a sense of outrage when the Manchester & Leeds Railway bypassed the town with no connecting branch line built.

The railway cuts a swathe through Halifax, yet given the town's importance, there was a sense of outrage when the Manchester & Leeds Railway bypassed the town with no connecting branch line built.

Once an important coaching town on the Great North Road, Wetherby went into decline for a number of years as long-distance stagecoach travel lost out to the railways.

The town is now greatly expanded inland, but the core of this ancient port is still recognisable around the two piers and the Georgian parish church.

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

Once known as Acres Field, it was here for about 500 years that Manchester's weekly markets and annual fairs were held.

Ford, Morris, Hillman and Triumph - all the big automobile names are represented here as the town becomes accustomed to the motor age.

Gifford House was situated outside the designated area of the New Town. Although it may have been ideal for the administrators and planners, it was virtually out of reach for New Town tenants.

Since 1958 when the first shops began opening, Basildon town centre has been the home for a whole host of differing consumer needs.

Every town, village and hamlet had its market place; Pocklington market is still held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

This photograph captures the very essence of Ilkley - the moors, the town nestling in the valley and the gentle slopes of Middleton in the distance.

This picture looking across the river into the town shows the Salutation Hotel in the centre and the castle dominating the horizon to the right.