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Thorne was already a busy market town when the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.

The village church is dedicated to St Mary and St Alkelda, and owes its collegiate status to Richard III.

Other sports are popular in the town, notably cricket, and the club's ground is certainly in a very attractive setting; it has enthralled appreciative crowds since 1894.

As the town's popularity as a holiday resort grew, Victorian streets and shops spread back from the sea. Here were grocers, outfitters, tobacconists and souvenir and fancy goods shops.

This view was taken before the grounds opened as a public park, and it shows not only the high ground level around the keep but also the poor state of the stonework.

Once the town manufactured and exported cloth and built ships; it imported tobacco and salted cod, and wool from the Continent for the Devon weaving industry.

A hundred years earlier in Eckington there were another five inns and taverns in the town: the Rose and Crown, the Duke of York, the Coach and Horses (whose landlord Jas Robinson was also a spring knife

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

This view shows a working community and this old town still thrives today.

Fairlight Glen, two miles east of the town, was a particularly popular walk destination with its romantic sandstone scenery and deep cut valleys or 'glens', a suitably Walter Scottish image.

At this time Moffat was one of Scotland's chief inland resorts, boasting several hotels, a hydropathic establishment and private boarding houses.

This is said to be the oldest inn in the town. Charles Dickens is reputed to have penned 'The Pickwick Papers' on one of his many visits to Dorking.

This photograph shows the impressive footbridge which spans the lake, but it also reminds us that Burnley is an industrial town; the chimneys are those of the Burnley Brick and Lime Co Ltd, which had works

Dartmouth has always been a port for adventurers and plunderers. Crusaders gathered here to sail with Richard the Lionheart. Privateers left from the town to plunder French and Spanish ports.

Dartmouth has always been a port for adventurers and plunderers. Crusaders gathered here to sail with Richard the Lionheart. Privateers left from the town to plunder French and Spanish ports.

Many visitors made the town their home, and the population increased markedly as Exmouth entered the 20th century.

During the 18th century hops were of prime importance to Farnham, which had five breweries and had more inns than any other town in Surrey.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

Here we see pretty brick and stone cottages of the 18th century and earlier, which went to make up the Ashby referred to by Camden as 'villa amoenissima'; they pre-date the dramatic launch of the town as

With an old castle, and the River Exe running through the town, it presents plenty of opportunities for recreation.

Tetbury lies near the boundary of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire on the long stretch of high road between Stroud and Malmesbury.

Midway between Rushden and Thrapston lies the small town of Raunds. In this photograph you can just pick out the spire of the church, soaring 183 feet above the High Street.

A green lung in the centre of the town, the park was given to Whitby by Alderman Pannett.

When Leland visited Weobley in 1540 he described it as 'a market-town where there is a goodly castle, but somewhat in decay'.