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Other notable changes in town before the Second World War were the straightening of Marlow Hill in 1936, which involved demolishing buildings on the left side of the road south of St Mary's Street

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

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.

Where better to begin an exploration of Taunton town than in Fore Street, very much the centre of this ancient Borough.

He died shortly after it was finished and William Rock bought it in 1888 to give to the town. It was the library for years, and today it is home to the North Devon Museum.

Hotels and yacht chandlers line the seashore at Cowes.

The town centre was extended eastwards in the 1980s, and Southernhay was diverted. This stretch of the road survives as a walkway in the precinct.

In the 1930s the Sir John Barleycorn Inn was just one of several taverns in the Cadnam area - known only to locals, visitors from nearby towns, and passing travellers.

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

Corbridge is a small town with a traumatic history.

It is a quiet morning in this pleasant small town, situated on a gentle hill a few miles west of Sevenoaks.

Leaving town by the line of the present existing Old Bedford Road, it crossed the river by a ford on the town side of Little Moor.

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the Castle and the impressive Castle and prison itself.

This famous and picturesque town is situated on a hill above the River Blackwater.

Broadwaters Park stream flows towards the town. It is culverted under the main road, and collects in a large lake, which lies between Broadwaters Lane and the estate of houses.

A group of turn-of-the-century children overlooking the town of Haverfordwest.

Church Street is busy with shoppers and shopkeepers. Peeping above the town's rooftops is the tower of St Michael the Archangel, perhaps the finest of Hampshire's Perpendicular parish churches.

This panoramic view of the church and school from flower-bedecked meadowland sums up the qualities of this self-contained town.

A classic view of a market town.

Uppingham is a particularly charming town with an attractive series of 17th- and 18th-century buildings.

It was once a busy little port exporting salt (from which the town takes its name) and wool, but the estuary became silted up in the 15th century.

This seat of self-improvement was opened to the town's working people in 1882. It contained a reading room and a well-stocked library of over 3,000 books.

The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.