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The in-fill was sand, brought from the southern end of town by means of a specially laid railway line.

The east end of the High Street, looking east.

The contrasting styles of urban architecture seen in modern Denbigh speak of its history and its regenerative powers; here, medieval and Jacobean frontages are replaced with Georgian and Victorian modernisations

The fields of Whitecliff Farm (foreground) hosted summer camps for militia and artillery volunteers in late Victorian times.

The graceful war memorial recalls the men of Rothwell who fought and died in the Great War.

This Accrington brick school was opened on 26 April 1893 and among its impressive facilities was a huge weaving room.

Downstream, you reach the market town of Abingdon, once noted for its important medieval abbey, dissolved in 1538.

This well-worn structure of decorative flint work was part of the old medieval town walls, built as a fortification at the end of the 13th century.

This is the main shopping parade in the town. M & S proudly displayed their new frontage from 1964. At the end of the street were the swimming baths, which opened in May 1911.

It was to be the very end of the century before the town became popular as a holiday resort.

It was to be the very end of the century before the town became popular as a holiday resort.

A sign in the river warns of hidden dangers for swimmers and small boats, but ashore there were plenty of safe ways to enjoy a summer's day on this pleasant, green, riverside corridor

The brick buildings at the far end, their six windows facing the camera, were demolished in the 1970s for the widening of Sutton Court Road.

Appropriately still running beside trees at Burley Villas and Abbeyfield (centre), Silver Street was named in the Middle Ages for the Latin word for a wooded setting, rather than the precious metal.

A further two confectioners and a snack bar could be found on the pier. Accommodation was also plentiful.

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401. At its east end is another of Lincolnshire's preserved windmills.

The Crown and Thistle Hotel, first mentioned in 1605, was a coaching inn, and one of the town's best known ones.

The charming central Green is overlooked by houses and shops, most of which were built in the late 18th and 19th centuries when local merchants invested wealth made in the maritime

By the end of the Great War the town had lost many of its young men—they had marched away past the Steamer Hotel along Dock Street to the railway station.

The weir, a mile up the river from Totnes Bridge, was built in 1581 to provide water for the town mills, and marks the end of the freshwater Dart - below here the river is tidal.

At the far end is North Quay with the harbour tug company's office building.

Dominating Castle Square ('Y Maes' in Welsh) at the west end of the town, stands the great bulk of the castle. The structure covers two and a half acres and is in the shape of an irregular oblong.

By the end of the 1800s there were 40,000 people living here, all linked in some way with the important railway junction that had developed.

The wide High Street of the town of Skipton on the River Aire was the scene of a weekly livestock market until well into the 20th century, but it now accommodates a general street market on Mondays, Wednesdays