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It is now the British Legion building, and a new 'village' hall has been built in the centre of town.

Another famous visitor to the town was Lawrence of Arabia, who frequently visited the White Cottage in the Eastgate area.

Much of the stone for the spa town came from this area, and the Devil's Chimney is probably a result of quarrying as well as erosion.

He also died and was buried here in February 1014. Here we see the 1891 Town Hall with its tottering facade shored up. A year later, in 1956, it received its present insipid Neo-Georgian frontage.

Dovercourt is the seaside neighbour of Harwich, and for many years now has been its shopping centre; Dovercourt was mentioned in Domesday, but Harwich not until the 12th century.The development of

The Prom, as it is known in the town, was laid out properly in 1818 and lined with 44 chestnut trees.

Berkeley at the beginning of the 20th century was a small town of just over 6200 inhabitants.

Well-nourished lambs, unshorn fleeces and lush foliage tell us that summer has just begun in this pastoral idyll.

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

The Orange Tea Rooms (we can see the projecting sign) is now a florist, and the slate-hung shop on the right, in this picture Miss Whitford's, selling pots and pans, china, paraffin and other useful items

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

Stamford, one of England's most attractive and historic towns, is only just in Lincolnshire. The River Welland is the boundary between it and Northamptonshire.

This old inn has been serving clients since 1673, and was once an important coaching stop. In the 1860s, after the demise of the stages, many of its rooms were let out to lodgers.

Hove's genteel grandeur continued to appeal to those who found Brighton somewhat too lively, and the town expanded north into the Downs in tides of suburban housing.

On the upper reaches of the Wear and once a part of County Durham, Washington was where William Doxford built his first ships before moving to Pallion in the 1870s.

Designed by Maxwell & Tuke and completed in 1894, the Technical School, Broad Street, was built to fulfil the requirements of the Technical Instruction Act (1890).

Barrow has an excellent public library, and the building has the same appearance today. It is dated 1915, and it replaced the original library, which was housed in the Town Hall.

Gravesend is a busy industrial town on the river Thames; here the river narrows to become a London river, and coastal pilots hand over to the river men.

Following the decline of Steyning's port during the Middle Ages, the focus of the town shifted southwards from around the church and became centred on the junction of Church Street and the High Street.

Having held the manor since 1606, the Cliftons were instrumental in its development as a select residential and resort town during the 19th century.

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

Go there today and you will find a delightful little town with handsome buildings, lines of busy shops and pubs and many cars parked at the roadside - all of it creating a colourful, bustling community

The Town Hall is in the middle of the ancient market place.

The industrialisation of the Don Valley begins here at Stocksbridge, a town dominated by steel, chemicals and former coal and clay workings.