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This view shows a working community—the town still thrives today.

Station Road was probably the first view of the town for most tourists, leading as it does from the railway to the sea front.

Herbert H Raphael's gift to the town of 20 acres of parkland and lake was given out of generosity, but he may also have been concerned that his envisaged development of the select Gidea Park Garden

Before the railway came in 1838 and today's town began to grow, this was the centre of Woking.

Home to Britain's oldest brewery, Shepherd Neame, this town sits near many fruit trees and hop fields.

It was purchased by Reuben Farley, who paid for its restoration and presented it to the town in 1898, together with four acres of land.

At first glimpse Bibury church, with its castellated roofline and square tower, looks largely 15th-century.

The petrol station in the centre of the market place was the Town Hall with an open arcaded ground floor, the arches now glazed.

One of Southsea's most famous landmarks is South Parade Pier, opened in 1879 and rebuilt in 1908 following a fire.

The overhanging storeys were a feature of town architecture, which came into use some time in the late 13th or early 14th centuries.

Close to the quays at Poole is the 18th-century harbour office, once the Old Town House, a club for ships' captains.

The view from the typically landscaped municipal park is enlivened by the attractive Central Library building of 1903, with its Baroque facade and conical roof crowned by a timber belt turret.

All Saints Church, seen in the background, grew in tandem with the town's increasing prosperity, and justifies a close inspection.

Horse-drawn conveyances were mostly replaced by electric trams, which covered the major routes in and out of town; there was even a tram that regularly undertook the steep climb up towards

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387.The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.The Lees Hotel was one of the many hotels to be found

A panoramic view of the town with the Priory ruins in the foreground and the tower of the church of St Thomas à Becket on the hill to the left.

This picture evokes a different world and a very different Crawley from today's seething New Town of more than 60,000 people.

The town's name comes from Old English and means lime or linden wood.

A charming turn-of-the-century tableau of Salutation Square, the main access into the town.

Looking from the B3153, just east of the town, this photograph shows a local train hauled by a steam engine, whilst the cows below, well used to the noise, continue unconcernedly chewing

Originally there were three Broughs, and this view shows what is properly known as Market Brough.

The town's reputation for its fine market harks back to the 14th century, when the first rights were granted to the abbot of Cockersands.

Attractive flower beds and shrubberies surround an ornamental lake, which draws large numbers of water birds.

Historian Arthur Mee described Botley as 'a delightful old town with quaint shops, handsome houses, and pretty inns'.William Cobbett was equally fulsome, maintaining that Botley had everything in it