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Omnibus and bicycle opened up the outside world to many Cotswold villages. For the first time it was possible for shoppers to go into towns like Stroud on a regular basis.

Warfleet lies downstream from Dartmouth on a small creek, and in the mid 19th century it was the site of one of the earliest villas in town.

Here we see the Albert Edward Dock basin, looking from the entrance towards the town. Amongst the cargo which was being unloaded here in our picture would have been timber, flax and china clay.

When Leeds town hall was opened by Queen Victoria, the streets were lined with palm trees and triumphal arches.

Leckhampton Hill, and the surrounding four hundred acres of grassland, were purchased by Cheltenham Town Council in 1929, and the area is now designated as a Site of Special Scientific

It is so sheltered and mild that even oranges have been known to grow there.

The streets are packed with onlookers, and anxious officials wait by the entrance to the site of the new town hall.

For many years, Todmorden (or 'Tod' as it is always known locally) straddled the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, and this busy, bustling little town has always had a foot in both camps, although

The Market Hall, built of red sandstone, dates from the mid 1600s and stands on the site of an earlier hall. The carving between the windows is of a bust of Charles II.

Except for the proliferation of telephone lines and TV aerials, this view up the main street of Loddon might have been photographed today.

St Mary's Church, which rises behind the Dolphin Hotel, is renowned for its lavishly-decorated tower and impressive tie beam roof, both of which date from its rebuilding in the 15th century.

Wellington has always been a prosperous small market town. It sits beside the old Roman road of Watling Street, and later benefited from toll-roads and railways.

Much of Lancashire was affected by the Civil Wars, and Warrington, an important crossing on the Mersey and chosen by the Royalist, Lord Derby for his headquarters, saw considerable action.

Even in the humbler areas of town the same high standards of planning were applied, and wide, uncluttered streets and pavements are a refreshing contrast to the standards favoured by today's developers

The Railway Hotel and two blocks of Tudor-style shops were built, but Howard's vision was scuppered by the Second World War.

We are looking towards the junction of High Row, Houndgate, Blackwellgate and Skinnergate.

By the beginning of the 11th century the parish was doing well enough to support five churches and two chapels.Then disaster struck.

Sheaf Street did not survive modernisation and the buildings on the right, as far as the Dutch blind over the shop window, were swept away for the modern Foundry Walk shopping arcade.

Higham Ferrers is undoubtedly the smartest town, architecturally, in the boot and shoe belt that runs east along the River Nene from Wollaston to Thrapston.

Hastings emerged as a seaside resort in the early 19th century, and expanded rapidly from its kernel of a fishing port and town.

Ships from South Wales carrying lime and coal were once regu- lar visitors to the town.

The ornate building with the crowning clock tower is Birkenhead Town Hall, designed by C O Ellison & Son of Liverpool. Its foundation stone was laid in 1883, and the building opened in 1887.

Eye, the second oldest borough in Suffolk (1408) and the smallest borough in the United Kingdom, lost its status in 1974.

This prosperous small town witnessed a day of rioting on 22 May 1822. Local people gathered in protest at starvation wages and atrocious working conditions.