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Promotional material published about Redditch tells us that the existing town centre was 're-planned', an innocuous-sounding word which, in this context, really means 'destroyed'.

Dunn Square is a haven of tranquil peace amidst the bustle of a busy town centre.

Lyme Regis straddles the border between Dorset and Devon, between two stretches of very unstable coastline.

Thereafter Snodland quickly grew from a quiet, almost wholly agricultural village, into a small town, fed by the two main industries: cement and paper-making.

Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea- bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort.

The town's past industrial importance was partly based on an unpleasant speciality, the manufacture of traps.

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

At the time of this photograph, the population of the village had almost halved: local cottage industries had declined, and the arrival of the new mills in the larger towns meant that people flocked

The businesses shown in this photograph, Beynon Ltd, Edwards and Godding and WJ Daniel, have all closed, though the Town Hall and its famous clock tower remain.

On the right is the Elizabethan-style Town Hall built in 1832.

The Wellington Monument 1891 One of the town's most famous landmarks is Matthew Wyatt's magnificent statue of Wellington on horseback.

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

Another view of Cat Nab, showing very clearly the 'new town' laid out in the mid to late 19th century, largely through the vision and initiative of the Pease family.

On the right is the Elizabethan-style Town Hall built in 1832.

The town features slightly in his novel 'Two on a Tower', which was written at that time.

The town is ancient, having been granted borough status in 1290 by the Lord of the Manor Hamon de Massey.

The centre of Bishop's Waltham has retained its character over the years, and this photograph shows some of the country town's striking Georgian buildings.

The central position of its parish church and the rectilinear layout of the town, which can still be traced today, are remnants of medieval planning.

The Terrace, another Georgian promenade, offers a spectacular panorama of the town.

The modern Old Town Street runs more or less on the path of the old one.

The town developed around the Old Portsmouth Road over Bagshot Heath from the early 19th century, and most of the buildings in this picture are Victorian.

Even less has changed in this scene in the old part of what is a very old small town, which had its own Bishop at the beginning of the 10th century.

In the days before almost everyone owned a car, quiet villages situated miles from the nearest town needed village shops able to supply all the essentials.

The mill stands on the northern edge of town, with St Mary's graveyard visible beyond; it dates from Norman times, and by the Middle Ages was used for fulling cloth.