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An ancient market town, Ormskirk was an important centre for the linen trade during the 16th century, whilst in the late 18th and early 19th centuries there were silk mills in the area.

The masts of sailing ships are visible beyond the bridge, and a fine collection of rowing boats can be seen around the boathouse.

The warehouse on the right is now the Riverside Free House, but it and the dock reflect the commerce that made Lechlade a prosperous medieval town, where wool and cheese were loaded onto barges for shipment

Hunstanton's lighthouse was built in 1830, and crowns the chalk clifftop close by the ruins of St Edmund's chapel, where pilgrims offered their prayers and sought the healing powers of the town's efficacious

Stockton was granted its market charter by Bishop Bek in 1310, but until the 1840s it consisted of little more than the High Street, a few side streets, and a quayside railhead for Stockton & Darlington

The businesses on the left have all gone, but Barclays Bank, the impressive building on the right, and Lloyds Bank farther up the High Street remain in the town - although Lloyds has moved

Maurice Lambert's 'Mother and Child' was commissioned in 1959, as a symbol of the New Town's growth. Lambert spent a year on the sculpture; Basildon spent £4,000 on it.

The Market Hall was designed to complement the adjacent Town Hall, and it is a massive structure. It has always housed many stalls selling a wide assortment of goods.

Although the B1004 is called the High Street, it is South Street that provides the main shopping centre for the town.

Inside, Bedford's chief historical treasure is the brass to Sir William Harpur and his wife, Dame Alice. He is in the gown of an Alderman, and he was a Lord Mayor of London.

This view reveals Boston's elegant and urbane character. Handsome and dignified Georgian houses and villas line the leafy street.

Beyond the Bay Private Hotel and Madeira Cottages (left centre) are Hardown Hill, Stonebarrow Hill (centre) and Golden Cap (right). Seaward are a series of ledges.

It is difficult to realise that this was once the main Roman road from London to Godmanchester and on to York.

Horncastle is one of the county's most ancient towns. There are still remains of its Roman walling which enclosed about seven acres.

This view looks south down the High Street from near High Bridge. The 11th-century tower of St Mary le Wigford church peers out amid the later commercial architecture.

High Street North is a relatively undistinguished and typical London suburban shopping street: the exuberance of the Town Hall complex is forgotten.

It is sad that with the development of a large shopping centre in Telford town centre, Oakengates no longer attracts shoppers as it once did - even the branch of Woolworth we see here has

At the time of this photograph, Hoskins, a family brewery in Beaumanor Road, Belgrave, in Leicester, owned this, their one public house.

Robert Willance lived in the whitewashed house with large chimneystack on the right (Willance miraculously survived when in 1606 his horse bolted and fell 200 feet).

Robert Willance lived in the whitewashed house with large chimneystack on the right (Willance miraculously survived when in 1606 his horse bolted and fell 200 feet).

As its name implies, this small town is the westernmost in Kent, almost on the border with Surrey.

The town developed as a Victorian holiday resort, as many did on the North Wales Coast.

The wide, gently curving High Street is perhaps best admired from its lowest point and looking west.

We are looking in the same direction, only this time the view is taken from lower down the road, and shows the fine villas very much associated with the town.