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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.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks - quite a bargain!

Although earlier it had been a wagon-wash, the cleaning of horse-drawn vehicles was strictly prohibited, and railings were erected in 1915 to prevent access.

Chapter 2's tour finishes at Highbridge, not one of Somerset's most attractive towns.

Sunnyhurst Wood is a Nature Reserve; Sunnyhurst Brook runs through it to join the River Darwen that gave the town its name.

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire.

To the young in Leicester in 1949, the Clock Tower seemed like the universe, and life revolved around it guided by policemen on point duty.

In this view of the harbour we are looking towards the town clustered on the hillside.

Even at this time Compstall Road, along with Stockport Road, had long been at the commercial heart of the town.

The ladies on the left are perusing the windows of the Borough Studio, the photographic and picture framing business of J L Brown.

This view looks east from the upper windows of the old Town Hall along Church Street.

Hockerill Street leads downhill into the town from the crossroads with the London to Newmarket road.

The Roman town of Aquae Sulis, now Bath, grew up at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the River Avon with hot spring-fed baths as its focus, where citizens of the Empire flocked for rheumatic cures

The top part of the cross was discovered in the 19th century at Tresmarrow Farm, and was put in the town museum.

In the mid 19th century, there were over twenty-five mills working in the town, but the boom and bust years of trade protection caused much unemployment.

Dalton was growing quite rapidly in the 1960s, and there was the occasional need for the fire brigade.

Harrogate is one of the oldest of England's spa towns: its mineral springs were discovered in the 16th century.

This view across to St Mary's Church clearly shows a variety of architectural styles, including the unusual curved rear of the Town Hall on the left, the ornate gabled roof the Wiltshire Friendly Society

The first chapter starts, fittingly, with a portrait of the county town, the city of Nottingham, in the 1950s.

Both photographs show the view looking east towards the Town Hall; apart from the cobbled street, the main difference is the loss of the Lion Hotel (left) itself a merger in 1866 of the King's Head Inn

The Lloyds Bank to the left of the road is still in existence and bears a commemorative plaque to Gwen John and her brother Augustus John, both artists.

Of the businesses that surrounded the square in 1922, only four remain in their original positions: Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner

Here the stream widens and was used as a waggon wash.

The number of competitors and the strength of their support indicate the pleasure of the town folk in Lord Ashton's gift.