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The hilltop town of Shaftesbury became important when King Alfred founded an abbey here, and installed his daughter as abbess.

The River Almond flows from Blackburn to the three towns of East, Mid and West Calder.

This delightful riverside town has fine Georgian streets and early 19th-century houses.

Built on a large mound which was part of the town's defences, this is one of Britain's largest keeps.

Two phases of Victorian expansion are shown here in this view along the Brighton Road heading south-east from the town.

A cart horse of Dickens & Co, brewers and wine and spirits merchants, waits patiently between trips.

The finest feature is its tower with angle volutes and vases crowned by a slim spire.

It is known to Worcester folk as the Glover's Needle because of its slenderness and height, and because this part of town was the main gloving area when the trade still flourished.

This tiny cathedral city stands above the confluence of the River Clwyd and its tributary the Elwy.

A large village, equidistant from Moreton in Marsh and Chipping Campden but not distant enough to develop into a market town itself, Blockley harnessed the water power of its deeply cleft valley

Mills crowd in towards the town centre, following the course of the river Roach and its tributary the Spodden.

The biggest docks were the Royal group east of Canning Town on the north bank of the Thames.

Its core collection, gathered together by Philpot's sisters at their home in Silver Street, was moved down the hill in stages, but the Philpot Museum did not open to the general public until

Further up into the Market Place from G66002, we see the town's library at number 14 Market Place (left) before its move to new premises behind Westgate in the early 1960s.

Walton-on-Thames is another suburbanised town south-west of London along the River Thames.

One stop down the line from Enfield town, Bush Hill Park station was opened in 1880 to service this development by the Northern Estates Company.

The canal in 1773 and the railway from 1847 brought huge trade and confidence -and pollution - to the small town of Bingley.

Dale Street was one of the ancient streets of the city and the main road to all points south.

St Mary's is the original town church.

Stewart Park was originally the grounds of Marton Hall, the magnificent residence of Henry Bolckow which he built in the 1850s, and filled with valuable works of art.

By the mid-1890s, most Lancashire cotton towns enjoyed a full Wakes Week.

In more modern times the town was a major coaching post on the great North Road, and several fine inns survive here.

The Guildhall is the town's oldest public building, dating from about 1714, but it was heavily restored during the mid 19th century.

Brook's Cafe Restaurant is now The Bradford & Bingley Building Society.