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The name of the town was first recorded in AD 955 as Andeferas. Andover was a municipal borough as long ago as the reign of King John, and later became an established centre for the wool trade.

After the 1850s the new railway from Churston meant that Brixham fish could be sent swiftly to towns and cities throughout Britain.

West Street includes various almshouses and picturesque stone cottages. The Victoria Inn on the left of the picture is now a private house.

Linking the east and west sides of the town over the River Esk, the bridge is now crammed with tourists in the summer months.

This was the parish church in the Earl’s Half; with a floor area of 24,000 sq ft, St Michael’s was one of the most impressive and possibly the largest parish church in England.

Situated east of the town, the total area of the park covers 17 acres. This part is known locally as `the new park`, and it is secluded and peaceful.

This small and delightful riverside town has a bustling quayside with a mix of pleasure boats and commerce in the shape of boat builders and repairers.

On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

Now very popular because of its proximity to Preston, Longton has burgeoned into a dormitory town with its own medical centre and library.

This view was taken looking north along Bridge Street towards the Market Place – indeed, in the left centre of the view we can see the cupola and stair tower of the Town Hall.

The High Street runs parallel to the north wall of the Abbey precinct and has a good range of Georgian and early 19th-century two- and three-storey houses.

The town is built close to St Osyth's creek, and takes its name from the wife of a 7th-century Essex king. The remains of a superb abbey are to be found close by.

The wooded nature of the river banks is noticeable, and only the industrial scene on the far right of the picture would suggest that this is near the centre of a busy modern industrial town.

As tourism expanded, and smart visitors arrived in ever greater numbers, such untidiness was frowned on by local businesses - the town had to smarten up its image.

Since 1955 two architectural nonentities have appeared on the right of the photograph to mar the already indifferent quality of the market place, and road markings are becoming a prominent feature.

A final view of Epsom town, with its wide High Street and only a little traffic. The clock tower, with public lavatories at its base, was about 100 years old when this picture was taken.

In 1835 Whitty's factory closed, and its machines were sold to a weaver in Wilton. It was not until 1937 that a new carpet factory opened in the town.

Sherborne is, by some people's estimation, the most beautiful of the Dorset towns.

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

The international aspect of the town's trade can be seen by the sign outside Joseph Hird's grocery in the centre of the picture. It advertises him as a 'French and Italian Warehouseman'.

King's Norton, 'a praty uplandyshe towne', according to the topographer Leland, lies a few miles south of Birmingham, to which city - rather than Worcestershire - it now belongs.

The Lynch Walk runs between the deep main channel of the River Lim (left) and the higher-level leat towards Town Mills (right).

Dunstable Street housed most of the 'household' shops in 1955 - the situation has considerably altered since then as the town has expanded its boundaries.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.