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The Town Hall, on the west side of St Paul's Square, started life as a school, a school originally founded by Sir William Harpur (a key name in Bedford's history) in 1566.

This brief tour ignores the Georgian houses of High Pavement, the castle and the famous Lace Market area to descend to the River Trent.

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

Mary of Guise was against it, as was the Catholic Church, and Arran not only changed sides but also faiths.

The fortifications of the castle once surrounded the entire town to protect it from attack.

The reason for this is that at one point in its history, Trelleck was arguably the second largest town in Wales; but by 1700 the population had shrunk considerably.

A view across the town taken from above the Tilmore railway bridge.

The town of Runcorn is behind the bridge; the retaining wall of the Manchester Ship Canal can be seen along the edge of the River Mersey.

This is part of Old Leigh, with the railway on the right and the sea behind the buildings on the left.

Let us first, however, get a glimpse of the old town by an imaginary walk through its streets.

The town was a centre for brewing, malting, tanning and mining as well as staging Monday, Thursday and Saturday markets.

Along with Mill Street and Jordangate, Chestergate was one of the first streets to be properly paved, and, more importantly, to be provided with surface drainage.

Flookburgh, a charming and ancient market town between the Kent Estuary and Cartmel Sands, takes its name from Floki, the name of a Norse settler.

When Leeds town hall was opened by Queen Victoria, the streets were lined with palm trees and triumphal arches.

The Bridge was a busy tram interchange and terminus.

Situated on a hill overlooking the town, Christ Church, or the Jesse Haworth Memorial Church, was designed by Lawrence Booth and built in the late 1880s.

Settle lies on the road between Skipton and Ingleton.

The new town is gathered around an expansive green.

This view shows that the houses are still few and far between, and the village, known as 'the town that never was', remains much the same now.

Notice the factory chimneys and their puff-ball smoky emissions.

To the south of Easington, the new town of Peterlee was developed with the aim of attracting light industry into the area.

Caerphlly was primarily an industrial and market town.

On this composite postcard of New Romney, we have the Dungeness lighthouse, built in 1904, and the Romney and Hythe District Light Railway, which started in 1927.

The saffron crocus, once very important in the dyeing industry, gave the town its name.