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Originally called the St Leonard's Hotel, the Royal Victoria was the first principal building of the new town laid out by James and Decimus Burton.

This one, on the Ashby Road, is still used by the Rugby and Daventry Sailing Club. The larger reservoir nearer to the town is now the centre of the country park.

Imposing 19th-century buildings line one of Bury's main streets, which leads from the town's parish church, St Mary's.

The foundation stone was laid in October 1954 by the late Princess Margaret and blessed by the Lord Bishop of St Albans.

The mansion in the park was originally known as Heath House, and later came to be called Studley Court.

Over to the right is Seaton's Temperance Hotel, one of several in the town.

Though perilously close to being engulfed by Solihull, Knowle manages to hang on to its own distinct character.

This charming scene awaited visitors to the many hydropathic establishments, which included the Spa, the Grove, Ben Rhydding and the majestic Wells House, designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, architect of the

This photograph shows the church in relation to the town, as well as the building's force and majesty. The two-storey north porch has a two- centred arch. The east window dates from 1846- 48.

This charming scene awaited visitors to Ilkley's many hydropathic establishments, which included the Spa, the Grove, Ben Rhydding and the majestic Wells House, designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, architect

The waters of the Exe estuary once lapped the edge of what is now a pleasant town centre park.

It is said that no other town has such a choice in the way its name is pronounced: 'Ucheter', 'Uxeter', 'Toxeter', 'Itcheter', to name but four.

The poet Dylan Thomas lived here for the last four years of his life, and it is now a heritage centre devoted to him.

In the early 18th century John Goodwin and Robert Littlewood built what was really the town's first real reservoir; Barker's Pool was in fact little more than a pond.

York Town contained a wide variety of shops, and there was no need to travel elsewhere for one's needs.

More rooftops, a passing steam train (they were being replaced by diesel- powered locomotives at this time) and the sweep of the park express progress. The bandstand has arrived.

In 1435 fire consumed the town, leaving little but the Church and Priory. Across the road, the Angel's medieval College Inn was ashes.

The structure behind the drinking fountain is the Simeon Monument, 'erected and lighted for ever at the expense of Edward Simeon as a mark of affection to his native town' in 1804.

It was presented to the town at mid-day on 4 December 1912 by Mrs Sophia Deardon, who was a local benefactor. Local limestone and St Bees sandstone were used in its construction.

The freedom of the road, when roadside parking was an inalienable right, can be seen in a view westwards to the Town Hall (centre) from opposite the Golden Road Cafe (far left).

The quiet little seaside town of Selsey was once part of a small island.

The ferry still runs from Lymington to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, and takes 30 minutes.

The arrival of the railway in 1866 gave this market town a boost, and it rapidly developed to serve a large hinterland.

In the 1870s John Noyes and William Gardener ran an ironmongery business here, and on market days they displayed their wares on the pavement in front of the Town Hall next door.