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This still stands on the north-east of the town and is the only one of Rye's four gates to survive. It is part of the fortifica- tions authorised by Edward III in the 14th century.

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

On the right of the photograph is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Newport has always been an important trading town, and at the height of its fortunes carried goods such as timber, malt, wheat and flour.

The significance of the River Medway in the life and development of Chatham is well illustrated in this view of the town and the river from the slopes of The Lines above Town Hall Gardens.

A study of cyclists and pedestrians on what is now the A30.

Early visitors preferred to stay in the hotels and villas in this area, within easy walking distance of the sea.

Its construction marked the town's commitment to its role as a resort.

The 160ft tower of the mainly Perpendicular church of St Peter and St Paul soars majestically over the town and is a prominent day mark for shipping in the choppy coastal waters.

Richard Rigg opened his Windermere Hotel in 1847 - the same year as the Kendal and Windermere Railway reached the town - and his yellow-and-black coaches provided a connecting service from the adjacent

The Old Hall, very much the finest building in the town and now largely surrounded by Victorian housing, sits in its grassy square, a potent reminder of the town's great medieval past.

Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

Our progress down-river reaches Dorchester. It was a Roman town and the seat of an Anglo-Saxon bishopric, and is now dominated by its great late 11th-century Abbey church.

Its opening in 1848 encouraged the development of the town and an expansion of the nearby quarries, whose fine stone was taken to build Liverpool Docks and the Harris Gallery at Preston.

Dartmouth is still very much a sailing town, and the Royal Regatta, which is held annually in August, still attracts huge crowds.

Three tennis courts and a bowling green were added to the Thomastown Park in the inter- war years.

Warminster, on the A36 at the head of the Wylye valley, was an important market town and communication centre.

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

Described in the 1880s as a 'small, quaint, and decayed town', Dedham's prosperity had climaxed in the early 1500s.

On 30 November 1745 a troop of the Royal Dragoons arrived in the town and were billeted overnight.

The high brick walls beyond belong to the 1885 Town and Country Club, later a library, which was swept away for the present twelve-bay, three-storey hotel bedroom wing in the 1950s.

Seaton is Devon's easternmost resort, with only a few miles of rugged cliffs and landslips separating the town from neighbouring Dorset.

At the turn of the century Wetherby was described in some tourist guides as 'a town of no interest'.