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Opened in 1934 on the site of the former Middleton Hall corn mill, these gardens became another focal point for the town and a much-loved asset.

The prosperous Georgian feel of the town originates with the presence of the castle and with its role as a market town and agricultural centre.

The diocese was founded here in 909 AD, and the present church replaced a Norman one consecrated in 1148.

Throughout the First Civil War, both town and castle were held by the Royalists, and as such was one of the last to surrender.

Just as they do today, the boys who lived in this historic town - Fordwich is the smallest town in Britain - enjoyed boating on the River Stour which ebbed and flowed between Canterbury and the sea.

A number of these houses have been converted into shops to cater for the visitors and pilgrims who flock to this town and visit the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Spilling down from the Yorkshire Dales, the Ribble streams under the lovely old bridge at Settle and through the valley that has taken its name.

Westport was separated from Malmesbury as it was situated outside the west gate to the town, and it was linked to the town by Abbey Row.

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

Moving east off The Wolds, our tour reaches the flat land between them and the sea, with its high line of rolling marram-grassed sand dunes as a backdrop.

The railway brought coal prices tumbling in the town and ensured prosperity, along with other villages along the line.

The bulk of the surviving fortifications date from the time of Thomas, First Earl of Derby, and were constructed between 1460-1504 as a defence against Scottish raiders.

St Mary's position in the centre of the town, and the dominating height of its splendid 16th-century tower at 90 feet, make it one of the most prominent buildings in Brecon.

A Town Guide reported that there were many fans of bowling in the town, and that 'matches are played on the greens of the Swan Hotel and the Constitutional Club'.

Whilst the High Street is a shadow of its former self, the Rose & Crown Hotel, located at the junction with the Market Place, is enjoying somewhat of a renaissance, with its current owners investing

In 1770 there were 5,000 people living in the town, and by 1811 there were 15,083, three times that number; by 1835 the population had doubled again.The railway to Preston opened in 1846, but the

The canal arrived here in 1797, and transformed the village into a town.

East Grinstead, a Wealden market town founded during the early 13th-century woodland clearances, was recorded as a borough by 1235.

Situated on the Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart, Clydebank was little more than farmland until 1871–72, when J & G Thomson began the construction of a shipyard.

The town centre is dominated by its very large triangular market place, which in its turn is visually overwhelmed by the mighty church steeple, completed in 1460 and universally known as the Boston Stump

There are overgrown sandpits above the junction of Victoria Road (centre left), and Beach Road (centre) which has since been re-named Shore Road.

One hundred years before this, there were no large shops in the town, and the age of the department store was still a few years away.

Using water ballast to operate it, it still works today, making the journey between town and beach a much easier one.

The photographer looks across the cricket field towards Steine Road (that name again) with the old town and the dominating church of St Leonard to the left.