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Dumfries itself became a royal burgh in the 12th century, but the two towns were not officially amalgamated until 1929.

Chesham has been a market town since 1257 when Hugh, Earl of Oxford, obtained from King Henry III a grant of a weekly market and annual three-day fair.

This is the only one of the four town gates that survived.

On the River Erewash, close to the confluence of the Trent with Leicestershire's River Soar, this Derbyshire town was bisected by the Erewash Canal in 1779 and made readily accessible by

On the right is the Town Hall, built in 1902 to the designs of South Shields-based architect Fred Rennoldson.

Situated below Winter Hill on Rivington Moor, Adlington developed as a textile town before the advent of the railway because of its proximity to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs

West Bay is the small port of the neighbouring town of Bridport.The River Brit, which gives the larger town its name, is held back by a series of sluices and released at low tide.

On the right is the Town Hall, built in 1902 to the designs of the South Shields-based architect Fred Rennoldson.

From its beginnings as a railway station amid fields, the town has grown and continues to grow dramatically.

As can be seen, Dawlish Water was straightened and landscaped along a series of attractive small waterfalls.

The town first pushed for a town hall in 1833.

Acorns were the main source of food for pigs in Norman England, and pigs were an important source of food for many Lancashire villages.

The town's connection with Owain Glyndwr gives it a unique place in Welsh history, as he was the last Prince of Wales to be crowned with the title.

Sutton Park was one of the largest in Warwickshire, over 2,000 acres of woodlands and lakes.The park made the town something of a tourist attraction.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550.

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550.

Until the latter part of the 20th century, the quaint stone-built town of Brackley suffered from increasing congestion.

North Street leads out of the town in the direction of Cowdray Park, with which the town is most closely associated.

Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, chosen in 1888 for reasons of communication.

The Palladian-style building on the extreme left of the picture houses the Council offices; the town's court house was formerly here.

Other members of the family also lived in large houses in the town.

Llanelli is still very much alive, and Town Hall Square is laid out in a most symmetrical and pleasing manner.

Modern Eastleigh is a grid pattern of late 19th-century and early 20th-century streets, with typical suburban fringes stretching out towards Southampton and Winchester.