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Cirencester is another Cotswold town best explored on foot, not least since traffic has increased substantially since this photograph was taken over a century ago.

Harlow was a clothing town that had gone into something of a decline.

The views are of the Town Hall in the centre, the sunken gardens on Broadway, the Parkinson Rock Garden in Oak Hill Park, Blackburn Road and St James' Church.

The Town Hall was built on the site of the town watermill.

Crawley's expansion as a planned New Town after 1947 took in hamlets right up to Ifield.

Nether Edge was one of the residential areas of Sheffield developed during the latter part of the Victorian era and offered a superior standard of housing to that nearer the town centre.

Wellington, about ten miles south-west of Taunton at the foot of the Blackdown Hills, is an attractive market town with its focus where South, Fore and High Streets meet.

Nether Edge was one of the residential areas of Sheffield developed during the latter part of the Victorian era and offered a superior standard of housing to that nearer the town centre.

Situated on its northern edge, Enfield is one of the most attractive market towns within the Greater London area; it was well-established by Domesday.

This street of small distinctive shops and handsome 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.

Aylsham is a pleasant market town steeped in the history of woollen manufacture.

The original Town Hall building in Newbury dated back to 1742 and included a part known as the 'shambles'.

Newhaven developed as the 'new town' after the River Ouse shifted its mouth in 1579.

The Great India and China Tea Company, an 1880s building (on the left) is now, aptly, the Mocha Berry Cafe‚ while the haberdashers on the right is now The Grafton Cafe; both establishments reflect the

The town's old graveyard behind the Town Hall had become very badly neglected by the beginning of the 20th century, so the gravestones were removed to line a boundary wall and the area

The land was divided into plots, and wooden chalets erected on them.

The town was full of woollen mills and corset factories, and was surrounded by numerous collieries.

The Riverside Town Mills of W Hooker and Sons are situated just to the left of the stretch of water visible in this photograph.

These views show the town from the 1890s to the 1960s; they record both the many changes that have taken place and also, paradoxically, how much of the old town survives.

She was received by Dr Henry Jephson, an outstanding surgeon in his day and also the man responsible for planning much of the town.

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

This celebrated market town has one of the most magnificent abbey churches in England; the abbey was founded over 900 years ago by Benedict of Auxerre.

The site of the town was granted to the monks of Torre Abbey by William de Briwere in 1196, hence the second part of the name.

The site of the town was granted to the monks of Torre Abbey by William de Briwere in 1196, hence the second part of the name.