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Amongst other things, this spelt the end of the town's two highly-regarded grammar-technical schools, Fryerns and Barstable.

The Crown Hotel, situated at the west end of Blandford's market place, was refaced in its original Georgian style in 1938.

At the Pavement end of the street stood the town pillory - anyone found guilty of treason was beheaded here. Little Shambles is called so because it is only a few yards in length.

At the southern end of the Buttertubs Pass, Hardrow is just a mile outside the market town of Hawes. Hardrow Force waterfall has long enchanted visitors.

At the east end of the town is Alford Mill, a six-storey, five-sail mill built in 1813 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright.

At the east end of the town is Alford Mill, a six-storey, five-sail mill built in 1813 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright.

Dominant in this photograph of the east end of the High Street is the Town Hall, which at the date of this photograph had just been rebuilt by local architect C E Ponting.

Trinity Methodist church stands at the bottom end of Galgate, and was completed in 1894.

The County Lunatic Asylum was first built a little to the west of the town in 1820 to the design of the Plymouth architect John Foulstone.

As we look past the children paddling, the seaward end of the pier is terminated by the Kursaal of 1899, replacing a smaller 1888 one that had cost a mere £250.

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

D & E Flack's (left) was a general store and post office serving the area north of the Southend road. By the end of the 1950s, outlying shops were competing with the new Town Centre development.

Archbishop Laud was at some time rector of this rather fine church, which forms a pleasant group with the 18th-century vicarage at the southern end of this mining town.

This was the entertainment centre of the town. Around Ward's End were many cinemas and theatres. The Electric Theatre opened as early as 1910, the Coliseum (now a dance hall) some ten years later.

This eastern end of the Isle of Wight enjoys a milder climate than the busy towns on the north coast, and health- conscious early visitors came for the quality of the air.

Although it only has a small population, Clun is always referred to as a town rather than a village.

Little of the Roman town or medieval city remains, as Chichester was almost entirely rebuilt by the end of the 18th century.

The old library was on the other side of the road and had once been the Charity School.

The large building on the left, at the far end of the street, was a Cheese Manufactory; during World War I it was one of many of the town's buildings that were pressed into service as barracks.

The High Street runs down from the A40 to Burford Bridge and the River Windrush. The upper end is lined with pollarded lime trees.

The brand-new tower of the Town Hall can be seen above the far shops in North End, which today is a pedestrianised road.

Dunmow's Market Place is otherwise known as Rood End. The Town Hall, in its original form, was built in 1578.

D & E Flack's (left) was a general store and post office serving the area north of the Southend road. By the end of the 1950s, outlying shops were competing with the new Town Centre development.

Situated at the lower end of the High Street, its peaceful setting almost belies the hive of activity that takes place in the High Street during the summer months when the town attracts many tourists.