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This view looks towards the Town Hall. It cost one penny to travel the length of New Street by horse-drawn omnibus, while a Hansom cab cost somewhat more.

This view looks southwards across Lyme Bay from the main path through Langmoor Gardens, which were given to the town by James Moly of Langmoor Manor, Charmouth.

The significance of Town Bridge is that of an enduring physical presence.

The remains became the small town's parish church. On the right is the way into the car park of Ye Olde Abbey Hostel (that is the name over the entrance), but the official sign has gone.

Ealing's proximity to London by public transport attracts many city workers, though the town has never succumbed to being merely a residential area for commuters.

We are overlooking the Old Bell gardens and looking towards the river Avon and the Malmesbury Branch Railway.

A hidden cable system, the same as is used by the San Francisco tramcars, hauls holidaymakers and enthusiasts up to the Great Orme, the headland that overlooks the Victorian town.

The old Town Hall was erected around 1781 on the site of an earlier town hall. Major Thomas Jarratt was the designer of the building, which opened in 1783.

Just in front of the Star is Haywards Heath's town sign, attractively painted and prominently positioned for all to see and enjoy.

In 1639, about thirty years after the Border raiders and reivers had been ruthlessly suppressed by James II, Belford was still described as 'the most miserable, beggarly town, or town of sods, that ever

By 1849 the railway was running a service from east to west, and Dorking Town station was the first to be built at the edge of the town. The line was principally built for freight traffic.

Back in Surrey, the route reaches Haslemere; we look south-west along the High Street into the market place of this small town, with the 1814 Town Hall closing the vista.

This dates from around 1130, and was built for Abbot Vincent around a courtyard. Since 1938 the west side buildings hav gone, demolished for road widening.

With New Town status and under the aegis of the Development Corporation, Bracknell began to expand rapidly.

These views capture the town just before the Daventry Development Corporation was formed in 1963. The population was to more than double and continues to grow apace.

An interesting view of Loftus, again showing the towers of the Catholic church and the town hall.

Tregaron is a small nucleated town, probably based on a Welsh maerdref where the lord held court. It grew rapidly during the early 19th century, when it became a popular meeting place for drovers.

The town, while remaining essentially small and with only a minimal growth in population, continued to spread eastwards. Shaftesbury Avenue was built up in 1904.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon. The town gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'the town between two rivers'.

Even though Dorchester is the county town, there is little doubt that Bridport is the capital of West Dorset.

The town originally developed because of the local weavers, and also as a market town.

All the needs of a developing small town are in evidence - the Bedford lorry loaded with builders materials, Charles Love & Son's ironmongery and radio/TV engineer's (right), Lisles petrol station (near

The Ellesmere Canal was busy, and more and more workers were needed to handle the goods and repair the barges; thus the port grew.

Cranbrook's High Street, entering the town from Hawkhurst, and Stone Street, leading on towards Tenterden and Maidstone, form a L-shape with the tile-hung fascia of the 15th-century George Hotel at