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The Mount is still largely undeveloped today, its tree-clad slopes rising to the south west of the town.

Close to the quays at Poole is the 18th-century Harbour Office, once the Old Town House, a club for ships captains.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Kenilworth was a small town with about 4,500 inhabitants.

The estuary and the town of Millom on the far side can be seen in the distance.

The name of this busy shopping street is significant because it commemorates Lord of the Manor Colonel Humphrey Senhouse, who expanded the town greatly in the 18th century, and renamed it after

Work on the town centre had begun in 1956. The shops at Laindon, Vange and Pitsea—the old centres—tended to suffer as new business was drawn into the precinct.

This panoramic view over Ventnor gives an idea of the steepness of the town. As

The new building was beautifully designed by Vincent Harris, and it is situated next to the municipal offices at Shire Hall.

The public swimming baths, the Pavilion Theatre and an indoor bowling green showed the town's commitment to being an all-the-year-round resort.

In the early 19th century the town had a population of around 1,100. The poor were reasonably well cared for.

Judging by the crowds, this was a practice launch of the town's self-righting sailing lifeboat.

Caerphlly was primarily an industrial and market town.

Built in 1906, this was the town's library until 1935, when new premises were completed in Duke Street.

The Town Hall stands prominently in the centre of the High Street and dates from 1735.

The name Fulwood comes from the Old English and means 'dirty or foul wood'. Here we see the main road leading north from Preston and the Methodist Church.

'in this town is a great plenty of cherries, particularly a wild cherry that Mr John Evelyn tells me, it makes a most excellent wine, little inferior to the best French claret, and keeps longer; and

'in this town is a great plenty of cherries, particularly a wild cherry that Mr John Evelyn tells me, it makes a most excellent wine, little inferior to the best French claret, and keeps longer; and

The Town Hall was designed by the Leeds architect W H Crossland in a Gothic Flemish style and built between 1866 and 1871.

Most were rebuilt or covered over and replaced by the modern heated indoor pool.

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

This 150ft high, 47-bell brick carillon was designed by Sir Walter Tapper, and erected in 1923 as the town's tribute to the fallen of the First World War.

Some people are fortunate enough to live away from the towns and in the heart of the New Forest, their old cottages looking as much a part of nature as the trees and furze.

To this day, it is a candy floss and funny hats sort of place: cheap and cheerful, very cheerful. Small changing tents were a feature of English seaside holiday towns until well after the last war.

Maurice Lambert's 'Mother and Child' was commissioned in 1959, as a symbol of the New Town's growth.