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This ornamental clock tower greets visitors who enter the town along the A48 from the direction of Gloucester.

It dates from Norman times, but became ruinous during the 18th century and was entirely rebuilt in 1836. Today, the church is dwarfed by the town gasometer.

We are looking into Broadway and Union Street towards the newly opened Arndale Centre.

Stratford once boasted two temperance hotels: McNeille's and The Fountain. In 1838 the South Midland Temperance Association embraced a large number of towns, including Stratford-upon-Avon.

The old ladies in the hospital were given a uniform of red cloaks and steeple hats, which may still occasionally be seen in the town.

On the right can be seen the gas works, which used to make the town's gas supply. (Courtesy of John David/ Porthcawl Museum and Historical

Newton Abbot market has changed a great deal in both character and appearance since this photograph was taken in the 1920s.

An old picture of the original square and centre of the town known as the Diamond, which was the original market place of Monaghan.

Any photographic survey of Bedford must include a picture of the embankment and the Swan Hotel.

The mid 20th century saw the housing boom: around the towns and cities, large and small estates were built on agricultural land.

Once the town manufactured and exported cloth and built ships; it imported tobacco and salted cod, and wool from the Continent for the Devon weaving industry.

The Victorian old town hall is on the corner of Castle Street, and in the right foreground is the Spinning Wheel, which still stands and dates from about 1600.

Bowler-hatted farmers go about their business in the centre of town around the Butter and Poultry Market Hall. A few cattle can be seen on the left.

The market town of Bovey Tracey at one time had two railway stations; now it has none. The Dolphin Hotel is an old coaching and posting house.

A bustling scene in Horsham Park, close to the railway station, with many people having fun in the town's swimming pool which was later enclosed.

The docks at Barry were established between 1884 and 1899 by David Davies, a coal exporter who objected to paying levies to Cardiff.

The Town Trustees agreed to buy the Gardens for £5445 and it was they who undertook a series of improvements.

One of the town's most famous landmarks is Matthew Wyatt's magnificent statue of Wellington on horseback.

The lush fields are clear to see, as is the bridge, Raleigh Cabinet Works, and the estuary. The sandbars visible even at half tide illustrate why shipping to the town was lost.

These whale bones were brought to the town by a local trader, a reminder of Teignmouth's importance as a port.

The Square stands at the very heart of the town, astride the River Bourne.

The Town Hall stands on the left of this photograph, which was taken from outside the church and looking down Highbridge Street.

This elegant suspension bridge, built over the Menai Strait by Thomas Telford as part of his Holyhead Road, gave its name to the little town on the northern side of the narrow strait, between the island

A fragment of the medieval Town Wall, this postern gate allowed the townsfolk to obtain drinking water from springs at the Greyfriars.