This guide to the old towns in Hampshire and Surrey is based on the author's "Historic Towns of South-East England". The book contains information about the history and development of 38 towns in the two counties. The towns include Winchester, Godalming, Guildford and Titchfield. The historic towns of Hampshire and Surrey have a large number of buildings in brick, stone and timber-frame and some of the best street panoramas in the country. The buildings range from cathedrals, abbeys and medieval wool warehouses to the series of mid-19th century forts constructed as a defence against possible invasion by the French.