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Leading away from the Market Place (the Market House is visible in the distance) is Silver Street. The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view.

Market Place still contains Cresswell's, a seafood shop (left), and a coffee bar beyond. The Shakespeare, right, is 'as we like it' these days, a charity shop.

Lynn's market place is one of the very finest in England, enriched by a profusion of Georgian and Victorian public buildings, including the florid Corn Exchange built in 1854.

This view looks north towards the Market Place and captures well the character of this market town, most of whose 19th- and late 18th-century buildings still line the streets.

The old market place, on which the vehicles are parked, is a reminder of Battle's former identity as a market town.

These two photographs show the market place over a span of ten years.

Gone are the market stalls and booths of an earlier era. Here are the vans and accoutrements of a modern thriving market town, utilising the fronts of the Georgian buildings.

The wide central square shows Chipping Norton's origins as a market town. It is still set out with stalls on market days.

In 1698 the locals decided to revive Penistone's market day and applied for a new charter. However, there was strong opposition to the proposal from both Barnsley and Huddersfield.

In 1698 the locals decided to revive Penistone's market day and applied for a new charter. However, there was strong opposition to the proposal from both Barnsley and Huddersfield.

The market town of Wantage is famous as the birthplace of King Alfred, who was born here in 849 AD.

Richmond, the capital of Swaledale, has been described as one of the most perfect market towns in England.

Looking up the Market Place towards St Andrews Church in the distance, we see the statue of Oliver Cromwell, who farmed here briefly before the Civil War.

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600. Its pleasing Georgian facades spread round the market place.

By the 1960s the addition of road markings indicating the one-way traffic system are now visible in the High Street, and road signs are positioned by the market cross.

'. . . come you home of Monday When Ludlow market hums . . .' Once this area was the entrance to Ludlow's market, with traders paying tolls at the nearby Tolsey (or toll booth).

Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the picture, which was built in 1824.

This 15th-century market cross stands in the centre of the village. The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair was granted in 1227. These continued to be held until the 1960s.

Kendal was granted the right to hold a market as early as 1189, when it was also made a barony.

The building in the centre of the photograph is the Market Hall; today it is really only a façade, as it is now part of the new Crown Centre which adjoins it on the right.

The present-day Market Place was formed from the outer bailey of the castle.

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.

The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, filled with cars in this picture.

Local tradesmen pose for the cameraman in front of the ornate octagonal open Market Cross in the Market Place, centrepiece of this lovely little town which many people believe to be the most beautiful