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Chipping Ongar is so called because of its ancient 'cheaping', or market, and is still an important shopping centre. Until recent times, Ongar was the easterly terminus of the Central Line.

To the west of Buckden, it is home to a sailing club and watersports centre.

It is an excellent centre for visitors wishing to explore the coast and downland of this part of Dorset and nearby east Devon.

Made redundant, and disused for some years, this fine church is now a craft centre.

Cockermouth was granted its market charter in 1221, and gradually developed in importance until it was the chief commercial centre of the old county of Cumberland.

From1924 it housed the town's municipal offices, but was eventually replaced by a new Civic Centre. Just beyond it stands the 1930s library.

Cheltenham acquired a reputation as a high- quality shopping centre towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign.

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

Cockermouth was granted its market charter in 1221, and gradually developed in importance until it was the chief commercial centre of the old county of Cumberland.

The flint-walled boatshed on the left is now obscured by a gift shop/information centre.

This photograph shows sheep grazing in what is now almost the city centre.

South of the market-place, the old grammar school is centred around a wide, seven-bay red-brick building of 1765.

A deserted street funnels into the town centre: Sunday morning perhaps?

Oxford's superb Town Hall building dominates this picture of the city centre. At the bottom of the photograph is Queen Street, named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III.

Lining the centre of the street are the town's stocks, market cross, fish slab and whipping post; the lamp behind was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

It is a sad fact that most have now disappeared, but some survive on the edge of the town centre. Note the rustic porch and traditional picket fence.

The Magistrates' Court (centre left) was built in 1930 as a police station. An earlier police station had stood in the same position.

Went House is in the centre. The narrow road on the right leads to the hamlet of Owlpen, and is called Fiery Lane.

This must have been in recognition of Winchester's growing role as a tourist centre.

The road ahead leads to the centre of Mells. The fine houses are an indication of Mells's prosperity during the time when the woollen industry was thriving.

This photograph shows W H Smith & Son on the left of the picture, a few yards from the road bridge crossing the River Pang in the centre of the village.

Note the fully-laden coal lorry (centre).

Over the Town Bridge, which forms the old county boundary, the power station has been replaced with a shopping centre.

The Hall is the centre of the Abbots Ripton Estate; many of its timber-framed and thatched cottages and farmhouses date from the 16th century.