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This old shepherd, plodding on to Walsingham market, has been enjoying a glass of ale in the White Hart. His sheep have just been sheared, and are watched over by his dog in the foreground.

The pleasant market town of Abergele lies just inland from the chalets and caravans of the north coast between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.

The half-timbered old market hall was constructed in the early 1600s, and is unique in that it is the only such hall in Wales still standing on its original site.

The town centre is dominated by its very large triangular market place, which in its turn is visually overwhelmed by the mighty church steeple, completed in 1460 and universally known as the Boston Stump

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401. At its east end is another of Lincolnshire's preserved windmills.

However, it is a somewhat bitty town, and the market square is a distinct disappointment. Here, a little further north up High Street, we look west along Bedford Road.

Going east from Market Place along Church Street, we reach the small square with the brown stone church on its north side, a curiously villagey one for a town.

On the east side of Market Square was the Bull's Head Hotel, a mostly late 18th-century building which was Tudorised by Giacomo Gargini in the 1920s.

Parsons Fee leads south-west from Market Square past Prebendal House, the home of John Wilkes, the radical MP for Aylesbury from 1757 to 1764, and behind high brick walls.

The shop is an estate agent's, a sign of the expansion in the housing market at this quiet coastal resort.

Woolworth's displays its original American house style above the shop front, and the chemist two doors away has yet to feel the effects of the corporate marketing soon to alter the town's purchasing habits

An ancient market town, Ormskirk was an important centre for the linen trade during the 16th century, whilst in the late 18th and early 19th centuries there were silk mills in the area.

This view looks along Church Street from its junction with Market Street and Tylers Way; the latter is a modern road and where the boys stand is now a roundabout.

Turning south, the tour reaches South Petherton, a small market town in the Lias limestone foothills.

The foundation stone for the Towen Hall was laid on 29 October 1852 by Joseph Fielden, and it was opened on 30 October 1856.The total cost was £29,428 16s 3d.The clock tower and the Market Hall are

The view down George Street towards the church and the Market Square is still recognisable, though the garage just seen on the right has gone.

A great medieval port and a walled town, it declined as the sea retreated; by Victorian times it was mainly a prosperous market town for the surrounding area and the Walland Marshes.

Between 1678 and 1695 the parish of Kelham was indicted on numerous occasions for failing to repair 'a footbridge situate near the eastern end of Tunebridge, and leading from Muskham to Newark, a market

This is a lovely wide open space with ample room for the Friday market. This photograph must have been taken from the Trinity Bridge.

On the same side are two more public houses which had served the thirsty farmers attending the busy cattle market opposite. It is said that in the 1830s, Hoddesdon supported 28 inns.

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.

From the Market Place our town tour heads south along perhaps the best street in Abingdon for the survival of older buildings: East St Helen Street.

The buildings in the market place are typical three-storey houses with shops underneath. Most are family-owned, supplemented by more well-known names such as Boots (left).

At the crossroads of Market Place and Potter's Street stands the neo-classical Corn Exchange, designed by Lewis Vulliamy, whose original frontage had a grand entrance dominated by a statue of the harvest