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Fishmarket Street was Thaxted`s medieval market place. The second cottage on the left is now the library.

This view was taken from the Market Place. Fore Street, leading into the A350 Trowbridge Road, is now a very busy road in and out of town.

This traditional market town was famous for its stocking fairs. Bala was also a centre for the manfactur of Welsh flannel and tanning.

In this view of the market place, the Exchange can be seen in the background. This building was designed in 1724 by the mayor, Marmaduke Pennel, but was largely rebuilt in 1814.

When Leland visited Weobley in 1540 he described it as 'a market-town where there is a goodly castle, but somewhat in decay'.

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

A view of the High Street, looking towards the abbey and market cross. Everybody is wearing either a hat or cap, the road is not surfaced, and there is a virtual absence of street lighting.

For some years after being built, it was still referred to as the Exchange and the renamed Old Market Square was dubbed Slab Square.

The higgledy-piggledy development of this small country market town which resulted from its unusual position on the county border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire until 1896 is evident in this overall

A small medieval market town, Petworth is a delightful tangle of lanes and alleys.

For many years Angel Place served as one of the city's two desperately inadequate bus terminals, but now accommodates Crowngate Market.

The low wall on the extreme left had been a pound - an overnight stopping-point for animals being driven to Chelmsford's livestock market.

The column, mounted on a base of octagonal steps, supports a stone ball which was originally topped by a metal spike, constituting the market 'cross'.

It was essentially a wool town, and its great market was held in the wide stretch of road we see here.

A market town rather than a village, Watton has a constant stream of traffic through its bustling centre.

The Market House was built in 1655; it is a substantial building supported on fat stone columns. Originally it would have been more striking, but the third storey was removed in 1817.

The Market Hall, built of red sandstone, dates from the mid 1600s and stands on the site of an earlier hall. The carving between the windows is of a bust of Charles II.

Since the 12th century, markets have been held on this cobbled square - it covers over 3 acres. It is surrounded by many important houses, some owned by the most wealthy merchants and families.

Friesian cows are grazing; perhaps they belong to Mr E Ball, who owned property to the right in the Market Place. Beyond the cows, the hill is the site of the original castle motte.

Various striking Georgian buildings overlook the Market Place, and there are many hotels and inns hereabouts, including the Bear Hotel, on the right of the picture, which dates back to the 13th century

Built in the 1750s, Martock's Market House originally held a row of shambles or butchers' shops.

They supplied the town's numerous markets until the railways opened up more distant ones.

Indeed, many of the Georgian and 19th-century facades in the High Street, which winds uphill towards the market place, conceal medieval and later timber-framed buildings.

This small Wiltshire market town has a long, roughly north-south High Street, seen here looking north from the junction with Bath Road.