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This expansion is reflected in a number of the streets named for famous men of that time - for example Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Wellington and Prince Albert are all remembered in this way.

The photographer is now looking south along Watling Street back to Road Weedon. To the right are the post-war council houses and the filling station in the Globe Hotel car park.

The corner of Edward Street on the right has altered considerably; the end building was demolished in 1999. The second shop along is Fred Macey's, advertising cycles and prams.

At the opposite end of the High Street from Town Bridge, John Bunyan's staue complements that of John Howard in the Market Place.

Aylesford is a knot of twisting streets, clinging to the side of the valley.

The gradual increase in motorized traffic may account for the presence of a policeman at the junction with Monk Street.

The Bear and Billet public house in Lower Bridge Street was built in 1664; until 1867 it was the town house of the earls of Shrewsbury.

The imposing proper- ties at the Queen Street junction which protrude into the street are dated circa 1700.

The right to hold a market in the High Street was originally granted to the lords of the manor by Charles II, and afterwards confirmed by his brother James in 1685.

A Royal Blue coach bound for Liverpool pulls into Market Street. The Cotswold-stone Dorchester Hotel, seen on the extreme left of the photograph, opened in 1947.

Much of Banstead High Street was rebuilt during the 1920s with a series of shopping parades.

The older street lights have not yet been replaced.

On the bend of the street stands a timber-framed 17th-century farmhouse with a huge chimney stack.

It is a quiet day in Tadcaster's High Street as a cyclist pedals unconcernedly down the middle of the road.

Outside was a street market selling clothes, furniture and food.

On the left is Wheeler's Hotel, and at the top of the street, just visible, is the hop leaf symbol of Simond's Brewery - once a common sight on local pubs.

We are looking down Fore Street, with the Victorian St Michael's Church in the distance. To the right is Mutter's fish shop and the Central Steam Bakery, now the Steam Gallery.

East Street and West treet form part of the old coaching route between Exeter and Dorchester.

This view was taken from near Bridge Street. The big tree in St Mary's churchyard has gone, and the wall has been rebuilt further back from the pavement.

Many of the shops in this street have changed hands since the 1960s.

We are looking north-eastwards from the quay beside Pier Terrace across Bridport Harbour to the George Hotel (left), with the Coastguard Station and buildings of George Street behind.

Beyond the trees is the River Avon, and the houses in the distance are in Bristol Street and part of Burnivale.

Only a delivery van disturbs the pedestrians along this part of the High Street, with its quaint mixture of architectural styles.The town was originally situated further inland near the church, but

Set in an area of Victorian factory housing, these streets of modest but pleasing terraces are now part of a Conservation Area.