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The turnpike between Bridgwater and Watchet once ran along St Mary's Street, and a tollhouse still stands today.

This view is of East Street, looking westwards to the Town Hall (left) with the prominent frontage of William Elmes, draper and outfitters, on the other side of the road (right).

In the four years since the previous picture was taken some redevelopment of the north side of the street has taken place, though there was more to come.

Stoodley's are still at 5 High Street selling watches and china. They advertised that you could join the Christmas Club 'and pay as you earn'.

Later, this site was taken over by Woolworth's when Key Markets built a new shop further along the street. A new, bigger post office lies between them. Hence the focus of the town was gradually moved.

It was situated where College Street joins Goodramgate on the eastern side.

Hay was used to feed the animals awaiting slaughter; it was illegal to graze livestock within six miles of the city centre.The street is very narrow, and at one point outstretched hands can touch each

Looking up the main street in Prestbury, the view 100 years ago seems to reveal a very similar dapper look to the one the village has today, although then there was no need for the extensive traffic

By the 1930s the tiny hamlet of Hare Street had been swallowed up into Gidea Park.

Those on a restricted budget could avail themselves of the York, a temperance establishment on Spencer Street, where a room could be had for 1s 6d.

Byworth is a pretty village with a single winding street a mile east of Petworth; it is set on hilly ground above a small stream flowing in a steep valley towards the Rother.

The clock tower of the Brine Baths stands toward the end of the street, where the road is congested with buses and lorries.

Distinctive red Penrith sandstone was widely used as it had been for the Society's own impressive King Street premises.

Much grander is Bath Street. Its name is appropriate, as its architecture is perhaps reminiscent of some of the later 18th-century parts of Bath itself.

Few streets still follow their original medieval plans, though not all have been lost since 1945. Butcher Row went long ago.

This tranquil street of handsome houses fringing the river was built in 1708.

Boscawen Street is certainly refined, and its considerable width is due to the demolition of a central row of houses in Regency times.

The Waggon & Horses in the High Street is still in business.

Today, an air of calm pervades the streets of Brackley, much as it did in the mid 1950s when this picture was taken.

The Maple Leaf Court sign, swinging on the street corner, has gone.

The old black and white signpost points to nearby Watling Street, one of Britain's most famous Roman roads and now the A5.

The White Hart on the right of Thrapston High Street closed in 1970, and was later demolished to make way for a new library and fire station.

Just out of sight, the River Cherwell flows under the easterly part of the High Street.

From the Hind Hotel we walk down Market Street and turn right down Midland Road. All the buildings on the left have been replaced by the modern Swansgate shopping centre.