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This area was originally the market place, with streets now lost to the sea running parallel on the right. The mock-timber building on the left is the Mill Inn.

Here we have a good view of the area that is to the west of Market Square.

The market continues, but it is now more of a flea market and car-boot sale.

North from the Market Place, the High Street curves away past The Woolpack, now rendered and roughcast.

The Old Town Hall, in the Market Square, was built as a market hall in the late 17th century. A magistrate's court was held on the first floor, and the ground floor was used as a lock-up.

It is a town of considerable antiquity with a large triangular market place, partly encroached by later buildings.

The Market Square 1907 The tour of southern Somerset concludes in Ilminster. The name means minster or church near the River Isle.

Here we have a good view of the area that is to the west of Market Square.

There is a splendid proportion of medieval and Tudor timber-framed houses; it is even more astonishing that the market infill between Middle Row and the High Street survived traffic imperatives.This view

Corn Market 1951 This classic market town is famous for its broad streets and many inns - The Black Horse can be seen on the left in the picture.

Alongside the Market Cross, and also in Blue Lias limestone with Ham stone dressings, is the Town Hall.

This square was once busy with the sounds and smells of a cattle market, but now it has been marked out for parking. Self-service super markets have become popular, this one being The Maypole.

On a busy market day the former Market House is partly concealed. It was rebuilt in 1937 with fake timber-framing applied to the outside, but it did re-use the original 1565 roof timbers.

Newent has been a market town since Henry III granted it a charter in the 13th century, and it is appropriate that the Market House, which stands on stilts and is some four centuries old, is located

This broad open space at the heart of the city is a kaleidoscope of noise and colour on market day.

The Macclesfield road rises in the distance to the bridge over the railway line, with the station and livestock market going down on the left.

Although not without its critics at the time, the scheme rescued the Market Place from the chaos of cars and buses and has left an open space of considerable charm that is once again colonised

Beyond the parked car to the right is the tourist office and market place. Monday is Market Day in Bakewell. On the right, Burgons was a pre-supermarket groceries and provisions supplier.

The accountants Forrester Boyd & Co at 7 Corn Market next door have been replaced by Hanson's the bakers, and next door is now the Louth Vision Centre.

A charter was granted to the village for markets to be held every year around the cross on 10 July and 2 October.

This view was taken from the Town Hall, with the Market Cross in the foreground, a 33ft-high column dating from 1768.

However, the town continued to serve as a market place for livestock for many years.

The market town of Bedale is a few miles to the north-east of Masham.

The shop that was S F Chesman (right) is now empty, but Sir John Franklin's statue still stands proudly in the middle of the Market Place and overlooks the Monday market.