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The village expanded with the boot and shoe works in the later 19th century, but the original stone village survives.

The sign lists 'linen and woollens, clothing, hats, fancy articles, boots and shoes, groceries and ironmongery'.

The main street and good shopping centre is made more pleasant by the Victorian glass arcade, useful in wet weather.

On the other side (left of the cars) boot and shoe seller George Percival Read boasts 'Established 1844' and iin the 1930s would be offering 'Moccasin', 'Norvic' and 'Mascot' brands.

supported an agent for the Genuine Tea Co (John Brook), an attorney (Jonas Ainley), and an auctioneer (Timothy Bradbury), together with a baker, blacksmith, coal merchant, and at least four boot and shoe

Later, the village became a centre for shoe production. In 1914 many soldiers marched off to war wearing locally-made boots.

I love the dapper white shoes worn by the man reading the newspaper.

It became yet another of Northamptonshire's boot and shoe manufacturing towns in the later 19th century and was greatly enlarged, with streets of Victorian terrace housing.

Trade is quiet; one hopes the large stall well-stocked with boots and shoes has done better business earlier.

Most of these shops had a long history. Spencer's the stationer's beyond Finkle Street sold postcards, perhaps including Frith's!

During the coaching era the need to re-shoe horses must have made the blacksmith essential. The forge in Godalming was situated very centrally, in Pound Lane, where Record Corner is now.

Trebilcock's shop is displaying the well-known brand of K shoes and boots.

Burton's is pre-eminent on the left, and Pricerite is on the right, next to three shoe shops, Lennard's, True-Form and Frisby's. All have gone.

Identifiable businesses include Murray Kerridge's jewellery shop (far left), the shoe chain Frisby's, who had begun their long tenure opposite after moving from Poole Corner, and in the distance

This view was taken from the Obelisk, and shows the premises of E J Butcher & Son, bakers, on the left.

Bridge Street was clearly Warrington's shopping centre in the 1950s. The west side offered some of Warrington's finest shops.

The parade of shops which lined this section of Upper Mulgrave Road on the approach to the entrance to Cheam Station, which is behind the trees on the left, includes on the extreme right a branch of the

Originally a tree lined thoroughfare, Marlowes when it was developed in the early 1950s became the main shopping centre for the new town.

Boots have changed their location to be in one of the new shops.

Boots have changed their location to be in one of the new shops.

The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office. Window displays include net curtaining, boots and shoes and hats.

This view shows a wide range of shops including a jeweller, an optician, a chemist, a shoe shop, and several cafes and inns.

A major redevelopment in 1870 brought many new shops and arcades to the thoroughfare.

The village was named after the bridges crossing the River Mole.The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office.