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The arched building in the left foreground is the Market Hall, which was built in 1627 at the expense of Sir Baptist Hicks.

'Chipping' is the Anglo-Saxon word for 'market', and the fairs were once 'mops', at which farm and domestic servants sold their labour to an employer for the year ahead.

This lovely building is at the southern end of the High Street, in the former market place where the High Street meets Worcester Road and St John's Street.

By now the impact of the alterations to the Market Place and Church Street of 1962/63 are clear.

A close inspection of the shops to either side of the Market Hall reveals their late medieval origins.

First they were taken to Tenterbanks school, seen here on the right, for medical checks; then they went to the Market Hall, where refreshments were provided, before being dispersed to families around

Around Ludlow South Along The River Teme Tenbury Wells, Teme Street 1898 Known in the past only as Tenbury, the Wells in its name was added in the late 19th century as a deliberate marketing

The shoes were made just round the corner in Market Street until the 1930s.

This view looks across the market square towards Holy Cross Church, rebuilt in classical style in the 1750s with an unusual spire.

Kegworth's origins lay in its medieval weekly market and annual fair.

On non-market days, the centre of St Ives was a quiet and unhurried place.

All on the right was demolished and replaced by a shopping centre and an indoor market, The Agora, in the 1970s.

Moreton was a market town for the woollen industry in centuries past, and it was also an important centre for the linen weaving industry and a coaching town in the days of horse-drawn travel

The photograph shows Bell Street as a quiet back street in a small market town with only one car and a solitary cyclist - a far cry from the busy shopping centre of today.

The building of the new town centre had been designated a priority in 1951, and the market moved here in 1955.

King Henry I founded an Augustinian priory here in 1131, built a palace and established a new market town that rapidly became a place of considerable importance.

In front of St Oswald's Church, the old market cross and bullring provide a central point for the delightful village of Askrigg.

The Market Place, shown here, has fine 17th- and 18th-century buildings; the 3-storey ashlar-faced house right of centre is a fine example, with its rusticated ground floor stonework, fine pediment

Aylsham is a pleasant market town steeped in the history of woollen manufacture. Back in the days of Edward II, it was the principal town in the region for making fine linen.

Viewed from the opposite angle, the Market Place has been transformed into a modern car park.

The Market Place is to the right. In the distance we can see the shop of Frank and Albert Blakey, grocers, and the High Speed Gas offices.

The clock tower and the Market Hall are still here in our photograph, but not for long. Blackburn became a County Borough in 1888.

The views here concentrate on the historic core of the market town.

The Market Place is to the right. In the distance we can see the shop of Frank and Albert Blakey, grocers, and the High Speed Gas offices.