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A mixture of architectural styles makes an attractive picture; the early 18th century Crown Hotel is probably the best building in this street.

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.

This view looks across the railway and the western Cleddau river onto Quay Street and the town and castle beyond.

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.

West Gate, at the top of Winchester's High Street, has stood on the line of the city wall for over 600 years.

Lace-making has always been an important tradition in East Devon, though it would be a rare sight today to see it carried out in the street by a local cottager.

In July 1943 the town received attention from the Luftwaffe, but the only building to be destroyed in the High Street was Brooker Bros premises, still not replaced when this picture was made.

The Stockwell Streets are the heart of what is known as the Dutch Quarter, a recent name for the area in which Flemish weavers settled around 1600.

We are at the corner with Union Street. This is still a very busy and popular shopping area, largely pedestrianised.

Here the photographer looks from Temple Square along Church Street; the churchyard was also within the burh's earthen rampart.

The Simmonds fleet of buses would often work their way up and down Southgate Street. A

This narrow, winding street leads to the Cod and Lobster Inn and the sea.

The grand Regency façade of the Stamford Hotel looks rather out of place squeezed in among the other buildings of St Mary's Street.

At the top of the street, Church Road was already bisected by the arterial road to Southend.

The pleasing Town Hall commanding the main street was built in 1829, and its classically-styled clock tower was added six years later.

The road islands and street furniture have also moved and been changed. Buses run across the recently redundant tram lines.

Foregate Street looking towards the Eastgate. The clock was presented to the city by Edward Evans-Lloyd in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

This junction of the narrow streets creates a serious bottleneck for modern traffic. Note the decorative lamps outside the shop on the left.

Consider the visual impact made by the motor car in forty years by comparing the traffic, the signs, the shop fronts and the street furniture. Note the quaint petrol station on the right.

It offers a view of George Street running off to the south. The shop 'Chance' has gone and is now a private house. Outside stands a bus stop.

Blackburn Road has been pedestrianised, enabling improved street furniture and planting.

We are standing underneath the market cross and looking down the High Street.

A rustic scene in the centre of the village, southwards along Duck Street, with the Swiss Cottage contributing its flamboyantly flowing thatch (left).