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But it was the Roman conquerors that laid out the basic street pattern of Dorchester - a true Roman town in a beautiful setting.

Old Town Street, like so many Plymouth thoroughfares, was devastated in the war. Altogether, around twenty thousand Plymouth buildings were destroyed as a result of enemy bombing.

The Crown Hotel in the High Street tried very hard; but it did the proprietors no good, because the hotel closed down soon afterwards.

The shop by the lamp standard, 22 High Street, was that of Walter Small, 'floral specialist and fruiterer'.

The High Street was not developed in a major way until the 1880s.

Old Town Street, like so many Plymouth thoroughfares, was devastated in the war. Altogether, around twenty thousand Plymouth buildings were destroyed as a result of enemy bombing.

This gently curving street is to the east of the town. This view, looking back towards the town centre, shows both the Congregational and parish churches.

This view shows the continuation of Penryn's precipitous main street as it climbs steeply away from Falmouth behind the Town Hall.

Fowey's straggling main street runs parallel with the river between the Custom House and Town Quay. On the right is the historic house called Noah's Ark, with its twin gables and jettied front.

One of the many streams that cascade off the moor - this is the beginning of Mill Ghyll, which flows down Wells Road and then underneath Brook Street.

Bridge Street slopes down to the river Mole and the 14-arch bridge of 1782.

Hounslow has changed a great deal since the heady days when several hundred stagecoaches a day passed along its great street.

North Hill climbs towards High Street, just beyond St Peter's church tower seen in the distance.

This lovely street, fringed with cobbles, leads down to the White Lion Inn and the old church, where the poet William Cowper, 'England's sweetest and most pious bard', was laid to rest.

Gas street lighting was common at the time.

Note how quiet the street is compared with today's modern traffic.

The first modern shop façade in the High Street was Fine Fare (left), a small supermarket on the corner of Meadow Road, vying with the more old-fashioned International Stores opposite.

This photograph was taken from the Queen's Hotel and looking across Piccadilly towards Market Street, where we can see Lewis's Department Store.

Phillips & Handover is seen here on the left, looking along Half Moon Street towards the Almshouse. Several hats and garments are displayed outside the shop.

In the late 19th century, the writers of tourist guides such as Baedeckers considered the Rows in Watergate Street to be the poor relations of those in other parts of the city.

This view looks south-west along the High Street. The Bacchus Hotel, a mainly 18th-century pantiled building predating the seaside resort's expansion, survives.

There is an uncanny quiet about the street.

Many of the coach tours to Keswick and Windermere are advertised in the hoardings along the street.

Situated on the corner of the A40 and the High Street, the appropriately named Cotswold Gateway Hotel opened in 1928. The building was once used as a boarding house for the local school.