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Dating from the 1500s (and possibly earlier), the half- timbered building on the left fronting both the High Street and Hickmans Lane has had a chequered history.

This brief tour of Stamford has now climbed up to St Mary's Street to look east past the north nave aisle of St Mary's Church to the Stamford Hotel, somewhat over-large for the narrow street and towering

For about 200 years its main industry was rope making, which was started by Thomas Burfield; his shop was in the High Street.

Long Street, which was once known as West Street, has been the main artery of Tetbury since at least the 16th century.

High Street c1955 Mayfield's attractive High Street, with its raised brick pavements and fine architec- ture, speaks of the days when Mayfield was an important iron town.

This photograph of South Street shows the premises of the London and County Banking Company on the left.

This shot was taken at the southern end of Market Street, which leads to that area of town that was traditionally the main shopping centre.

In 1836, Spencer Street was just a rough track when it was chosen as the site for a Congregationalist chapel.

The seven-bay Crown Hotel (right), with columned porch, has a large and elaborate sign over the street. The painted advertisement next door has gone, but the gable beyond retains the date 1662.

Perhaps the best-known of York's medieval streets is The Shambles, seen here looking towards Pavement, and virtually unchanged today.

Mainly Georgian houses front Kimbolton's wide High Street, laid out in medieval times to accommodate a market.

The word `street` is an ancient term meaning a row of buildings often sharing a common pavement and does not refer to the roadway passing by them. Hare Street is the name of a village.

It probably had a jetty like that at Dormy House in Kingsbury Street. The building beyond, 2-4 High Street, is dated 1739, and was at that time a milk bar.

The word 'street' is an ancient term meaning a row of buildings often sharing a common pavement and does not refer to the roadway passing by them. Hare Street is the name of a village.

This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.

The name Cannon Row lives on in the narrow street off Bridge Street.

The High Street, with many cars, and a tarmacadam road, is much changed from earlier pictures. Simonds Bank is now Barclays, and Armstrongs has become Eighteens.

From Stour Street we head north along the river. This photograph was taken from the railway line looking east across the Stour.

As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.

St Peter's Street and the High Street wind into the distance on the right, with the smaller towers of St Peter's church and St George's church visible just off to the left of the

The almshouses stand at the junction of Friar Street and Union Street on a site previously occupied by the city gaol.

In Roman times Cirencester, Corinium Dubunnorum, was the second most important town in Britain after London, standing near the Roman roads of Akeman Street, the Fosse Way, Ermine Street and the older Icknield

Our photographer now proceeds east along the High Street, a relatively narrow street with a mix of 17th-century and later fronts, now pedestrianised.

It replaced an older theatre of the same name set between Wellington Street and Catherine Street.