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The cenotaph can be seen to the left of centre of the park, which is on Market Street. The memorial is dedicated to Whitworth men who died in the two World Wars.

In the middle distance is the Exeter Inn, and to the left is P J White's grocer's shop and mini- market - supermarkets were a relatively new concept in the 1960s.

Some 12th-century parts survive, but it is externally 15th-century, with chancel and side chapels of 1865 by Henry Woodyer, who was also responsible for the fountain in the Market Place

The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built. The butcher's, nearest the camera, is certainly attracting window-shoppers. Just to its left is a cafeteria.

There has been a settlement here since prehistoric times, and Storrington has been a market since 1399.

This lane leads from the Market Place to the castle gates. The buildings on both sides are located over the original moat. Centuries ago there may have been a drawbridge here.

There was a market here from at least 1280. The Black Boys is owned by Morgan and Co, another of the four great breweries of Norwich.

Kirkbymoorside, on the edge of the North York Moors, still holds its market every Wednesday, just as it has done since medieval times.

Chelmsford had always been primarily a market-town.

'Henley, a market town, and one of the neatest, cleanest, and most respectable in the County ... is exceedingly pleasantly situated on the west side of the river Thames'.

Horatio Nelson was at school in Downham Market in the later 18th century; a fellow-pupil was George Manby, inventor of the life-saving rocket.

In this view, the Market Place shows signs of a limited amount of redevelopment. A new retail block has been built between the post office and Marks & Spencer, replacing Lesters and the White Swan.

The wholesale fish market at Brixham was the largest in the west of England at this time.

Castleton's war memorial cross in the Market Place was still a relatively new feature when this photograph was taken.

Penrith, 'capital' of the northern Lake District, is an attractive red sandstone market town. But it did not escape the 'Poets' Corner' craze for street-naming of the late 19th century.

The old market cross still stands by the gate to the parish church of St Alkelda at Giggleswick, in the heart of Craven limestone country.

This wide street once held a cattle market. It now has one-way traffic, but little has changed here except that building societies and estate agents have taken over the shops.

The prominent white board indicates Fowey's quay and market toll charges.

In the 13th century the site had been a market-field ('chipping field'), which was rented and worked by smallholders known as mol men from the rent they paid.

Tenbury received its first charter for a market and fair in 1249, but remained a fairly humble country town until 1839 when a medicinal spring was discovered, leading to the creation of a pump room and

The market has not changed fundamentally over the years, except that today the emphasis is on clothes and general bric-a-brac, whereas the livestock sales that originated here are long gone.

Beyond the vehicles parked on the left, the hint of an open space indicates the existence of the market square.

In the streets off the market, many picture postcard gardens add to the attractiveness of the town.

At the lower end of the market square, leading down to the Swale Falls, is Millgate - little changed today.