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In the late 19th century, Melton Constable was an important railway junction with locomotive and rolling stock works; it was sometimes known as the Crewe of Norfolk.

Village stocks were once attached to this cross, which stands at the junction of roads to Wells, Draycot and Westbury.

Work started on the Oldham Joint Stock Bank (now the HSBC), on the right, in 1892, and it was officially opened on 30 September 1895.

A wonderful evocative scene of people enjoying themselves on the pond; note in particular the boat with a canopy.

This traditional market town was famous for its stocking fairs. Bala was also a centre for the manfactur of Welsh flannel and tanning.

This view looks from in front of Exchequer Gate towards the Castle.

Palmer & Co, brokers and furniture dealers, have allowed their stock to flood out almost to the centre of the street in a happy confusion that would almost certainly win them the Turner Prize.

The Market Place in 1955 - this time looking towards the churchyard.

The day's catch is auctioned. Though fish were abundant in Victorian times, Mounts Bay fishermen were possessive about their fish stocks.

This view facing the medieval bridge shows the boatyard in the foreground with the old stocking factory on the right and the bacon factory on the left.

Built in 1870, this was one of the many West Yorkshire institutes to offer working craftsmen the opportunity to study new skills and learn more about the world.

Though the North East is readily identified with coal mining, shipbuilding and iron and steel, among its lesser-known industries was the construction of railway locomotives and rolling stock.

Although Basildon was burgeoning as a commercial centre, the presence of the Bankrupt Stock Clearance shop on the right indicates that not everybody was doing well.

Although Basildon was burgeoning as a commercial centre, the presence of the Bankrupt Stock Clearance shop on the right indicates that not everybody was doing well.

As the importance of farming declined, and woollen stockings – the main product of the women of Tregaron – were no longer wanted, the local population began to find other means of making an income.

The imposing Red Lion Hotel overlooks a busy market scene. Kendall, the well-known store stocking umbrellas and rainwear, can be seen on the right.

In the 18th century, the almost picturesque group of church and school was completed by the addition of the town stocks and whipping post.

Built in the Victorian Gothic style, the Public Library opened in 1876. It was built at the expense of local MP David Chadwick, who also paid for the initial stock of 10,000 books.

Woodplumpton is recorded in the Domesday Book.

Note the rough road surface, which had not yet been modernised with tarmacadam.

In 1247 King Henry III granted Romford a charter permitting a livestock market to be held in the town every Wednesday.

Clemersons, the town's one and only department store, had started in the mid 19th century as an ironmongers.

In the 1860s the economist Bagehot described Lombard Street, that runs to the right of the Mansion House, as 'by far the greatest combination of economical power and economic delicacy the world has ever

The village is listed in the Domesday Book as Bodeton. The great age of the market cross, with its uneven steps and remains of the punishment stocks, is apparent.