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The tall tower with the clock stands opposite the Market House on a site once occupied by a tannery.

Sleaford has fragments of a castle, built by Alexander, the princely Bishop of Lincoln, in the 1120s, but its function as a market town for north Kesteven is undimmed.

One of the largest markets in the country, looking across to the church of St Peter Mancroft. one of the largest and most impressive parish churches in England.

Designed by Thomas Robinson and completed in 1887, the red-brick town hall deserves a more spacious and prominent setting than Market Street.

Two market halls were built exclusively for this trade, the first in the 17th century and the second in 1840. The original hall was behind the George and Dragon Inn, and part of it still stands.

Later, this site was taken over by Woolworth's when Key Markets built a new shop further along the street. A new, bigger post office lies between them. Hence the focus of the town was gradually moved.

This view looks from Coppice Hill through to Market Street. The electricity show room is now Tillions glass and china shop.

This is the Market Place at Long Eaton, as it looked in 1950.

Just beyond the Market House stands the Town Hall, its prominent clock tower topped by an intricate weather vane.

Granted a charter in 1286, Ormskirk was an important market and industrial centre.

Dr Johnson's statue in the Market Square was erected in 1838, and has bas-reliefs relating to scenes from his life on the pedestal.

It was right on the edge of the Black Country, and it had almost the air of a rural market town.

A market place and butchers' shambles had previously occupied the site, and traders continued to put up their stalls in the open space below the entrance.

Beneath the ancient oak are the 'fish stones', steps of a market cross on which monks from nearby Gresgarth displayed their catches for sale.

The market cross is an imposing structure, reflecting Ilchester's former status as the county town.

Crowds are thronging the Market Place and Long Row giving little heed to the traffic. The Black Boy Hotel stands splendidly in the centre, with its astonishing wealth of architectural detail.

When the inn was built in the 14th cen- tury Newark was one of the most impor- tant market towns in the East Midlands, and about the same size as Nottingham.

The 17th-century Old Market Hall in the centre of the village was the first National Trust property in Derbyshire - the Trust acquired it in 1906.

Near the middle of Wales, sheep are driven along a back road near the old market town. Llanidloes was one of the major centres for wool and flannel production from the late middle ages.

Basildon's first shop opened in Market Pavement on 16 August 1958. It was the premises of Allan Henbest, a tailor and outfitter, formerly of Laindon High Road.

Huins Shoes dominated the corner of Market Place for over half a century, but it has gone now, and a bakery occupies the premises.

Dominating the Market Place is this dignified bronze statue, erected in 1861, of Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer, born in Spilsby in 1786.

Midhurst, where every style of architecture can be seen in perfect harmony, is possibly the most beautiful of all the medieval market towns in Sussex.

Dating from 1680, the Butter Cross, now a listed building, provides the focal point for the busy Friday market, now with new metal railings and seating.