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The old corner house boasts restored architectural features whilst the street's long-standing resident, the Old Arcade, has its frontage opened and modernised - the market entrance passage still intact

Occupying a hill-top, Preesall grew as a small market around a corn mill and two pubs, both of which are shown here, the Black Bull and the Saracen's Head.

A fascinating photograph showing Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street.This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly: the new buildings interposed with the older ones on the left-hand

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

A guidebook in 1795 described Weobley as having 'a few small streets meanly constructed, without either market or traffic'.

Late 19th-century Market Street is lined by a miscellany of individualistic shops, a far cry from the predictable monotony of today's high street outlets.

On the right, surmounted by a balustrade and square clock tower is the town hall and market. Built in 1755, it replaced two previous halls on the same site, both of which had succumbed to fire.

In the centre are the pump, in use until 1939, and the 16th-century Market Cross. On the right are Mabel Kemp's cycle shop and Isaac Minn's, saddler.

The Square in Wickham opens at right angles to an east-west route; it might have been intentionally planned in that way when a market and fair were granted to the town during the second half of the 13th

The intricately-decorated Market Cross is considered to be one of the finest of its kind in the country.

A fascinating photograph showing Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street.

To the west the Melton Mowbray road reaches the town centre via Westgate, a wide street seen here looking north-east towards Market Place.

Originally the open central area in Horsham was known as the market place, but by the later 19th century the northern part was called the Carfax, a name possibly derived from 'Skarfolkes', used in 1524

Astride the A2, the old market town of Sittingbourne was an important staging point on the medieval pilgrims' route to Canterbury and, later on, in the coaching era.

It still shows many of the signs of a country village, and is complete with its Market Square, as our photograph shows. Longridge takes its name from being at the end of Longridge Fell.

On the north side of the Market Square Barclays Bank, which had taken over the local bank in 1896, erected an imposing new building in 1901.

At this point, the Market Place adjoins Blackpool Old Road.

This small market town is on the River Chet; even these moored boats and yachts would have had difficulty in navigating this shallow tributary of the River Yare to get to the pleasant town centre.

The tall brick building was Thomas Self, greengrocer and market gardener; to the left was Clement Poll, butcher.

The other dome to its right belongs to the covered market. Beyond is the quirky 1830s St Nicholas's parish church, now with the very modern Podium Shopping centre to its right.

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

Hailsham, an old market town, lies about seven miles north of Eastbourne. For about 200 years its main industry was rope making, which was started by Thomas Burfield; his shop was in the High Street.

Tubwell Row bounds the Market Place along with High Row, St Cuthbert's Churchyard and Horsemarket. On the left are the flower-bedecked premises of the seed merchants and nurserymen Kent & Brydon.

Behind its oak timbers infilled with wattle and daub, the local market traders would assemble to pay their dues to their manorial landlord.