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The Cross and the Carew Arms 1929 Further south, Crowcombe is the largest village on the western flanks of the Quantocks, and once was a small market town.

A long period of prosperity is shown in this view of the Market Square - the Tuesday market had been going on for 268 years.

A fine Georgian building, the hotel came complete with a Long Room where Leyburn Market Club, founded in 1832, still holds its dinners.

A fine Georgian building, the hotel came complete with a Long Room where Leyburn Market Club, founded in 1832, still holds its dinners.

The Town Hall and the Market Hall stand out at the centre; the large building to the right of the Market Hall is Samuel H Facey & Son's brewery, which opened in 1862.

The hotel faces the Market Place and the church. George Street, beyond, which is hidden by buildings, ran from the Market Place towards Dr Roughton's house.

The Stanhope Memorial stands in the middle of the space where the market is held twice a week.

The three-storey building of Boots the Chemist at Nos 15 and 16 Market Place is not as old as it seems.

Skirting the modern shopping centre, our tour reaches Stert Street, which runs south towards the Market Place; in the 1890s, it was one of Abingdon's main shopping streets.

There used to be a Saturday market here, but eventually the larger markets of Boston and Spalding took its trade. The A52 leads to Boston, and the A152 goes on to Spalding.

The Town Hall and the Market Hall stand out at the centre; the large building to the right of the Market Hall is Samuel H Facey & Son's brewery, which opened in 1862.

A ride called the 'Galloping Pigs' once appeared in the Cattle Market, perhaps emphasising the link with a market town. There has been a fair in Loughborough for nearly 800 years.

This pleasant market town sits on the road from Thetford to Norwich, and was once a resting place for pilgrims - it still has a Guild Chapel dedicated to St Thomas a Becket.

The Market House (or Town Hall) with its clock and bell turret was built in the 18th century by extended and largely reconstructed by Lord Chesham in 1856.

To the right at 27 Market Place is the post office. In July 1965 this was transformed into the Westminster Bank, where Mr Gambrill was the manager - he had been with the bank for 31 years.

The Stanhope Memorial stands in the middle of the space where the market is held twice a week.

In the centre of the view, behind the Market Cross, we see property in the Market Place and entrance to Church Street before it was demolished as part of a road-widening scheme in the early

At the corner of the Market Place is the main entrance into St Mary's churchyard, to the left of the church. No 35 Market Place was the King's Head, which is first mentioned in a deed of 1770.

The shops around the market are becoming dominated by national chains. On the left, for example, are Boots, Foster Brothers and Freeman, Hardy & Willis.

The siting of this church dedicated to St Mary is enigmatic, but was possibly built near to a re-sited market place in the late 12th century.

Perhaps it is the time of one of the annual fairs, rather than an ordinary market day, as stalls can be seen on both sides of Trinity Church Square.

Our photographer stood in Church Street; the part we see is Market Place, where the early markets took place.

Like so many of its neighbours, Downham Market was a river port of some importance until railway workings cut it off from the waters of the Ouse.

Market Square is the open area in front of the Town Hall, and Market Street runs to the left. The locals liked the large Tuscan portico and its four plain columns.