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Burford, often referred to as 'the gateway to the Cotswolds', is an attractive old market town.

The Ham stone market cross, now restored, was erected in 1795. In the distance is the church of St Mary Major with its massive 13th-century tower, square at the base and octagonal at the top.

This view looks from Market Square down Friargate.

E M Mumford, on the corner of the High Street and the Market Square, displayed enamel trade signs on its gable end when this photograph was taken in the mid 1950s.

Note the variety of architectural styles in this corner of the Market Place. The building on the right is timber- framed and infilled with herringbone brickwork.

The market was held around the 17th-century Buttercross in the centre of the town.

This was a very popular café near Llandudno, photographed when marketing meant painting the service you offered in bold letters on your roof!

Originally renamed Theatre Street, the populace took exception to this name and it was then changed to Market Street.

Potton's market existed at the beginning of the 13th century, and the town owes much of its present layout to that period. In the early 1900s a count revealed the existence of 32 alehouses.

This bustling market town, dominated by lofty brewing chinmeys, has been brewing beer since the 18th century.

About a hundred years before this picture was taken, Tunstall market was always busiest on Saturday evenings, and like the one at Crewe probably stayed open until 10pm.

The Crown Hotel, situated at the west end of Blandford's market place, was refaced in its original Georgian style in 1938.

Here we see a busy market day. In the background is the parish church, which contains some elaborate monuments to the Clifford family, the Earls of Cumberland.

Here we see a busy market day. In the background is the parish church, which contains some elaborate monuments to the Clifford family, the Earls of Cumberland.

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

Taken from the abbey roof, this photograph shows the 15th-century market cross in the centre, situated at the north end of the High Street.

To the right was a canal and railway siding, where barges were loaded with lime and bricks for the local and London markets.

The new Broadway and the shops proved immediately popular, and linked through with the outside market. The Coppice can be seen in the distance.

The outbuildings of the White Horse Inn are nearest to us (left); the inn faces the old market place, where there is another dock area for barges.

Because of busy traffic the memorial was moved into the Market Place. Poulton Laundry has gone, and the Methodist church (far right) has been pulled down—the new church is on Queensway.

At the southern end of the Buttertubs Pass, Hardrow is just a mile outside the market town of Hawes. Hardrow Force waterfall has long enchanted visitors.

It shows how elevated the church is, facing countryside to the south but opening out onto the Market Place to the north.

The town originally stood on higher agricultural land, and its position on the Ouse was not exploited until the middle ages, with the growth of a market.

If the fairs were particularly big, rides and stalls would spill over and occupy land next to the cattle market.