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The street bustles today in the best possible way.

This picture, taken from the middle of South Green Road, shows the new Methodist Church in the High Street. It opened in 1880.

Lace-making has always been an important tradition in East Devon, though it would be a rare sight today to see it carried out in the street by a local cottager.

Here we see a cobbled High Street in the sunlight of one of the last years of the 19th century. There is not a vehicle in sight. On the left is a butcher's shop, whilst a horse waits patiently.

The 11th-century Saxon tower of St Michael's Church is clearly seen on the right of Cornmarket Street. Until 1771, the North Gate of Oxford spanned the Cornmarket beside this tower.

Looking down Gloucester Street, this view shows St Peter's in the distance. This 15th-century church is noted for its grotesque gargoyles. The interior was substantially renovated in 1872.

The two sections of road here each (technically at least) have different street names: Swine Market is on the left and Oat Market on the right, reminding us of what used to be traded here in times past

The exquisite Guildhall is in the centre of this view of the High Street. It was built in 1330, remodelled in 1468, and the portico over the pavement added in 1592.

This picture gives a closer view of the fine Victorian architecture in Bridge Street.

Happily the façade of the old market has been kept, and is now a walkway to the High Street. Young's drapery shop next to it is now a bank.

Turning right into Park Street we come to the junction with Park Road. This shows the view towards Church Hill, with 'Brackenhurst' on the right.

The area has been built up considerably since this picture was taken, but attractive villas still descend the hill towards the sandy estuary, the railway and the pleasant shopping street.

The north- western corner is a continuation of Kingsbury Street, and the parish church of St Mary dominates the view.

This view shows the main street with the Old School, centre, which closed in 1964.

St Leonard's church was at the heart of the civilian community at one end of the hill, with the castle at the other end and the High Street with its market linking the two.

Nestling on the south bank of the Humber, the wide boulevard of Whitecross Street has changed little.

The ornate clock on the Herbert Lewis department store building on the right is still a prominent feature of the High Street.

The Dominican friars established a Friary here before 1247, hence the street name. On the right the low wall is in front of the Congregational church, now demolished.

Note the Esso petrol pump on the right, and the stop sign across the street. Over the crossroads is Archie's Café advertising Hovis bread.

Tamar barges such as the one in the centre of this picture would bring produce down from Calstock, Gunnislake and Bere Alston and land them at Cornwall Street in Devonport.

This large village, just off the ancient Roman Road of Dere Street, later the Great North Road and the A1, lies near the Durham border west of Darlington.

This view shows a virtually-deserted High Street in the undistinguished former colliery town of Normanton, three miles north of Wakefield in South Yorkshire.

On the left-hand side of the street is the village teashop, next door to the bakery with its metal advertising signs for Hovis and Vitbe bread.

Situated just off the old Great North Road (the Roman Dere Street and the modern B6275), Aldbrough St John takes its name from the parish church.