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All the buildings on the right of the street have gone.

Grevel House, in nearby Grevel Street, belonged to the prosperous wool merchant William Grevel, supposedly the model for the merchant in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'.

The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian; in those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other. The older part of the town lies close to the railway station.

Familiar high street names were putting in an appearance: Marks & Spencer and Halford's Cycle & Motor Store. Bond's was a department store – 'The House For Value and Distinctive Ideas'.

The waters of Nor' Loch once flowed over the area now occupied by Princes Gardens, the railway, and Princes Street, and together with an area of marshland formed a part of the castle and the old city's

St Nicholas's church stands on its own island surrounded by streets.

At the time of writing, the High Street has been partially pedestrianised and by-passed as a main thoroughfare for traffic.

A very regular row of houses lines this quiet street. I wonder if all the residents were enjoying their first taste of commercial television?

Running between the church and Nutfield Road, this narrow cobbled alley, with red tile-hung Tudor buildings approached by red brick steps, was once the High Street of the village.

Thatched cottages line the main street, and the village stores on the right has signs in the window for Brooke Bond Tea, as well as Kodak and Ilford photographic stock.

One of the town's main shopping areas, Cricklade Street is also home to the Brewery Arts Centre, which opened in 1979.

Walking along the street and noting the names of some of the cottages (Shoemakers and Tanners, for example), one is reminded of another important local industry – leather and the production

The film version, which starred Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, was filmed here in the 1980s.

Situated in East Grinstead's historic High Street, the Dorset Arms stands on the site of a former hostelry known as the New Inn and then the Cat and Ounce.

We are looking eastwards back down the street. The centre house with two-storeyed mullion windows is 16th-century. Note the excellent thatch.

A virtually deserted tree-lined High Street in Longtown, a small town on the Esk a few miles short of the Scottish Border. Locals gather outside the Globe Tavern, perhaps waiting for opening time.

We are looking down the main street of the charmingly-named hamlet of Appletreewick in Wharfedale, with the prominent 1,550ft fell of Simon's Seat in the background.

Looking into the lower end of the High Street, this photograph illustrates the wide variety of small shops which continues to serve the Norton community.

The narrow street is now constantly congested with traffic.

A lower view of the High Street. The covered walks, created by overhanging stories, were the location of two historic parts of the market area.

A carved wooden Indian holding a cigar still stands silent guard above one of the shop fronts in this street; it was once used to symbolise to the illiterate that the shop was a tobacconist.

Known affectionately as 'The Pepperpot', Godalming's attractive market house of 1814 stands at the junction of three streets in central Godalming.

On the right is the Old Bay Horse Inn and, across the street, the local gunsmiths.

Note the handsome facade of the Old King's Arms at the top of the street. The inn is now a carpet shop, though the inn signs above it remain.