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The statue of Richard Oastler and two children was unveiled in May 1869 at what was then the end of Market Street - Forster Square had yet to be laid out.

Once an important wool centre, Brackley is a pleasant country town; its wide main street is more than a mile long.

Not long before this photograph was taken, the place consisted of the High Street and just a couple of other roads.

James Duckworth Ltd, the grocery and provision chain, had a branch in this street, and others in Waterloo Road and Whitegate Drive.

Here we look along Middle Street with Little Thatches on the left, its windows now painted white.

Watling Street has a good range of buildings, mostly dated 18th and 19th century, built in a mix of materials - stone, brick and render.

Market Deeping has been fortunate in that it has kept most of its attractive stone buildings, and this street is still much the same today.

The site of the memorial had from 1839 to 1858 been occupied by a glass-roofed corn market — it was then transferred to its new location on the other side of Broad Street.

Situated at the west of end of St Peter's Street, this fine Regency terrace was constructed between 1827 and 1831 on the site of the bowling green to provide houses for 20 middle-class families.

Beyond, at the corner of Silver Street, is the old Constitutional Club of 1895, lots of blood red terra cotta, with the Usher Gallery beyond.

This view looks back along High Street. The two buildings either side of the turning into Albert Road have long gone, to be replaced by new offices.

The landing stage to the Crown and Thistle, a hotel some way away on Bridge Street, now belongs to The Mill House, the pub on the island. The weatherboarded outbuilding has since been demolished.

West Street is the commercial heart of Fareham, described by Thackeray, who spent his school holidays here, as 'a dear little old Hampshire town'.

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

The triangular tomb in the foreground commemorates “three unfortunate females” who died in a fire in the High Street in 1808.

During the day, patients could sit in the sun, which must have been a pleasant experience here, where they overlooked a leafy street, watching the world go by.

The street is here a little busier, with cars, a bus and several delivery vans parked by the kerb. Loading outside the Co-op is a mobile fish shop.

Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity.

This is a view looking eastwards up West Street, along the south side from the Sun Hotel (right) to the Town Hall cupola.

The café on the corner of the High Street belonged to Windsor Restaurants Ltd.

Situated at the western end of the main street, All Saints' Church has dormer windows with carved bargeboards and a diamond-shaped clock with a gilded crown.

This view looks west from the Market Place into Station Street.

For centuries the town's High Street and the area in front of the church was used for markets and fairs. These cattle walking down the Lewes Road were probably heading for the weekly cattle market.

The spire of the present church can be seen at the top of West Street.