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The sign in the centre, pointing against the flow of traffic today, indicates the A369 to Bath and Bristol - the High Street used to have two-way traffic.

Here we have a later view down Poultry and Cheapside, with Christopher Wren's spire of St Mary-le-Bow dominating the street.

Traffic is so light that the photographer has been able to pause on the crossing and look north up Regent Street.

The only link to this wonderful structure today is Pier Street, which runs from Millbay down to the Hoe.

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.

To the left The Strait descends towards the High Street.

A large crowd has gathered in Newport Street, part of the Old Town of Swindon. The cause of the excitement is not clear, but it could be a fire at the thatched building round the corner.

On the right is a branch of International Stores who had larger premises in South Street. So too did W Muskett the grocers and confectioners whose delivery cart is on the left.

The Trinity Weslyan Methodist Chapel, on the corner of Mawney Road and Linden Street, was built in 1888 and provided seating for 750 worshippers.

The Red Lion, in the hamlet of Middle Street, was rebuilt in 1888; it is now a residence called the White House. The car outside is a pre-war Morris.

This general view of Northbrook Street shows the gable end to the left of a shop front, above which is a clock. This is all that remains of cloth- maker John Winchcombe's house.

Tarporley has an extremely attractive main street. At its southern end sits the Manor House.

Years of wholesale redevelopment have rendered this view almost unrecognisable as the same street in 48997 (above). Our only clue is the upper frontage of Principles.

The broad straight streets tell of land recovered from river and docks. The church tells of the human needs that followed.

New Street was the scene of many events. Large crowds gathered along it for the laying of the foundation stone of the Masonic Hall.

We can just see the cupola of Harold Mansions, an Edwardian apartment house, at the end of the street.

Just as it does today, the Italianate clock tower of the Guildhall dominates this view looking towards the steep Pike Street. All is quiet save for a trader making a delivery.

From its junction with Boscawen Street, it sweeps sedately up to the Lander Monument, a Doric column erected to the memory of the two Truro brothers who traced the source of the Niger in 1827.

In the 1820s Ormskirk consisted of just four streets; market day was on a Thursday and there were annual fairs held on Aughton Common every Whit Monday and Tuesday and on 8 September.

From early Victorian times, Punch and Judy shows moved away from the fairgrounds and streets and on to the beach in pursuit of lucrative new audiences.

The regimental museum in Tower Street has displays of medals, uniforms and weapons, and models showing the battles that both this and other Yorkshire regiments fought in many parts of the world, including

Most of Market Street was taken up by the now demolished Red Lion.

The White Lion, on the left, was, along with the Cromwell Hotel, the Two Diamonds, and the Yorkshire Grey, among a series of coaching inns spread along the spacious High Street.

To the right lies Broad Street.