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The eastern side of the street was mainly occupied by shops, while the opposite side was mainly made up of offices, both municipal and business.

The High Street extends westwards from the River Stor to the triangular market place (in the foreground), which was established by 1399.

The tall poles in the street indicate the advancements in communication technology made that year by the nearby Medway Telephone Exchange.

This splendid view of the High Street as it ascends the hill towards the Guildhall was taken from the Town Bridge crossing the River Wey.

Frith's photographer was looking back through the carriageway towards Church Street straight ahead.

Frith's photographer was looking back through the carriageway towards Church Street straight ahead.

Erected in 1858 as a memorial to Robert Peel, the Town Hall, whose porch and balcony project into the street, originally served as the Mechanics' Institute until the town was incorporated as a borough

When this picture of the High Street was taken, there would be plenty of outlets from which it was possible to buy tobacco products.

The inn's name moved here from Hill Street in the 1840s.

A quarter of a century apart, this and the previous view of the High Street show how little it changed throughout the 20th century, with the exception of traffic problems and an increased number

Village Street leads away downhill to the old post office.

This one-street town is one of the most delightful in England; it is a special place to visit and an even better one to stay in, to use as a base for the exploration of Worcestershire.

No motor vehicles are allowed in its steep cobbled streets, and what we see today is essentially what our cameraman saw in 1930.

There is now plenty of traffic on the street. A sign in the middle of the row of buildings on the left is for the library.

Further west along Main Street, looking towards Lyme Regis, the plateau of Langdon Hill forms the skyline (centre). The cart is beside Rose Cottage and Foss Cottage (left).

Here we see some horse-drawn carriages, including a street cleaner's cart, parked outside the Parish Church of St John Baptist.

Dominant in this photograph of the east end of the High Street is the Town Hall, which at the date of this photograph had just been rebuilt by local architect C E Ponting.

Not something that would happen today with any degree of safety, a gentleman poses for the camera in the middle of the street.

The church of St Peter occupies an island site where the main street divides.

This street has become estate agents' row - at Nos 4, 14, 18a and 24 Chalet Hill that is just what you will find.

The house on the corner of Montrose Street to the left is now another medical centre, with a dental surgery next door.

Horbury, three miles south-west of Wakefield, was once one of the busiest railway junctions in the country; hence, perhaps, the absence of any form of traffic in the High Street in this photograph.

This is Georgian urban architecture and townscape at its best, and our route starts in Queen Square, west of Milsom Street.

Heading north-east out of Bath on the A4, cross the A46 junction onto the old A4, which soon becomes Batheaston High Street.