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Unlike most photographs of King Street, this view is virtually unchanged.

The only medical institutions listed on the Johnson & Green street plan of 1868 are the Convalescent Home & Sea-Bathing Infirmary, and the Hydropathic Hospital.

The town, a prosperous agricultural centre, consists mainly of this long street, with its attractive lines of trees, which widens at its west end into a picturesque boulevard with grass verges.

Potter Street Junior School and the infant school were on the same campus, and were typical of the many schools that had to be provided quickly for the very large percentage of school-age children in Harlow

tucked round the corner in Myddylton Place and can only be seen by those who explore the town on foot, for the apparent cul-de-sac leads through a twitchell (a local name for an alleyway) into the High Street

The initials of the former can still be seen on the premises of the NatWest in Westgate Street.

The initials of the former can still be seen on the premises of the NatWest in Westgate Street.

A double-decker bus brings trade to the town's main shopping street. Batley was one of the pioneers of steam trams; they ran from 1874, and the depot in Bradford Road later became Wilson's Mill.

The 18th-century Royal Hop Pole Hotel on the right- hand side of the street, with its wrought iron, flower- bedecked canopy and window boxes, is featured in Charles Dickens's 'Pickwick Papers

Though the old man could be delivering milk, yokes were used for carrying all manner of things up the steep streets.

Abington Street, now partly pedestrianised, saw considerable changes after this view was taken.

Here we look east along the River Witham, flowing out of Brayford Pool, with the High Street reached by steps from each bank.

Next to St Andrew's Methodist and United Reformed Church (left of photograph) is No 8 Long Street, originally the home of Joseph Needham, a surgeon who was described in his obituary as 'perhaps the most

Much of the street furniture was removed by the start of the 21st century, leaving a more traffic-dominated Esplanade.

This quaint scene beside the aviary yielded to a new roundabout where Eastern Avenue/Newbury Road crosses the old coach road to London, New Street/Vigo Road.

A conspicuously clean- looking street scene with only the faintest trace of horses. Loveday & Sons, the jewellers, have now occupied their shop at Baddow Road corner for over a century.

The street lamp in this picture is less decorative than the one in the earlier view.

Also on Town Street was the Salvation Army, tithe cottages for the local clergy, and, grouped around the old Arcade, the post office, bank, bakers, florists and cobblers.

This 1883 church replaced the old Bell Chapel at the end of Town Street on the Green, which was becoming too small for the congregation.

Woburn Street enters Market Place from the west and has more vernacular houses and cottages along each side.

This imposing, ornate gateway once stood where the Strand becomes Fleet Street, and was erected in 1672 to a design by Wren.The effigies portray Stuart monarchs.

Townsend was an early name for this part of Kingswinford, which is at one end of the High Street, and thus the 'town's end'.

This interesting picture of the village street and the post office shows the village postman about to mount his bicycle.

As we look south down High Street we can see that many of the buildings survive today, including the dormered building on the far left.