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Despite the widening of the entrance into St John's Street in the 1930s, it is still a tight squeeze for pedestrians and vehicles alongside the church, as we can see from photograph.

The village, which stands opposite Cliveden Woods, is also famous for a sarsen boulder known as the Tarry Stone, which has occupied different positions in the High Street over the years.

Beyond the lovely garden there is an exquisite view of the east window and turret of the school chapel built by G E Street in 1865.

On the opposite side of Bridge Street stands the Star Tavern, which was first recorded in 1616.

Bell Street, part of the original town of Sawbridgeworth, runs from London road eastwards towards the church and the school.

This is the main shopping street of Sleaford, and the Handley Memorial was the ideal place for a set of destination signs.

An obtrusive clutter of tall poles lines the road, and a modern concrete street lamp does little to enhance the scene. The roadside has been cleared up considerably in recent years.

The town possesses two attractive and extensive open spaces; to the west of the old High Street lies Gadebridge Park, bought by the former Hemel Hempstead Borough Council in 1952; the second,

the year 2000 the Rotary Club of St Neots decided to celebrate the millennium with the gift of a new clock to the town, and this now hangs on the side of Britains' furniture store in the High Street

Amongst the greatest changes has been the redevelopment of the top end of Park Street and the Crown Wharf Retail Park.

West Street, whose sign (right) has now gone, is the route to Horncastle and Lincoln.

Both clocks have been taken away from this busy shopping street, but Milletts Army and Navy Store (right) is still there.

We are looking from the start of the High Street towards the green.

The relatively narrow main street carried heavy traffic to Nottingham, the north, and the east coast.

This fine pink granite church, mainly of the 15th century, is well sited at the head of Church Street. Its solid clasping buttressed and battlemented tower rises in four stages.

West Street, whose sign (right) has now gone, is the route to Horncastle and Lincoln.

The remains are situated at the top of High Street and are, in my view, a must for the first-time visitor to the city.

Until the A6 was pushed between the two villages, it made its way via their narrow rather tortuous streets. At the end of the 20th century, unfortunate changes were inflicted on this view.

Royston is a relatively modern town - it is not mentioned in the Domesday Book - which grew up at the crossing of Ermine Street and the Icknield Way; it was not officially recognised until the late 1800s

The ornate gates replaced the brick wall which the Pattens had erected in Sankey Street to give them privacy from curious passers-by.

There has been a bridge at Warrington since the 13th century, when the town centre began to develop in its present location away from the medieval village off Church Street.

Note the different styles of street lights in this view. There are at least three on the right-hand side, and on the left there are the remains of gaslights.

Byworth is a very pretty village with a single winding street a mile east of Petworth; it is set on hilly ground above a small stream flowing in a steep valley towards the Rother.

Originally High Street, its approach from the ford across the Roach was via Bull Brow. This old route to Yorkshire was widened in 1897 when the building on the left was demolished.