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This was the original site of the huge cattle market. In the 19th century the street was lined by saddlers, but these premises gradually closed when horses gave way to the horsepower of cars.

The Theatre Royal on the left was built in 1865 by William and John Lambert, and designed to dominate the view up Market Street.

A 'tidy' view of Market Square complete with flower beds, mown grass and full benches just before opening time. Many of the buildings surrounding the Square show evidence of ancient origins.

Being originally a market place and meetings venue, the focal point of the Corn Exchange was often used to highlight social campaigns such as the National Savings promotion shown here.

The market entrance has yet to be demolished, and Marks and Spencers has not yet replaced the buildings to its left.

Askrigg was already prosperous when the Domesday book was compiled, and continued as the commercial and industrial centre of Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter.

In the High Street, also known as Market Street in 1622, the chemist's (on the left) occupies part of a 16th-century building of the continuous jetty type.

Designed by Thomas Robinson and completed in 1887, the red-brick town hall deserves a more spacious and prominent setting than Market Street.

By the 18th century, Ormskirk was already an important agricultural and market town, but with the arrival of the railway in 1849 it rapidly developed as an attractive residential area for Liverpool's prosperous

Ormesby was once an important market town whose inhabitants were privileged to be exempt from county service, and from contributing funds towards the maintenance of the Shire Knights.

This well-maintained timbered market cross was built in 1618. It provides a welcome resting place for shoppers and visitors. The modern shop fronts in the town hide many old medieval houses.

Sleaford has fragments of a castle, built by Alexander, the princely Bishop of Lincoln, in the 1120s, but its function as a market town for north Kesteven is undimmed.

Wheatsheaf Hotel (right) displaced an earlier 17th-century victuallers, and the 19th-century properties on the right replaced the early 16th-century shops that had slowly encroached onto the city's medieval market

At the southern end of Lion Street, near its junction with Market Street, is Rye's large parish church of St Mary the Virgin, much of which is hidden by other buildings.

A weekly animal market used to be held outside.

This section of Bridge Street has changed drastically since this view towards Market Gate was taken.

We might be forgiven for believing that this is a quiet backwater in a developing market town.

The High Street runs along the east side of the market place.

The war memorial (left) forms the centrepiece of Trelawney Square in the centre of this market town.

Here we see the bustling Tuesday market. On the right is the Elizabethan-style Town Hall built in 1832. In the background, smothered with drying washing, are the shambles.

Here we see the bustling Tuesday market. On the right is the Elizabethan-style Town Hall built in 1832. In the background, smothered with drying washing, are the shambles.

Although motor cars have replaced the horses and carts, this 1929 view of the ancient Provision Market is, in essence, little changed from medieval days.

The restored medieval Butter Cross, or High Cross, marks the site of a market. The town crier has long stood on this spot in order to communicate important news to the people of Winchester.

The sloping Market Place leads up to the white-paint- ed clock tower of the town's octagonal Moot Hall, which was built in 1817.