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A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops. The villagers bought the green from the lord of the manor in 1969.

The Army, probably from the neighbouring garrison town of Catterick, was on parade in the sloping, rectangular Market Place at Leyburn in Wensleydale when the Frith photographer called for this picture

Once as important as Arundel or Lewes, Bramber is now merely a village, the market centre having migrated to nearby Steyning.

Hailsham was a small market town before the railway arrived, after which there was considerable expansion.

One of Masham's distinctive features is its large market place, where fairs would see as many as 70,000 to 80,000 sheep and lambs up for sale.

Sir Walter Raleigh was found guilty of treason in the old Market House at Staines, which has since been demolished. A plague had prevented the Court from holding the trial in London.

It has been an important commercial street for centuries and during late medieval times was the location for a sheep market.

In previous centuries Market Places were often where pillories were sited, and though there are few surviving references to their use in 17th-century Nottinghamshire, they are known to have existed at

We are looking in the opposite direction from E167015, page 25, along Market Street.

The Market House was built for Sir Thomas Tresham of Rushton Hall.

This is the extremely busy A15 main road heading north to Folkingham, Lincoln and eventually the Humber Bridge and south (the way we are facing) to Market Deeping and Peterborough.

A market house once stood in this square, close to a water pump. Built in 1707 it was demolished in 1861.

Beyond in the sunlight is the Market Square, with the unmistakeable facade of Burtons visible.

This village was anciently known as Eightham, and was once a market town, with a Whit-Wednesday fair called Cockscomb Fair.

Looking West This view looks down Commercial Road towards the old market site.

Overlooking the Market Square is the Black Bear Inn. The building dates from 1634. Today the ground floor has been painted white, so that the timberwork can only be seen on the floor above.

The town's original charter allowed for a weekly market to be held every Tuesday, but for some reason it was allowed to lapse.

The bell in the turret used to double as market-bell and fire-bell.

The copper-domed building behind is the Market Hall, and the Royal Cinema stands beyond.

Church Street leads from the Market Square down to the Lancaster Canal, where a basin facilitated the handling of cargo on and off the barges.

The traditional, stone-built market town of Dolgellau has developed at a crossing point on the river Wnion.

Set in the midst of particularly fertile part of the county, Ottery had a market for centuries.

The octagonal building standing in the centre of the high street was erected in 1609 as a market from which the famous locally-produced broadcloth was sold.

Cars in the market place, road signs to direct the traffic and the addition of electric street lighting are just a few of the changes.