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The High Street becomes Fore Street as it heads down towards the river Exe. The street today is a mass of shops and attractive buildings, none more so than Tuckers Hall.

This section of the High Street is now pedestrianised, but the east side of the street is not greatly changed from this view. Timothy Whites is still a handsome building, though it is W H Smith now.

The Cross lies between Foregate Street and High Street, and derives its name from a cross that once stood there. Foregate Street was the main thoroughfare in the 1920s.

This photograph shows the corner of High Street and Bridge Street. The Electricity Service Centre and the London Central Meat Company have been replaced by a beauty salon and a florist.

Sheep Street, possibly Ship Street or Cheap Street, is shown here a hundred years ago, with most of the houses still intact today.

Broadmead runs between Union Street and Penn Street, and was a part of the regeneration of the city centre following the destruction of the Second World War.

Hawkshead's most characterful street makes a charming picture. Houses with overhanging upper storeys are rare in the Lake District.

We are looking down the High Street from Castle Street, where Victorian actor Sir Henry Irving was born.

This photograph looks down Bank Street towards the High Street and the River Medway. This street is known for its fine timber buildings, many with a conspicuous overhang.

This is the main road southwards, at the junction with Church Street (right). We are looking from North Street into Larmer Street.

Broad Street is famous throughout Oxford for its assortment of bookshops.

This particular view shows the curve of the street: this echoes the line of New Park Street and Monday Market Street, which follow the castle's banks and ditches.

There is not much traffic to be seen in Victoria Street at this time.

This scene has changed considerably since this photograph was taken at the junction of Fore Street and East Street.

Looking north along Grafton Street towards Trinity College and the east portico of the Bank of Ireland. Grafton Street is Dublin's most elegant shopping street.

Built in 1331, St Anne's Gate links the Close with St John's Street and Exeter Street. The chapel above the gate, built into the Close wall, was used for concerts.

Until 1964, Mill Lane was a picturesque street of brick and half-timbered cottages, some of them medieval.

This view, taken in the direction of Stonehouse, shows some high street names that are still in business today. Stead and Simpson's and Oliver's now sell their shoes in New George Street.

This is a view of the same street looking down the hill. Notice how in this and the other pictures of Whitchurch, the street lights are suspended above the centre of the street.

New Canal street commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century.

Bridge Street was one of four main streets intersecting at Market Gate. All were not only shopping streets, but a key part of the regional road network.

Milton Street forms one of the main commercial areas of Saltburn, and is characterised by some fascinating glazed canopies across the shop fronts that survive to this day.

South Street is to the left, with the Golden Lion and North Street to the right.

Many street names were derived from the products traded in them. Here milk and dairy products were sold. Other similar local names are Fish Street and Butcher Row. Sometimes names changed.