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As we turn right along Cornmarket Street, the most striking building amid the shops is the rough-hewn late Anglo-Saxon tower of St Michael's Church, with its two tiers of paired belfry windows.

Looking South This photograph shows the wide carriageway of Cricklade Road leading to Stratton Crossroads, with the junction of Beechcroft Road to the left and Whitworth Road to the right.

The gabled house was built in 1912, but it lost its circular window when the shop front was extended in the 1960s.

Looking at these old Frith photographs, I am struck by the presence of so many blinds outside shops on sunny days – you never seem to see these today.

The village shop still has its awning out, but the sign now reads H T Houghton.

One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.

The buildings to the right have been demolished, and are replaced by a modern shopping centre with the upper floor tile-hung in Surrey vernacular style.

On the extreme left is Botley Post Office, and next to it is a chemists; the former is now a dress shop, and the latter remains a pharmacy.

Northbrook Watermill is in very flat country nearby.The Stores is seen next door to a thatched house and restaurant.The shop is now a house, although Halliday's restaurant is still trading.

We are looking down from the Triangle, and we can see the Freeman, Hardy & Willis shoe shop on the left, AJ Perham's Hair Cutting Rooms on the right, and the South Western Gas Board at the end of the street

As caravanning grew in popularity during the 1950s, many small sites began to compete with the already established holiday camps, providing facilities, shops and often entertainment in a purpose built

This was occupied by William Harvey, baker; the next, with the shop window covered, by William Baxter, butcher. The corner site was the former post office of 1879.

Opposite is the shop of George Booth, bookseller and stationer, who produced the Woodbridge Almanac. The overhanging jetty is supported by two cast iron Doric columns.

The terrace of shops stepping down the High Street, beyond the busy junction with Carshalton Road and William Pile Ltd (the stuccoed corner building), was erected in 1880.

The shop at the near corner is Addison's, established in 1889.

This view from the bridge over the Bradwell Brook looks north up the main village street, with the Bridge House Café and Pearce's ice cream shop on the right - Bradwell is famous for its home-made ice

This photograph was taken about half-way along Market Street; it shows many shop premises, most of which have changed hands several times in the intervening years.

The coffee merchant E W Coleman's van is parked outside his shop (centre); beside its window is an LNER train timetable - Station Road is off to the left.

The Grosvenor Hotel on the right has now gone, and the building houses shops. Today the University of Essex campus is to the north-west of the town.

T A Wilkinson the chemist is next door to the shop selling Wall's ice cream with rustic furniture outside. The village gets its name from a Viking, Sigward.

This post office and hardware shop is near to the church of St Andrew, the church hall that was previously the village school, and the Castle of Comfort pub.

The post office was also the local shop and delivered bread, groceries, meat and milk to many villagers' doorsteps; now it is a private house.

The view has changed little, although the shop beside the road junction, in the centre of the picture in front of the Town Hall, has been replaced.

From the Crown and Anchor pub on the left, the A6 trunk road heads away to Hadley Wood and on to Coventry, while on the right, the gleaming frontage of Clark's shoe shop reflects the passing scene.