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This typical High Street view could be of any village in the north-east. This is the 1950s version of today's modern superstore, where you can buy everything from ice cream to petrol.

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

There are almost as many visitors in this High Street as there are in its neighbour Cromer, with every other premises a cafe or public house.

The direction is south-east, and municipal buildings occupy the centre ground. Centre left is the combined police and fire station in Tower Street, referred to earlier. Note the six-storey tower.

This is St Mary`s parish church in South Street, seen from the north-east. The projecting north transept (right) dates from the 13th century and is two centuries older than the tower.

This view looks east from the High Street to the west tower of the large medieval parish church. To the left is a former manor house, once the Urban District Council offices.

This view looks east from the Market Place along the High Street, not the most distinguished in Lincolnshire; however, the Red Cow is a coaching inn with an 18th-century refront to a 17th-century inn and

Five miles east of Sleaford, Heckington is a village widely known for its superb 14th-century Decorated Gothic parish church with its 185 foot high spire, rich carvings and sinuous window tracery.

Built in 1856, the church has the crossed keys of St Peter below the east window. Behind the church are the hospital of 1826 and the birthplace of the Victorian novelist Ouida (1839-1907).

Further east, at the junction with Ironmonger Street, the quality of the Georgian stone or stucco façades on the right is evident, while on the left or south side there is more variety.

This view looks east from the Market Place along the High Street, not the most distinguished in Lincolnshire; however, the Red Cow is a coaching inn with an 18th-century refront to a 17th-century inn and

Stevens's Boatyard on the east end of Nag's Head Island also incorporated the landing stage for the Crown and Thistle Hotel in Bridge Street, some hundred yards away from the river.

The last view in the book looks south-east along the High Street past the long terrace of 1850s cottages on the left. Market Square is in the far distance.

A typical East Anglian building with a pargetted facade made from low relief design pressed into the wet mortar, it dates from the 1500s, and contains some fine interior mouldings.

This is St Mary's parish church in South Street, seen from the north-east.

Looking northwards we see hostelries, public houses and stores straddle the streets, highlighting Penrith's importance as a thoroughfare on the London to Carlisle and North East to North

At the east side of the market place was the entrance to Abingdon Abbey.

Sauchiehall Street joined the east and west quarters of the city, and it was here that you could buy quality confectionery from Assafrey, dine out at the Hippodrome, attend an exhibition at the Institute

Just over two miles east of Upper Boddington, Byfield is a village that expanded with the arrival of the railway. This view is on the High Street, part of the A361 Banbury to Daventry road.

For this view Frith's photographer swung his camera north-east from view 40540 of the church looking across the water meadows. Here the stream widens and was used as a waggon wash.

Fore Street heads east from the Market Place to cross the River Parrett on the iron bridge dated 1883; this replaced an early Coalbrookdale cast-iron bridge of 1795.

Grove Street runs east from the Market Square, a mix of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, and a mix of shops and houses.

West of the Queen Street junction the London-Bath A4 was remarkably narrow, but is now pedestrianised and by-passed. This view looks east.

The view of the Bear and the adjacent buildings on the right is now hidden by High Street Colonnade.