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The Ship Hotel, on the right of the photograph, was one of the eight inns and taverns that at one time or another stood along this side of the Market Place.

It was a popular choice and has been in the Market Square since 1960.

They are being loaded from the oast house onto a lorry to be taken to market.

The rest of the street was full of movable stalls on market days. Different parts of the street specialised in different types of goods: poultry, fish, leather.

The rest of the street was full of movable stalls on market days. Different parts of the street specialised in different types of goods: poultry, fish, leather.

At the Market Street junction, the High Street starts dropping steeply to School Hill. The ornate lamp standard was replaced a few years later by an equally elaborate War Memorial.

The scene has not changed much today, other than the inevitable increase in the volume of traffic through this delightful Cumbrian market town.

Chipping Ongar is so called because of its ancient 'cheaping', or market, and is still an important shopping centre. Until recent times, Ongar was the easterly terminus of the Central Line.

Market day is in full swing-carts are drawn up in the yard, and on the right farmers are huddled in conversation. A poster on the left advertises a Thanksgiving service.

The spacious market-place was established by 1130, but the present timber-framed 'cross' building dates from 1617. It replaced the original after yet another Norfolk fire gutted the town centre.

But they themselves had their origins in encroachment on the original larger medieval market place.

The deep, sheltered valleys of this part of the coast were at one time noted for their market gardens, which grew a variety of produce, but were most famous for their strawberries.

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

Some time during the second half of the 19th century, Bracknell became a town, helped by the coming of the railway in 1856 and the development of market gardening and brick-making.

The Rock Gardens at Oak Hill Park, Broadway, with its new Arndale Centre, the bus station and St James' Chruch are all proudly portrayed here, with the Market Hall in the centre.

Beyond the high brick wall with its iron restraints, a very good array of Georgian houses lead the eye into the market place and on to St Dionysius Church.

Lining the centre of the street are the town's stocks, market cross, fish slab and whipping post; the lamp behind was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

This beautiful 15th-century building overlooks the market place. From here the city has been governed since 1407.

South of the market-place, the old grammar school is centred around a wide, seven-bay red-brick building of 1765.

The path off to the left leads to the old town mortuary, located in a circular opening under the old fish market, which was built in 1847.

South of the market-place, the old grammar school is centred around a wide, seven-bay red-brick building of 1765.

Station Road c1960 Ainsdale was a failed attempt by Charles Webb to create an up-market residen- tial area close to Birkdale.

The imposing Jubilee statue of Queen Victoria dominates Abingdon's Market Place.

The delightful little market shelter in the foreground dates from the 16th century.