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Beyond it is the 16th-century Wagon and Horses -the livestock market was held in its yard.

This fascinating photograph shows Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street. This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly.

It would have been pleasant enough to live alongside a relatively up-market road of wide verges and young trees, illuminated by attractive street lighting.

In this view we look back towards the Market Place along High Street with the Angel and the Red Lion in the middle distance on the left.

So often, these were from the original market cross.

This junction of two streets marks the site of the former market place, with the stolid red-brick White Lion, on the extreme right, and the King of Prussia pub along the road on the left, ready to slake

This picture was taken from the market place, where fairs were also held on Saturdays, and still are. The Guildhall is the building with the large window; it was built between 1422 and 1428.

Of the shops visible here, none is still in retail use except what was Walton's pork butcher's on the Market Place corner (right). Centre left is Castle Walk.

The old timber market hall once stood here, built by John Abel in 1633, with magnificent carving detail.

In the 1880s and 90s, new printing technology released onto the market a wide range of cheap and tacky weekly magazines and comics.This old newspaper woman stands her ground under the spinning

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

A gas lamp stands in the middle of the square, where the market cross once stood. A pestle and mortar (still there) proclaims that Mackereth, late Mason, is a chemist's shop.

Bucklersbury - looking towards the Market Place in 1908.

A tall Jacobean-style school building stands to the right, while in the distance is the market place.

On the left is Hodgson & Hepworth's department store.The company established a reputation for being up-market, and there was many a middle-class housewife who would have killed just to be seen doing

Through the centuries the most important part of Frodsham was High Street, thanks to the weekly market held here from the 11th century.

The Market Tavern, far left, now forms the entrance to the White Hart Yard. The pub doors were rescued after demolition, and are preserved in the town's museum.

The clock on Botley's Market Hall is still a familiar landmark in the High Street. Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's.

A gas lamp stands in the middle of the square, where the market cross once stood. A pestle and mortar (still present) proclaims that Mackereth, late Mason, is a chemist's shop.

The curved front of the Market Hall, visible behind Boots, was demolished in 1956 and replaced by a new building for Boots.

This building was the Shambles or meat market.

The Moot Hall was built c1540 in the Market Place, but coastal erosion has left it on the seafront.

Agricultural implements are laid out for sale - it is Saturday, market day.

The stalls show that it is Market Day - Thursday. The building to the left of Cross Street is still a greengrocer's.