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The disappearance of the horse is marked in these pictures, probably taken on a Tuesday — by now, Tuesday had become Market Day.

The town developed fast in Victorian times, and in 1896 had a commodious town hall, assembly rooms, a custom house, a literary institute, a club, a market-house and a free grammar school.

Next door was the Market Tavern.

This old view of St Osyths Lane includes the beautiful 14th-century spire of St Peter's Church in the distance, beyond the market place.

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.

The market day is Friday. The whole square is the property of the Duchy of Lancaster, states a notice in the shelter in the middle of the square.

Market Square has some vehicles parked on it, including a Ralph Rossa ice cream van (right), from Leicester.

This wonderful view of the market cross and the High Street was possibly taken from Malmesbury Abbey.

One of the earliest references to the church in Hailsham is in 1229, some thirty years before Henry II granted the already existing town a market charter.

It contains some good townscape, but it is somewhat traffic- blighted, more so now than in this 1950s view, which looks east along the High Street towards Market Square.

Then comes the premises of Dudeney & Johnston, who were originally located on the Market Square. After them is Plum`s restaurant and the Three Tuns public house.

The town has prospered from medieval times, and the market was vital in this growth.

The first stone bridge over the Wharfe was constructed in 1233; the bridge we see today was widened in 1826 to cope with the increase in livestock traffic to the town market.

From this favourite picnic spot, we can see the parish church standing proudly in the centre of the picture with the trees to its right covering the new market and car parks.

There are a few market traders plying their trade, but there are no crowds of customers - it could be early morning before business has got going.

In 1300 Guy de Bello Campo, Earl of Warwick, obtained a charter so that a market could be held on each Tuesday and for an annual fair to be held on the eve of Holy Trinity (5 June, according to

The Town Hall, on the left, dates from 1842; its imposing stone portico faces onto the High Street rather than the Market Square - which, as has become common in the modern age, is being used

The parish church of St Mary was left high and dry about half a mile to the south as the settlement migrated to the new market in the 13th century.

The market day is Friday. The whole square is the property of the Duchy of Lancaster, states a notice in the shelter in the middle of the square.

The town enjoys a prosperity founded on more than its market and agricultural traditions, for engineering works were established here in Victorian times; Dereham grew into one of the busiest centres of

To the left, at the junction of Cornhill and the Old Market, can be seen the Midland Bank which was built in 1921.

Next door was the Market Tavern.

Further east and nearer the market infill we see George Bailye's 1877 building advertising his haircutting and shampooing rooms; he was also a tailor.

Down Commercial Street is the Market House, with a clock tower built by John Francis Basset in 1866. The Bassets of Tehidy were important mineral lords in this once-great copper and tin mining centre.