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The graceful spire of historic Chichester Cathedral soars above the buildings of West Street. The spire collapsed in 1861 and was rebuilt under the supervision of Sir George Gilbert Scott.

The farmhouse, now a private house, still stands at the junction of the High Street and Cardigan Road in the centre of the village.

The Rows continue around the corner and into Watergate Street. Here, just behind the horse, it is possible to see one of the many staircases that give access to the upper floor.

Sun blinds and signs jutting into the street are much in evidence. The old-style sign for Boots the chemists is in the centre of the left-hand row.

find accommodation at the Berkeley Arms (rooms 3s; dinner 2s 6d), and those fancying a look round the castle could buy admission tickets from the railway station or Miss Smith's stationers in the High Street

Minster on the Isle of Sheppey has two public houses in its High Street, as we can see here: The King's Arms is on the left, and The Highlander in the centre.

At about the same time the Peacock Inn beyond became a private house, and the telephone box (left) was moved across the street.

that there is an annual cheese-rolling charity race with local teams, many in fancy dress, bowling a 'cheese' (usually a log cut and painted to represent a Stilton cheese) along this part of the High Street

A surprising amount of this part of Union Street still exists. The corner on the left is now taxi offices and the adjoin- ing buildings are night clubs and shops.

This view in Church Street looks up to the elegant spire of the Victorian parish church.

Over on the left is a branch of the Home & Colonial Stores, which, like Freeman, Hardy & Willis, was one of the early high street chains.

Notice how the street widens out as it nears the old market hall.

Except for the proliferation of telephone lines and TV aerials, this view up the main street of Loddon might have been photographed today.

Clock Corner, so called because of the huge clock visible the length of the street, would have been in the background on the right hand side. It was demolished in 1894.

Jermyn and Pery's considerable premises dominate this busy High Street scene.

The attempt to impose parking on one side of the street on alternate days has long since been abandoned in favour of time limits.

A coach-and-four has pulled up outside the White Lion, while the bustle in the main street shows how busy Ambleside had become as a tourist centre by this time.

Both sides of the water were reached by stairs from the High Street.

It sits beside the old Roman road of Watling Street, and later benefited from toll-roads and railways.

Also, by this time we often see names that we now know very well - on the wall at the end of the street is a sign for Boots, described here as 'Cash Chemists - Largest in the World'.

This street is now pedestrianised. Judging from the photograph, perhaps in a sense it always has been.

Because of the flat roads, bicycles were in abundance both on the streets and greens, so much so that they caused problems for pedestrians.

The chapel of St Thomas once stood on Holywell Street, but even in the 1830s it was little more than a ruin, much of its stone having been taken for other buildings.

In the meantime, the lower end of Duke Street, opposite the cathedral, was largely being given over to another administrative development: County Hall.