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Looking up the main street in Prestbury, the view 100 years ago seems to reveal a very similar dapper look to the one the village has today, although then there was no need for the extensive traffic

By the 1930s the tiny hamlet of Hare Street had been swallowed up into Gidea Park.

Those on a restricted budget could avail themselves of the York, a temperance establishment on Spencer Street, where a room could be had for 1s 6d.

Byworth is a pretty village with a single winding street a mile east of Petworth; it is set on hilly ground above a small stream flowing in a steep valley towards the Rother.

The clock tower of the Brine Baths stands toward the end of the street, where the road is congested with buses and lorries.

Distinctive red Penrith sandstone was widely used as it had been for the Society's own impressive King Street premises.

Much grander is Bath Street. Its name is appropriate, as its architecture is perhaps reminiscent of some of the later 18th-century parts of Bath itself.

Few streets still follow their original medieval plans, though not all have been lost since 1945. Butcher Row went long ago.

This tranquil street of handsome houses fringing the river was built in 1708.

Boscawen Street is certainly refined, and its considerable width is due to the demolition of a central row of houses in Regency times.

The Waggon & Horses in the High Street is still in business.

Today, an air of calm pervades the streets of Brackley, much as it did in the mid 1950s when this picture was taken.

The Maple Leaf Court sign, swinging on the street corner, has gone.

The old black and white signpost points to nearby Watling Street, one of Britain's most famous Roman roads and now the A5.

The White Hart on the right of Thrapston High Street closed in 1970, and was later demolished to make way for a new library and fire station.

Just out of sight, the River Cherwell flows under the easterly part of the High Street.

From the Hind Hotel we walk down Market Street and turn right down Midland Road. All the buildings on the left have been replaced by the modern Swansgate shopping centre.

On the other side of the street, the bay-windowed house was a hardware shop, but is a house now; next door the white hut was a blacksmith's, but has since been demolished.

The village, which stands opposite Cliveden Woods, is also famous for a sarsen boulder known as the Tarry Stone, which has occupied different positions in the High Street over the years.

This vast Victorian hotel, with its half-timbered detailing, is a feature of the High Street.

On entering Loftus from Easington, we see Arlington Street on the right. Next to the Arlington Hotel is the Methodist chapel, with the tower of the Catholic church beyond.

Comparing these views gives an inkling of the decline that was to befall the street in later years.

Rolle Street takes its name from the Rolle family of Bicton House, who owned the land on which much of modern day Exmouth stands.

The magnificent elevations of St Paul's, built in the Corinthian style, soar above the surrounding streets and the horse-drawn vehicles.