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In the first letter of his Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White described Selborne as consisting of 'one single straggling street, three-quarters of a mile in length, in a sheltered vale, and running

Amongst many other attractions, the museum has a reconstruction of a Victorian shopping street. Thousands of people flock here annually to this, one of the best-known museums in Britain.

right is still there today, and so is W D Cunliffe the grocers and bakers.Three doors down on the right, with a horse-drawn vegetable cart in front, is the Victoria Hotel, on the corner of King Street

This used to get flushed out and cleaned once a week, sending water coursing down the street. Next door is the Co-op drapery.

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, was built in 1803.

This quiet street scene belies the tumultuous events unfolding in the wider world.

The wooden, louvred box-like structures on the top of the hop kilns in King Street have disappeared.

Amongst this modernity, there are still gas-fuelled street lights.

In its heyday, the Angel Inn's frontage stretched 30 metres north from the Chantry Centre's upper High Street entrance.

This is a modern replacement for the earlier building in South Street. The school was founded in 1579 by an earlier Thomas Hardye.

The telephone kiosk, street light and petrol pumps are no longer there. The cottages are now all private dwellings - the one with the shop blind has a pretty bay window today.

The streets of the village still echo to the sounds of racing horses on their way to the moors for training and a good hearty run.

Further growth in recent times included the addition of this row of shops in The Street, not far from the junction of the A246.

The Circus at the top of Bridge Street is now a pedestrianised area. The buildings behind the bus have been totally redeveloped, and incorporate a lovely open shopping area known as Golden Square.

Most of Alcester Street was demolished in the 1960s, but this small part of it survived.

A Panorama south-eastwards across Allington hamlet and West Allington street to the Rope Works, St Michael`s Works and Priors Mills (middle distance, left).

To the right, the tall gabled building of 1915 is still occupied by WH Smith, but there have been some losses on the left side of the street, which is now partly pedestrianised.

This is the busy main street of the town. Lyndon Sims' well-advertised record shop (note the HMV banner, left) is now a beautician's.

This tiny street of small shops offers a glimpse of the city's gleaming white castle, which rises from a great mound raised in prehistoric times.

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, was built in 1803. The word 'shambles' comes from the Old English 'sceamol', which originally meant a bench for the sale of meat.

Looking back into Bridge Street with Burden's Corner now well established, the London County & Westminster Bank opposite retained its authentic late Victorian frontage.

In the main street of the village, we see a nice picket fence and some typically ivy-clad buildings.

A feature of the scene is the limestone paving flags that neatly line The Street, and the trimmed trees forming an arch across the roadway. The Half Moon Inn (landlord W Teasdale), awaits customers.

An attractive street lamp can be seen in the centre of the picture. It is interesting to see the policeman stopping to chat. A market house once stood in this square, close to a water pump.