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Though now a substantial settlement, it was built on the site of a modest fishing village in the 1700s by the 3rd Duke of Argyll.

The old town, quaint and picturesque, is situated on the low ground near the edge of the harbour, and as a matter of course, the streets are very narrow.

M & S proudly displayed their new frontage from 1964. At the end of the street were the swimming baths, which opened in May 1911.

A new town was laid out between 1810 and 1830, with the Parade as its main street.

At the centre of the photograph stands the then new College building.

On the left the new building is inscribed Rochdale Vintners Co Ltd 1911 and it extends through to Yorkshire Street as Yates` Wine Lodge. It has listed building status.

This street in a medieval and famous city is serenaded by the majestic Westgate Towers. New in Chaucer's time, they were built by Archbishop Sudbury and replaced a ruin on the same spot.

The markets, which were so important to the town, were held here until they moved to a new site by St Mary`s Church, where there is now a car park.

His neighbours were a mixture of old and new residents.

Some of the High Street shops and houses reveal a Dutch influence, with mansard roofs and ornamental gables. The blinds are down, it is a hot day.

Now, together with Bond Street, it is a dispiriting introduction to Nuneaton for those of us who arrive by train.

This is the corner of Piccadilly, where it meets the top of Market Street. On the left is one of Lewis's entrances. Pauldens, in the centre, moved here after a fire destroyed their store in 1957.

At the top of the High Street stands the old National School, now the Village Hall (centre).

As well as being a holiday resort, Bournemouth was gaining a reputation as a smart shopping town, and by this time department stores were lining the main streets.

The town, built in oolitic limestone, is a most attractive one: its streets curve up and down hill picturesquely.

St Michael's House, the Victorian home of Mrs Brandham at No 7 Pound Street, became St Michael's Hotel.

Here we see the busy High Street in the days long before it was pedestrianised. The large building at the end of the road is the impressive Shire Hall, built 1789-1791; it serves as the courthouse.

Houses were built on most of the remaining available land - this was mainly between Park Road and Sandy Lane; to the north and south of the High Street; and along Fairfax Road.

Freed of livestock, the Saturday market became a more congenial place; it was thriving and prosperous, despite competition from a new Monday market introduced in 1883.

THE YEARS of decline that had marked the first part of the 1990s were decisively reversed during the last years of the old century and the early years of the new millennium.

The wide arched entrance to The New Inn is a reminder that Lechlade was once an important coaching town.

Turning left into Park Street, we turn right into Southwell Park Road. The road on the left is Southern Road.

It is claimed that Stockton has the widest High Street in England - a good example of early town planning!

This view of Welton, looking back up the main street, has changed dramatically in recent years.