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was in the form of brick-built back-to-backs, usually built around a common yard or 'court' which contained a water pump and privies, with the houses facing the yard being reached from the street

In 1865 the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Broad Street was opened; it became independent of the parish in 1880.

Here we see Lewis's large and very ornate store at the top of Market Street, just four years after the death of its founder David Lewis in 1885.

The town's two stations were built side by side, but the Bute Street link to Dunstable was closed during the short-sighted Marples era at the Transport Ministry in the 1960s - Ernest Marples employed

The procession of floats meant that some of the main streets (particularly the Broadway and South Road) were closed to other traffic for the duration of the festivities.

The High Street building now partly occupied by Argos and Barnado's was designed in the 1960s as a Co-Operative department store.

It has been shifted to other parts of the Castlegate and it has been ignored as the centre of commercial activity moved westward to the new streets.

Before sailing on his ill-fated voyage to the Arctic in 1842, Sir John Franklin visited some of his Lincolnshire relatives; it is believed that one of the last houses he stayed in was 120 High Street

Across narrow Church Street, formerly Alms Lane, is the nearby King's School; it was re-founded by Bishop Foxe in 1528, although there is an earlier reference to it in 1329.

The priory's last vestige, the gatehouse on the west side of Moulsham Street, was demolished in 1857. The pathway leading through it had solidified into the road known as Friars Place.

There were three pubs - the Royal Oak and the King's Head on the High Street, roughly where their namesakes are today, and the Clarence Arms (now the Park Hotel) on Park Road.

There were three pubs - the Royal Oak and the King's Head on the High Street, roughly where their namesakes are today, and the Clarence Arms (now the Park Hotel) on Park Road.

Both Back Lane and the High Street were well supplied with inns: the Blue Bell, the White Hart, the Talbot, the Three Arrows, the Dolphin, the Rose.

The Dock Link Road is planned to go from Spalding Road to Skirbeck Road via the dock, with a bridge over the Haven at the south end of High Street.

Older residents still refer to the Castle Street and Kings Road campuses as the Boys' and Girls' Schools.

King Street was widened in 1928 when the old Town Hall was demolished.

By 1800 an average of 35 coaches and 350 animals were crowding Watling Street every day. Road tolls had been set up during the previous century to contribute to its upkeep.

So next time you walk past the pub on West Street, spare a thought for the politician who put Fareham on the map by presenting Chequers to the nation.

steel magnate Andrew Carnegie added to the educational infrastructure by providing the town with a magnificent new library building in 1910 opposite the town hall at the entrance to Manchester Street

This presumably relates to the number of churches, including Holy Trinity, St Botolph's and St Runwald's, which was in the High Street near the town hall and was only demolished in 1878.

Inevitably, the wide street of the Promenade soon became a popular place to park the car, look at the beach and eat an ice cream. It has little changed in that function since.

They formed a hotel company which, for £900, bought from Peter Bruff the street block to the east of the pier.

The Westgate Centre, the Eastgate Shopping Centre, and the high street shops in East Walk, Southernhay, and the Town Square give a comprehensive shopping experience, and of course there is the

She opened new premises off East Street in 1987 where Laine Theatre Arts has become one of the leading colleges for training in the performing arts.