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It was only then that this street became known as Market Place.

This is the High Street`s southern end. Stokes the butcher`s (right) still has the wooden sign on its roof to this day.

The unusual 15th-century three-storey building (centre) is thought perhaps to have been a gatehouse to a former courtyard house, now Nos 67 and 69 High Street.

In this 1950s street scene only one building has been spoilt, and that could have been restored. Instead, almost the entire street was demolished to accommodate the Kingfisher Centre.

It was only then that this street became known as Market Place. In 1949 the market was moved to Red Lion Street, but it is now back on two sides of the Green - Market Place and Church Green East.

It was from the Old Boar's Head in Fleet Street that travellers could take a coach to Colne or Manchester.

We are in the centre of the village; this view looks north along Church Street with the churchyard wall on the left.

This photograph was taken from the church tower looking north towards the main street. The post mill, which stood to the north of the cottage, was built in 1829 and demolished in 1912.

Here High Street meets Orange Street. Hudson's Cycles are on the corner, next door to a butcher's. Opposite is the fine limestone building known as Old Constables.

Taken from the bridge over the River Bride, this view looks northwards into the southern section of the High Street.

The Co-op dominated this street: drapery and millinery were at number 9 Cardiff Street, and the main part with food, ironmongery, and footwear was at numbers 3, 4 and 5.

From early morning until midnight, The Strand is London’s busiest street and invariably congested with traffic.

The Swan Inn, built in 1874, was one of the many new Victorian properties built on the western side of the High Street.

Further north along the High Street, the photographer looks past the junction with Vicarage Street past a jumble of piecemeal development, mostly late 19th-century small shops.

Returning to the Square, we are once again looking at Market Street.

Main Street crosses Church Street, the A612, to become Station Road as far as the railway line, which runs between the village and the river.

This narrow lane shows exactly how the back streets of the old town would have looked 200 years ago.

The steep Wyle Cop links the English Bridge with the High Street. In this splendid picture we can see a number of half-timbered buildings, including Wyle Cop Store, Dale & Sons, and the Nag's Head.

This lane is called Dam Street at its junction with the High Street.

The distance between the building lines on Lord Street is 88 yards, which makes it much wider than either Union Street, Aberdeen, or the Headrow, Leeds.

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.

Frogmore Street begins near the bank on the right, site of the medieval north gate. The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

Previously known as 'Bowrington Street' after Dr John Bowring, Commercial Street is still home to the Sawyers Arms.