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A fairground, market, ice-cream stalls, and so on were all to be found here in their day.

Sandwiched between St Nicholas Street and the old market place at Cross Cheaping, Bishop Street was one of Coventry's main shopping thoroughfares.

Maidstone has been an important market town since the Middle Ages, although today it is also an important industrial centre.

Maidstone has been an important market town since the Middle Ages, although today it is also an important industrial centre.

The Market House, seen here on the left, was built in 1772 and has fulfilled a variety of roles since.

The Spout is the local name for the unusually grand fountain which dominates Dudley's lively market place.

Most churches in Britain were supplied by Whitney's in the early 20th century, and there was also a sizeable export market.

The Market Square, which we can partly see bottom left, is more open today, and is dominated by the Town Hall, built in 1838 by George Wilkinson.

The tracery of the rose window is of an intricate design, and its Victorian glass is especially attractive when seen, lit from within, from the market square on winter evenings.

In 1586 Camden said that Weobley had 'more fair cellars than most market towns of its bigness in England'.

The Fox Inn dominates this view up Bow Street to the tall Market Cross, which we can just see at the head of Westgate in the distance.

The market held in the High Street was widely famous, particularly for horse trading and for the selling of dairy products, especially cheeses.

The Town Hall is in the middle of the ancient market place.

As we look back up East Street, the focus of the view is the Market Hall.

The town's original charter allowed for a weekly market to be held every Tuesday, but for some reason it was allowed to lapse.

Not surprisingly, a flourishing livestock market grew up here and, in the last 50 years, other transport firms have made Chelford their base and more markets have developed in the area.

This photograph gives a clear view of the premises along this side of the Market Place, with a superb display at the Star Tea Co (the expert tasters and blenders).

The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

On the left, just down from the bank, is the Guildhall, which was built in 1839 on the site of the old market house.

Only decades before, there would have been a bustling scene of drovers and animals pressing a noisy path through the narrow street to the market.

In July 1889 Walter Davies, manager of a pawnshop in Market Street, was found dying from a stab wound to his neck.

In Wallingford's town centre is a fine Market Place.

The village also had a butcher, another grocer, two boot makes, an undertaker, a plumber, two carpenters, a market gardener and bee keeper and an insurance agent, as well as the three public houses.

The village was an important market town when neighbouring Budleigh Salterton consisted of a few scattered fishermen's cottages.