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Here we see two old 17th-century thatched cottages in Church Street. The cart we can see approaching along the road is carrying a bicycle.

Looking south down the wonderful architectural hotch-potch of Trinity Street, with the medieval church of Great St Mary in the distance.

Christmas Steps are just behind Quay Street, and are thought to have been built in the 1660s.

Leaving Winchester Street and looking back at Morris's building behind the policeman, this was designed as Barton's Hotel by the architect for A B Scott's shop.

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.

It was at the northern end of High Street that the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth was declared king in 1685.

The clock tower at the northern end of the High Street was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

Though the old man could be delivering milk, yokes were used for carrying all manner of things up the steep streets.

Built in 1812, it rises above this wide street lined with Regency and early Victorian houses and an avenue of lime trees.

This old inn in Fore Street dates from 1633 and is among the oldest houses in Fowey.

This quiet empty street pictured here contrasts with the bustle of today's pedestrianised area, which is often occupied by a busy market.

This dark-coloured cake of flour, treacle and ground ginger was a favourite snack with Victorians at fairs and street events. The roughly-shaped pieces were measured into paper cones.

Above Harris's shop is a glimpse of industrially prosperous Loughbrough, with Brush Electrical and J Taylor's bell foundry in Cobden Street being among the more widely known resident companies.

The town lies at the foot of an 800ft hill with gradients in some streets of 1 in 4. This shelter aids the growth of luxuriant vegetation in the steep

Here we have a reminder of those quiet days on English roads when motorists could park wherever they liked, and when trolley- bus lines adorned many an urban street.

To the right of Balliol College is the famous Martyrs' Memorial, commemorating the 16th-century Protestant martyrs Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer, who were burned at the stake in nearby Broad Street. A

The main village street was deserted, apart from a small boy standing outside his house in the middle distance, when this photograph was taken.

Mevagissey's steep, winding streets and alleys, cobbled with beach stone, formed a useful maze in which smugglers could escape the attentions of the revenue men.

In recent years it has held highly successful Christmas events which see the road closed to traffic and a street fair held.

Seventeen years have passed but very little has changed on this stretch of High Street.

WYE, Bridge Street 1903 The half-timbered cottages and the church opposite were originally the site of a priest's seminary founded by Cardinal Kempe.

Note that the High Street traffic is still two-way, as it continued to be for another 15 years or so.

The Town Hall stands on the left of this photograph, which was taken from outside the church and looking down Highbridge Street.

The parish church is at the top of the street, out of camera shot.This is also an area of the town known as Petty France because, along with Ashbourne in Derbyshire, Leek was used to house French