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The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

This picture gives a closer view of the fine Victorian architecture in Bridge Street.

Renfield Street is now part of the one-way system (south-bound).

C ottages with steep, tumbling thatched roofs abound in this view of the village street. At this time Trumpington was a village separate from the city of Cambridge.

Its narrow winding streets have a Dickensian feel, and but for the hum of traffic, it would be easy to imagine yourself back in more gracious times.

The area of high ground immediately behind Skelton High Street is known as 'the hills'.

We have now crossed High Bridge and are looking back along High Street towards Stonebow. The two Georgian buildings behind the obelisk were demolished shortly after this view was taken.

Litton Cheney has a charming collection of Stuart and Georgian cottages strung out along its winding streets. Tiny brooks fill the air with the sound of running water.

Bridport's Town Hall intrudes into the path of traffic and pedestrians at the junction of West and South Streets.

Stramongate means 'the street of the straw men', presumably those who brought the straw to the cattle market.

Loooking away from Boutport Street, little has changed from earlier views. The shop on the right - Beer and Greenslade - appears to be selling cycles. The name has changed, but the product has not.

A stroll along present day East Street from the town centre to East Reach is a fascinating experience for any would-be town historian.

This street derived its name from the Old English word 'cepe', meaning bargain. The building to the right of Beecroft's was the Tudor house of the Earl of Mansfield.

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

Quay Street is one of the oldest parts of Yarmouth, and must have been familiar to the generations of seamen who frequented its inns.

In this they were aided by Port Isaac's maze of narrow streets, or 'drangs', in which they could run the excise men ragged, communicating by a series of coded knocks on the walls of adjoining houses.

This photograph looks away from the Market Place, along Wisbech's High Street.

When alterations to the junction were made, the lamp was moved to its present site in Dyer Street.

On the other hand, the main street of Willaston has changed very little. Notice Aston's (right) – it is still there.

At the top of the street, Church Road was already bisected by the arterial road to Southend.

It originally stood on the corner of Argyle Street and Grange Road, but it was moved to its present location in 1929 in order to make way for the Mersey Tunnel approach roads.

In the street are the Bell Inn and 16th-century almshouses.

A mixture of architectural styles makes an attractive picture; the early 18th century Crown Hotel is probably the best building in this street.

The oval Butter Market was designed by George Wightwick, who simultaneously designed the Lower Market House, which still stands in Market Street and is now an arcade.