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Cut off from the bustling town centre by the old town hall, this lane feels more like a village street.

Together with an entire street, Newland (right), all were replaced by the 1970s Grosvenor Centre shopping malls.

Boots the chemist had built their original store on the corner opposite the Royal Hotel at the bottom of Market Street.

In 1824 the Royal Manchester Institution was hoping to move into a new headquarters in Mosley Street, and in the accepted practice of the day invited architects to submit their ideas by means of open competition

The village street shown in this picture is now a busy part of the town. The two cars, a motor cycle and one bicycle reflect a slower pace of life.

Watling Street, three miles south-west of Gravesend. It gained its name from a river passage that once reached it from the Thames at Northfleet.

drapers, outfitters, milliners and hosiers, and soon the new building had been redesigned and built as we see it today, set back from the road and occupying a large part of this side of the street

On the left in the distance are the offices of the Provincial Insurance Company and closing the end of the street is the Majestic, where the people of Leeds could enjoy dancing.

This building is still standing in Town Street, and was built in the early 1880s in local stone quarried at Golden Bank.

On the left in the distance are the offices of the Provincial Insurance Company and closing the end of the street is the Majestic, where the people of Leeds could enjoy dancing.

The High Street was laid out in 1826 as New Road, but development off the hill was slow.

This timber-framed Tudor cottage originally occupied a site in Malden Road (now the Broadway) closer to the main crossroads, but it stood in the way of the eventual widening of the street.

A promenade walk had been established along the street in the 1880s, when some of the gardens were removed.

The school was originally on Bridge Street. It moved here to these new buildings on Derby Road (now called Back Lane) in 1859, having outgrown the original premises.

It takes its name from the adjacent Stile Path through the bushes (top left) from Pound Street to the Cobb. It was the home in Victorian times of Frank Morris.

This large Victorian villa was destroyed by fire in 1952, which enabled widening of the street.

The High Street runs from the parish church, with its white-painted weatherboarded tower, to the Guildford road in the distance.

Situated in Market Street and close to Apiary Gate, the church design echoes that of Non-conformist chapels up and down the country.

Note that some of the cottages in this row appear to be thatched only on the street side. On the left, the Wheatsheaf Inn is just out of shot.

This aerial shot shows the High Street; it is a wonderful illustration of a common style of urban development, with narrow medieval burgage plots running back at right angles from the road.

On the right-hand side of the street by the parked car is the village inn, the Sir Walter Raleigh, named in honour of East Budleigh's most famous son.

It stands on the east side of Duck Street at its junction with Mill Lane. Renovations in the 1990s revealed a 'witch bottle' containing liquid that was probably urine concealed inside the chimney.

This aerial shot shows the High Street; it is a wonderful illustration of a common style of urban development, with narrow medieval burgage plots running back at right angles from the road.

This narrow but busy street is located between the Market Place and Wide Bargate, and is for pedestrians only now - the traffic lights have gone.