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Here the photographer looks west along High Street; the picket fence on the right has been replaced by conifer hedging.

At the west end of the High Street, London Road curves away north-west downhill.

North-east of Guildford and now by-passed by the A3, Ripley has a long wide High Street and was full of coaching inns in earlier days.

Moving away from the seaside, via Southend High Street, the Civic Centre is to be found in Victoria Avenue.Where once Prittlewell Church dominated the skyline now this massive Civic Centre building

But wool was not Kendal's only industry, and many other trades set themselves up in the many yards which lead off the main street of this southern gateway to the Lakes.

Built by Edward I, Conwy Castle glowers at the head of this street scene as it dominates the town.

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

The view is northwards to the Old Boathouse in the Square, and the Assembly Rooms beside Bell Cliff at the bottom of Broad Street, which were pulled down in 1928.

A little further upstream we come to the village of Otterton, built around one long main street. A

The picturesque gardens of the houses on the hillside rise in tiers over the rocky cliffs, and flights of steps climb up into the streets of the town from the river below.

Here we see the beginnings of a familiar retail pattern: multinationals are taking over the high street. On the left is Home & Colonial, which by this date had several hundred branches.

Consisting of little more than one long street running east to west, Glanton enjoyed a reputation for the healing properties of the water from the Keppin or Keppie Well situated behind the old school

The site of the Marquis of Montrose's execution was not here, but at the Mercat Cross in the High Street. Having been declared a traitor in 1644, Montrose was not given the benefit of a trial.

The George Hotel replaced the earlier George Inn, which was re-erected in St Peter's Street in 1852.

A host of street lamps, which were erected in late 1890, chase their way down the road. The closest is the lamp outside Frederick Wright's County Cigar Store.

The coming of the railway to Broxbourne in 1840 had further stimulated the growth of the village, and demand from London-bound commuters heading for Liverpool Street and St.

Here we look from a bustling market place with the stalls spreading into North Street; the three gables of The Angel Hotel are on the left.

The prominent non-conformist preacher Reverend Rowland Hill and his congregation originally had their almshouses built in Hill Street, Blackfriars in 1811 to provide comfortable accommodation for 'respectable

A long main street, groups of thatched cottages and a picturesque 17th-century coaching inn at the foot of a steep hill create an atmosphere of charm and quiet dignity.

An oak sign, erected in 1937, tells us that the street they stand on is part of Harthill Walk, mentioned in Scott's Ivanhoe.

This is part of Old Leigh, with the railway on the right and the sea behind the buildings on the left.The main shopping centre has moved up the hill to Leigh Broadway but this High Street is still

Before the advent of the car moved shoppers to out-of- town stores, main streets such as this displayed a rich multiplicity of goods, with regional shops trading beside the more well-known

The entire heart of the town has been moved over the hill to a new site, so that the little that remains of the old High Street is now totally run down.

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.