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Again we are looking west from the central part of East Street with the illuminated sign carrying the initials of the Cyclists` Touring Club (far left) having dropped its `Wines and Spirits` in

Again we are looking west from the central part of East Street with the illuminated sign carrying the initials of the Cyclists` Touring Club (far left) having dropped its `Wines and Spirits

Viewed from the Corn Exchange on Market Hill, Luton's main street on a summer's day just before the turn of the 19th century gives little indication of the importance of this thoroughfare.

In 1863 the boxer Bob Fitzsimmons was born in a thatched cottage at the top of Wendron Street.

This view was taken looking north along Bridge Street towards the Market Place – indeed, in the left centre of the view we can see the cupola and stair tower of the Town Hall.

This view looks down Bexhill's original High Street. In the distance is Barrack Hall, occupied by a garrison of troops during the Napoleonic Wars.

Single and two-horse traps wait by the roadside. Corn and coal merchants sell proprietary animal feeds. We can also see London House, a draper’s, Branch’s shop, a dairy and a game and poultry shop.

It is remarkable that the Town Hall still almost totally blocks the town's High Street. It was built in 1652.

England's best known Romantic poet was born in this Georgian mansion in Cockermouth's Main Street in 1770.

This is the town's main shopping street. Lower down, a canopy over the pavement keeps the Pennine precipitation off the shoppers.

Tilehouse Street, which was named in 1460, incorporates a string of houses dating from the Tudor to the Georgian periods, with many of the earlier buildings refronted with brick and remodelled during

He was born in Breadmarket Street, where his father ran a bookshop.

This view looks west from the Market Place into Station Street.

At the end of Main Street is the entrance to Sewerby Hall, now a fine museum officially opened in June 1936 by the Hull-born aviator Amy Johnson (1903-41).

Alongside the gardens runs Blenheim Road, Minehead's first toll road, built in the 1760s to connect Lower Town to Quay Street.

The members of the Board took steps to get the entire town properly drained, and to restrict animals wandering the High Street too freely on market-day.

John Bunyan, author of 'Pilgrim's Progress', was born near Elstow, and lived in a cottage on Elstow High Street for four years after marrying his first wife.

The Abbey Mill was originally a corn and fulling mill. The unusual 13th-century gabled chimney of the Checker (or Exchequer) building can be seen behind the old stone cottages in Thames Street.

The Circus at the top of Bridge Street is now a pedestrianised area. The buildings behind the bus have been totally redeveloped, and incorporate a lovely open shopping area known as Golden Square.

England's best known Romantic poet was born in this Georgian mansion in Cockermouth's Main Street in 1770. His father was steward to Sir James Lowther, and moved to the house in 1766.

He was born in Breadmarket Street, where his father ran a bookshop.

Sir John Soane, who rebuilt the Bank of England, was born here. The Royal Oak, now a private house, can be seen at the top of the street.

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

Daniel George Bingham, a great benefactor to Cirencester, was born in Blackjack Street in 1830.