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On the exposed Wolds, the ironstone church is situated on the south side of the village street, away from the main A606 Nottingham to Stamford road.

This traffic island at the south end of the High Street, with its random stone walling, double yellow lines, and Festival of Britain-style sign, somehow epitomises a rather unlovely village.

The second Lord Rothschild was an enthusiastic, if eccentric, collector of birds and animals and established the nearby Zoological Museum in Akeman Street, which he bequeathed to the British Museum

Note the different styles of street lights in this view. There are at least three on the right-hand side, and on the left the remains of gaslights are very much in evidence.

Royal Arcade on the right is the oldest arcade in the city, which links The Hayes and St Mary Street.

This peaceful view of the old High Street looks down the hill to the Harrow Inn at the bottom.

The next house, of the same date, is at right angles to the street with a tall carriage entrance. The late 19th-century shop extension beyond is Towell's fish and chip shop.

We are looking downhill from the east, and the entrance to D H Lawrence's Victoria Street can be seen half-way down on the right by the white building.

We are looking downhill from the east, and the entrance to D H Lawrence's Victoria Street can be seen half-way down on the right by the white building.

The Sir Frederick Milner School was built as a secondary modern school in the south- east of the town, amid a maze of narrow streets.

The coal wharves at the canal basin by Walton Street were soon joined by factories along the canal.

On the exposed Wolds, the ironstone church is situated on the south side of the village street, away from the main A606 Nottingham to Stamford road.

In this photograph the main road looks quiet, but traffic between Leicester and Loughborough would, in a few short years, build to a crescendo through the narrow streets.

This looks Southwards along South Street to St Mary`s parish church (centre).

The present church of 1860, by G E Street, the architect of London's Law Courts, is a simple flint church with brick bands and stone dressings. Its churchyard acquired a Millennium lych gate in 2000.

The photograph gives an unusual perspective in that the exit from the bridge and the High Street beyond appears to be restrictive for both traffic and pedestrians.

Clarence Bridge, later Newport Bridge, takes us through the Old Green Crossing and into the High Street. From here we can just see the dome of the Corn Exchange (centre).

Harrow Park winds away to the east of the High Street, past one or two rather grand houses, to arrive at Deynecourt at the foot of the hill.

Further down the street, we see a wonderfully-posed assortment of turn-of-the-century trades - a delivery boy in his striped apron, someone pushing a cart with a water barrel, and the village postman.

The first house on the left is named The Old Post Office, and the Old Cobblers Shop is further up the street.

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed. The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle.

The HSBC, as it is now called, has since moved further along the High Street, and today there is a branch of the Yorkshire Bank here.

The fate of Zetland Mill on Queen Street South was more typical. Having lain empty for two years it was badly damaged by fire in 1980 and had to be demolished.

The market moved from the High Street to a new site behind the north side of the High Street in 1926.