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Awnings protect the shop fronts and the goods displayed in the windows. The town has grown considerably in recent years.

The furniture and furnishing shops were all concentrated in this area.

Still the principle street for shopping, Briggate's retail outlets included Henry's, Fosters, Paige & Co, and Boots.

Its shops and arcades attracted visitors from its larger neighbour. The gothic architecture seen here remained an enthusiasm for builders and architects throughout the Victorian period.

Francis Frith had already set up a stockist to sell his postcards; the display board is to the left of the shop window.

Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally

Aston's shop (right) still trades under the same name, but it is now Aston's Tea Rooms.

The Village 1901 This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and

Inside the old chemist's shop. Note the pestles and mortars used for grinding up ingredients. Until 1840 some of this work was done in a large dog-powered pestle and mortar.

One other note of interest is the 'Cheshire black and white' decoration on many of the shop elevations.

In this view, Seales Warehouse is now a toy shop, and next door is York's Pram and Nursery Furniture Centre. Perhaps the two gentlemen talking outside Merrimans have something to pawn!

This seemingly quiet street has a bustle of yards and courts behind the facades of the shops and dwellings.

Since photograph No 56359 was taken, the shop on the corner in the middle of the picture has lost its tile-hanging, and its original timber frame has been exposed.

Shops include the premises of William Frederick Allen, tailor and woollen draper, Henry Aggso, piano manufacturers and Mattacks, booksellers.

The shops and houses mix with small workshops and boundary walls. On the left is the post office, and babies in coach-built prams.

This busy thoroughfare with a wide variety of shops was always well frequented.

On the right, the two Ford Populars and the Morris Eight Series 1 tourer are parked outside the Home and Colonial Stores (now a pizza parlour and a video hire shop) and the block of three chain shops -

Genuine Elizabethan and 19th-century Tudor-revival buildings rub shoulders with Georgian hotels and modern shop fronts.

Roy's main store is on the left, while the building beyond, also a Roy's shop, is now their bargain store. The building in the right foreground is now Roy's vast new supermarket.

The Thoroughfare is Halesworth's main shopping street. In the mid 18th century, improvements in navigation on the River Blyth led to a big improvement in trade for the area's maltsters and brewers.

The post office and shop are at the junction with the Haverhill Road and the village green. In the distance is a very fine 17th-century farmhouse with a jettied cross-wing.

Roy's main store is on the left, while the building beyond, also a Roy's shop, is now their bargain store. The building in the right foreground is now Roy's vast new supermarket.

One of Newbury's loveliest streets, Northbrook Street is famous for its mid to late Georgian buildings, and distinctive pink and blue brick houses above lines of modern shop fronts.

Most villages supported several shops and pubs. Gnosall also had two canal-side pubs, the Boat Inn by Bridge No 34, and the Navigation Inn by Bridge No 35.