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Up until 1810, Ipswich's Butter Market was indeed the scene for the sale of butter and other products. At this time, it is one of the main shopping streets in the town.

A few miles outside the market town of Liskeard, but away from main roads, the village has largely escaped modern developments.

In the Victorian era there was a bustling market near the Bullring, and four annual fairs.

The original Charter for this busy market was given around 1250 at the time the town became a borough.

During the 17th century, Kendal expanded rapidly as a market town serving the southern part of the Lake District, and this gateway was one of many which served the yards where the woollen merchants plied

We are looking towards the west end of the Market Place. The two tailors and outfitters businesses, John Collier and J E Hall, sit side-by-side, next to the Home & Colonial Tea Store.

We are looking towards the west end of the Market Place. The two tailors and outfitters businesses, John Collier and J E Hall, sit side-by-side, next to the Home & Colonial Tea Store.

The 17th-century Old Market House at Winster was the first property to be acquired, in 1906, in the Peak District by the National Trust.

At the centre of a broad vale, rich in market gardens and fruit orchards, and to which it gives its name, lies Evesham.

A decade after the Peel Institute was completed, the adjacent Market Hall was opened as the focus of the town's trade.

We are looking down on the Pot Market, where pots and pans were once bought and sold, and along Queen Street, the main shopping street of this small town on the White Peak plateau.

The restored medieval Butter Cross, or High Cross, marks the site of a market. The town crier has long stood on this spot in order to communicate important news to the people of Winchester.

Livestock was still being bought and sold in the Market Place, on the centre left of the picture, until only a few years before this picture was taken.

This view of the main street of Hawes looks towards the Market Place, where cars and buses are parked haphazardly on the cobbles.

Stow's ancient cross in the Square served as a reminder to market traders in medieval times that they should not try to pull the wool over their customers' eyes.

This photograph shows a corner of the Market Place to the right of the cinema.

The market town is reached over a toll bridge built by Lord Abingdon in 1769.

Perhaps Richmond's most handsome and unchanged cobbled street, Newbiggin means 'new settlement'; its level width suggests that it was planned as the town's original market place.

This celebrated market town has one of the most magnificent abbey churches in England; the abbey was founded over 900 years ago by Benedict of Auxerre.

This photograph was taken from the Queen's Hotel and looking across Piccadilly towards Market Street, where we can see Lewis's Department Store.

The Market Place and Cross, now partly pedestrianised, is situated just off the mile-long High Street.

This village lies just to the north of Market Weighton. Up the bank on the right is the parish church, and the road also leads to the Old Hall.

Far right is the base of the market cross.

It is only a few miles from Market Rasen on the way to Grimsby, and is well worth a visit.