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Taken from the abbey roof, this photograph shows the 15th-century market cross in the centre, situated at the north end of the High Street.

To the right was a canal and railway siding, where barges were loaded with lime and bricks for the local and London markets.

The new Broadway and the shops proved immediately popular, and linked through with the outside market. The Coppice can be seen in the distance.

The outbuildings of the White Horse Inn are nearest to us (left); the inn faces the old market place, where there is another dock area for barges.

Because of busy traffic the memorial was moved into the Market Place. Poulton Laundry has gone, and the Methodist church (far right) has been pulled down—the new church is on Queensway.

At the southern end of the Buttertubs Pass, Hardrow is just a mile outside the market town of Hawes. Hardrow Force waterfall has long enchanted visitors.

It shows how elevated the church is, facing countryside to the south but opening out onto the Market Place to the north.

The town originally stood on higher agricultural land, and its position on the Ouse was not exploited until the middle ages, with the growth of a market.

If the fairs were particularly big, rides and stalls would spill over and occupy land next to the cattle market.

A classic English market, surrounded by a variety of shops, meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays, drawing visitors and traders from far afield.

Leyburn, once the largest community in mid Wensleydale, boasts three squares, the largest of which is the sloping, rectangular Market Place, from which the High Street seen here leads.

This photograph shows the Dolphin Hotel on the right of the square, next to the mid 19th-century Market Hall. At one time Botley boasted fourteen inns.

Thame became a market town during the 13th century, and its importance as a commercial centre is still evident today.

This ancient market town clings to the limestone bluff of a gorge carved by the River Nidd, and is famous for several reasons: it boasts the oldest woollen mill in England, Mother Shipton, a 15th-century

The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

Once nothing more than a tiny hamlet in the parish of Wensley, Leyburn developed into a market town thanks to a charter granted by Charles I.

About a hundred years before this picture was taken, Tunstall market was always busiest on Saturday evenings, and like the one at Crewe probably stayed open until 10pm.

Bus shelters, one with a shopper waiting, occupy Tudor Square, once called Bally Green, at the end of Market Street, which is Dalton's main shopping street.

Here we have a closer view of the Market Cross, showing the vast amount of setts needed to cover the road. Streets such as this are often wrongly described as cobbled streets.

J E Hall, the People's Outfitter, faced opposition from Hepworth's and was further endangered when Collins China Store moved to Market Street, allowing the Fifty-Shilling Tailor to move next-door (later

The town is already heading down market and away from James Atherton's ideals.

Main Road c1955 Once the market town for Northumberland's principal lead-mining area, Allendale Town also lays claim to be at the geographical centre of the UK.

West Hill House, right, at the corner of Market Hill and Quarr Barton, is Grade II* listed; it was the home and surgery of Dr James for 42 years.

This memorial to Admiral Blake stands in front of the Regency Market House. Erected in 1900, it reads: 'Robert Blake, born in this town 1598, died at sea 1657'.