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This street, which leads north towards Doll Street, the station and the river, was broad and quiet at the time of the picture.

The High Street runs along the mile long Roman road within the small market town.

Just horse-drawn traffic, a bicycle and one distant motor car are the only vehicles in the street.

A fascinating picture of a suburban street. On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

The high street, known as The Street, was mostly Victorian in character, but has been rebuilt; some houses on the left beyond the single-storey shops went up in the 1960s.

This roof garden was placed on top of Harvey's, a five-storey department store of 1957 designed by Jellicoe and Partners and built behind a retained High Street frontage.

On the opposite side of East Street, beside the junction with Downes Street, a sign for the Soldiers Canteen and Recreation Room (right).

This view, looking south along High Street, has greatly changed: the thatched cottages have been demolished, and modern housing has been built on the right.

This view looks south-west along the canal past the last lock, No 16, Hills and Partridges Lock, to Park Street Bridge. (Hills and Partridges works have now long gone.)

The fine, wide street has 19th-century houses on the left; on the right are commercial buildings, filling the ground floors of older timber-framed houses.

Here the photographer looks west along the High Street from the junction with Outwood Lane on the morning of a fox hunt - this type of scene was much favoured for Frith postcards.

This view captures well the disparate suburban nature of Cobham's High Street before we reach the most attractive River Hill and Mill Road, which stretch along the banks of the River Mole

Castle Street is one of the two main streets, the other being Watergate.

This is the busiest and main shopping street in Great Yarmouth. Everything is available here, from wine (left) to shoes (right).

Beyond are the tall gables and chimneys of the Bury Street School of the 1860s: both it and the hotel were demolished in the 1960s for the pedestrian shopping mall that replaced Bury Street entirely.

This view looks north up High Street towards the Church Street and Heathfield Road crossroads.

Originally a mere sub-branch of Cardiff's Bute Street, the growing stature of the town is evidenced by the bank's gaining of both 'full' status (c1886) and Bute Street's erstwhile manager, Mr H W Rice!

This view of busy Sheep Street shows patient bus passengers corralled into queues by solid metal barriers. On the left the parade of Piccadilly Buildings ends with the George Hotel.

Castle Street is 'the finest Georgian street in Cornwall', according to Sir John Betjeman, who knew a thing or two about the county.

Castle Street is 'the finest Georgian street in Cornwall', according to Sir John Betjeman, who knew a thing or two about the county.

Previously called South Street, this was redeveloped in the late 18th century. The 'Brick' building sited opposite the Boot and Shoe was erected in 1770 out of bricks not needed for the Cloth Hall.

Its broad High Street has a pleasing mixture of half-timbered buildings and elegant Regency houses. The fine medieval church has a magnificent 15th-century tower.

Yet just a dozen years after photograph 68727 (above), the High Street was much busier with traffic - we get a feeling of Budleigh entering our familiar modern world.

The street follows the course of the Roman road Ermine Street, and is typically without any sign of a bend.