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Originally a narrow street of shops, houses and workshops, the redevelopment and widening of Market Street took place between 1822 and 1834 at a cost in excess of £250,000.

Market Square is in the far distance. The church spire appears to be behind the houses on the right, but in fact it is well south of them.

The white shop facing the Market Place, now the Achurch Hardware Store, was the Conservative Club; B E Lilly to its right has been replaced by Poynton's, but is still a shoe shop.

It opened in 1903 to link the local farming communities to the market town of Welshpool.  Its narrow gauge of 2 foot 6 inches allowed the trains to negotiate tight curves and steep gradients.

The Poultry Sale Yard entrance on Market Hill is the wide doorway beyond the awning, right of centre.

The white shop facing the Market Place, now the Achurch Hardware Store, was the Conservative Club; B E Lilly to its right has been replaced by Poynton's, but is still a shoe shop.

The Paisley weavers were specialists, producing goods for a luxury market. The end came not so much from power looms, but from printed imitations.

The common covers 200 acres, and was a popular stopping place for drovers on their way to market - here the cattle could be watered by the four ponds.

The covered walks, created by overhanging stories, were the location of two historic parts of the market area.

These models had greater ground clearance than vehicles manufactured for the domestic market. In 1913 Standard offered a four-wheel drive.

Hampshire villages are much in demand and sites coming to market are usually rare. Barrow Hill runs off to the left with modern houses.

Wadhurst is high up in the forest ridge and was noted for its market and iron industry. The church of St Peter and St Paul has many cast iron graveslabs in the floor.

By the time the castle was finished in around 1200, Richmond had grown in size; a market has been held here since 1155.

This old shepherd, plodding on to Walsingham market, has been enjoying a glass of ale in the 'White Hart'.

In 1955 the land to the left of the road was part of Chandler's market garden.

The tower contains a bell cast in the local bell foundries in 1665; the location of these foundries is commemorated in the name Bell Banks Road, a road to the south that runs from Market Street to

Holyport, two miles south of Maidenhead was originally 'Horipod' or dirty market town.

Ten years has made a tremendous difference in the appearance of both street and market day. The stalls are more tidy and professional in the goods on display.

The aim was the sale of goods at market prices; what would have been the retailer's profit was divided between the membership in proportion to their purchases - better known to most of us as divi day.

This narrow but busy street is located between the Market Place and Wide Bargate, and is for pedestrians only now - the traffic lights have gone.

Situated in Market Street and close to Apiary Gate, the church design echoes that of Non-conformist chapels up and down the country.

Bromsgrove lies a few miles west of Redditch, and it is an ancient market town which has become a suburban satellite of Birmingham.

The clock above the Market Hall (centre) was a favourite rendezvous point for many courting couples on their way to the theatre and cinemas.

A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops. The villagers bought the green from the lord of the manor in 1969.