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On the right are the pillars to the Market Hall (1859), and the Buttercross can be seen on the right at the end of Market Place.

Originally the word 'port' meant market - so the name reminds us that this was a new market town, laid out in the early 12th century when Henry I granted the settlement a special charter.

This small market town on the banks of the Sow was entitled to hold four annual fairs, mainly for the buying and selling of horses and cattle.They were held on Midlent Thursday, Holy Thursday, 5

The statue of King Alfred, erected in 1877, looks down on a car park taken over every Wednesday and Saturday by market stalls.

It is interesting to note that the old market place was being overtaken by cars as early as 1950, and parking was obviously already a problem.

The Town Hall and the Market Hall are on the right. Known as Over Darwen, this was a quarrying and agricultural area before turning to calico printing, weaving and paper making.

The fine, large town church is situated up an alley at the east end of Market Street and behind the market-place. Only remnants of its medieval tower survive.

Judging by the parked cars, it is not a market day. The upper windows of Warner's Café are attractively surrounded with half-crown tiles.

As early as 1293 it was granted a weekly market and a four-day fair. This view shows Market Street.

This view shows the varied façades of the buildings fronting the market place. The building next to the King's Arms Hotel on the right is a good example.

The town's cattle market was one of the largest pig markets in the county between the 1930s and 1970s. In addition to weekly livestock markets, there were spring and autumn sales for store cattle.

Here we see the broad market place, with its pleasing facades of 17th- and 18th-century slate-roofed buildings.

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

Situated on the Cambridgeshire border with Bedfordshire, Gamlingay was once a thriving market town.

Somerton was once a thriving medieval town with fairs, markets, trade and inns.

The left-hand building was an encroachment into the medieval market place, a process whereby market stalls were gradually replaced by permanent buildings.

The imposing figure of Lord Palmerston surveys Romsey's Market Place.

Thirteen miles from Norwich, Aylsham had a market by 1300, but really developed later when John of Gaunt held the manor.

This view, taken from St Peter's Street, shows the great parish church which dominates the west side of Norwich's great market-place.

The Norman tower of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Market Place of Malton, which is filled with cars in this photograph.

Kendal was granted the right to hold a market as early as 1189, when it was also made a barony.The Market Place had been enclosed on four sides until 1909, when it was opened to Stricklandgate,

While the cathedral is the main feature of Ely, the town has also been a market town for many years.

Market Hill was the hub of the town; here the stocks held felons two at a time until their crimes had been expiated.