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Skipton was a centre for sheep and cattle rearing, as we can see from this busy market day scene.

There are market stalls and traders' vehicles in front of the Falcon. Dale & Green are selling 'Bush Radios' and electrical goods - they must have diversified.

An industrial town's prosperity ebbs and flows with the vagaries of the world market.

Skipton was a centre for sheep and cattle rearing, as we can see from this busy market day scene.

It is said that the town took its name from Lady Roysia's Stone, and that the stone itself was the base for the Market Cross.

The area was brought vividly to life in 'Market Harborough', George Whyte Melville's sporting novel published in 1861.

We are looking south-west from the Memorial Park; John Street and St Anselm`s Church and school are behind Market Street. Three air raid shelters are in the field in front of the church.

In 1887 Peter and Alexander Campbell decided to relocate their excursion steamer business from Scotland to the relatively untapped Bristol Channel, where they soon came to dominate the market.

Stone from this quarry was used to build the Town Hall on the Market Place in 1888. The disused quarry now operates as a residential caravan park.

On the other side of the road is the lamp-post which was first in the Market Square, with its black-painted cast iron base.

exists at least one account that states that the plague reached Newark in the summer of 1665, said to have been brought to the town in contaminated patterns of woollen cloths delivered to a draper in the market

Kegworth's origins lay in its medieval weekly market and annual fair.

The area was brought vividly to life in 'Market Harborough', George Whyte Melville's sporting novel published in 1861.

By 1906 the Co-operative store was established in the Market Place; it stayed here until its demolition in 1977.

The village stands under the downs near the source of the Len and has a broad, attractive market square fringed with lime trees, which create a shadowed path over the uneven setts and cobbles.

This photograph shows how the traffic used to run diagonally across the Market Place.

Tetbury's Town Hall, or Market House, is one of the grandest of its kind found in the Cotswolds, and for centuries has been at the hub of the town's life and business.

The centre of Baldock, at the junction of the market place and the Icknield Way, is dominated by the imposing Town Hall and Old Fire Station, opened on 25 November 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's

Poulton was dubbed 'the metropolis of the Fylde'; being so centrally placed, it was the busiest market town, and the bridge was sorely needed.

To the left is Market Street, now pedestrianised, to the right is Blenheim Road, and behind the photographer is the park. No 39 High Street was Clemoes, a women's wear shop, now a pizza parlour.

D E Baker's department store (extreme left) flanks the entry to Church Street from the Market Place; the road was very much narrower than today, following the road widening scheme and demolition

The Duke of Cumberland on Market Green and the Tiger Inn at the end of the street remain, but the small shops are now dominated by estate agents.

To ensure that the bridge was well maintained, King John declared that tolls from Tewkesbury markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays should be earmarked for its upkeep.

East of Market Deeping and joined to it is Deeping St James village. At its heart is this curious structure in medieval stone.