From these Screen Caps of the fictitious "Micklethorpe", Martin Underwood successfully identified the location as the market town of Knaresborough, about 14 miles west of York.

From a subsequent visit I can report that the cute little chequerboard shop (right), then at least, housed a wool shop and a candle shop (and the pub next door did a very reasonable lunch!) Strictly speaking the print works was the left-hand (candle) shop.

Using all his research Martin put together a webpage "The Outsider - then and now" for a while, which featured a street plan of the town and contemporary shots alongside his Screen Caps. Sadly the page appears to have disappeared into the ether ...