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St Bride's Hotel was built on the site of an old white house where previously a farm had stood.

On the top of the low cliffs are (from the right) the Marchesi Brothers' restaurant, the Albion Hotel, the Victoria Restaurant, and Blades guest house.

Barns (foreground and left) show that this is still a farming community, but new houses have since occupied the field in the foreground.

Terraces of solid Victorian houses overlook the cliffs, with brick walls and wrought iron railings protecting the gardens.

This view was taken about ten years later than C240003 from a similar position (the semi-detached houses are out of the picture to the left where they should be).

The façade of the 18th-century Grey House on the left originally resembled that of its neighbour.

Chamberlain Gardens occupy part of the land given to the parish by the Misses Chamberlain, who lived at Bury House. On the left, the Vicarage was built in 1989-90.

Both public house and petrol station prospered with the increasing volume of traffic on a road that the Edwardian topographer Sir Frederick Treves had described as 'a delightful walk'.

All those families moving into Astwood Bank`s new houses in the 1960s needed facilities, and the community does have a fair range.

It still houses clinics and other medical facilities.

Ahead, boats are setting off from Clare House Pier. There are now fewer trees to the left, where two very sombrely dressed ladies (mother and daughter?) are walking.

The board on the house on the left proclaims that the building belongs to W H Duckworth, cycle and motor engineer. He had cycles for hire.

Freedom House was built by 1960.

Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country. The south-west corner of the proposed Gloucester Park was therefore set aside for the Ghyllgrove neighbourhood.

It still houses clinics and other medical facilities.

The Green is to the north of St Andrew's Church; around it are some of the village's more interesting houses.

A range of houses this side of the telegraph pole has been demolished. The two ladies are at the turning to Maulden's Mill, whilst the children are outside Brackenbury's Tarpaulins.

This beautiful house dates from the early 15th century.

New housing estates have transformed Fleckney to the sizeable community it is today. Building now stretches far beyond the trees.

The position of the windows right under the eaves is typical of humbler houses.

Lake Road, with houses overlooking the main lake, is undoubtedly a delightful place to live.

75 years after this photograph was taken, Great Brington and the adjoining parkland became the focus of world attention when Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest in the grounds of Althorp House.

The wall on the left of the picture marks the entrance to the Rothwell House Hotel.

There were plenty of inexpensive boarding houses charging only a shilling or two per night.