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Built in the 1880s as a memorial to William Thorngate, a philanthropic grocer and tea merchant who donated money for local housing, the Thorngate Hall was regularly used for public meetings until it

This photograph of the town was taken from the tower of St Thomas's church at the top of the High Street, depicting an elegant mix of Georgian houses, bow-fronted cottages and covered shop fronts.

These houses in the Little Silver area would be worth a fortune today. Nestling at the foor of St Andrew Street, they were demolished after the last war when slum clearance was the watchword.

At ground floor level canopied, stylish shop fronts replace the premises of J Baker and Complete House Furnishings. Kingfisher China and Glass replaces Smith Bradbeer & Co on the left.

Plenty of large Victorian houses and ornate villas can be seen in this photograph of Goring.

To the right is an old house, formerly occupied by the village boot and shoe repairer.

Today this village has several new housing developments. The 19th-century school is a popular choice with local families.

In the 1930s it was given over to housing development, though Longmore Farm survived until the 1950s, when it was demolished.

In the foreground is a toll house, a vestige from the days of horse-drawn coaches that paid to use the road. Approaching from the middle distance is a single-decker motor bus.

With the new houses came the park, a place for gentle exercise or relaxation and a favourite walk for nannies and their prams.

It also served as the manorial courthouse but, during the 17th and 18th centuries housed a grammar school and later served as a general store.

The modern shop fronts in the town hide many old medieval houses.

Most of the houses and business premises in this suburb were constructed in this mock-Tudor style in the years leading up to the Second World War.

The photograph shows Wolfen House after its transformation, in a beautiful woodland setting.

Just beyond it, the half- timbered house is believed to be the oldest building in Braunston. Further down to the right was the village bakery with a 'Hovis' sign on the façade.

This was one of Phipps's houses; the Northampton brewers were taken over by Watney's in the 1960s. Today this pub sports the name of the Countryman.

These attractive almshouses on Stydd Lane, complete with a well for their water, were built by John Shireburn in 1728 to house five Catholic spinsters or widows.

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

A small village, built to house Parham Estate employees, Cootham is situated near to the foot of the downs.

The flower beds and war memorial have now been replaced by the roundabout and pedestrian subway and the first houses in Park End Road have been replaced by the extension to the Town Hall.

Fulling Mill House, to the right, was once home to the Nottages, who built Cane's Mill. Later, the artist and philanthropist Edith Arendrup lived there.

Fulling Mill House, to the right, was once home to the Nottages, who built Cane's Mill. Later, the artist and philanthropist Edith Arendrup lived there.

Crown House started life as The King's Head.