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Increased river traffic led to this opening bridge being constructed in 1913, at the same time as the hydraulic pumping house (behind with the tall chimney).

It retains its medieval plan and character remarkably with tall houses lining its narrow street, many of them timber-framed and jettied, including King John's Hunting Lodge on the left; it is a house

Magdalene Almshouses (left), were rebuilt in 1877 on the site of a lazar-house or leper hospital, apparently founded by a member of the de Leyes or Legh family, in the early 13th century.

This view is from an upper balcony of Eldon House, one of the eleven-storey blocks of council flats built c1960 on the Loughborough Estate.

The 17th-century house had been demolished in 1802, and Rothschild remodelled and enlarged its replacement in 1835.

The grand pub and the simple working men's houses and shops in St Marks Road and First Avenue are all of a similar date.

In its time, it has held tea parties, dancing, football, cricket, flower shows, horse-races and prize-fights. There were once several ponds on the green: this is now the only one.

A farmer in the Neath valley who had moved to Merthyr, and had worked as a haulier and later a collier, he ran the Six Bells public house and brewery. In 1862 he opened the Six Bells coal level.

In an area of architectural gems (Rockingham Castle, Lyddington Bede House and Stoke Dry parish church), the village has a number of good ironstone houses of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

The paved area in front of Moot House was a sunny meeting place with mature trees, flower boxes and seats.

Behind the houses was Raby Park, an imposing housing development stimulated by the arrival of the railway.

On the left is Porch House, a heavily-restored 16th-century house, now a bank, with the pavement passing through its ground floor.

The carrier's wagon outside the post office gives an old-fashioned view to this 1950s view - but milk floats and rag and bone carts were also still horse-drawn well into the late 1950s.

The 1905 primary school is on the left beside the Ford Consul, next to a pair of 1920s brick houses.

The public house has long been a vital constituent of city life. Here customers could relax after the day's toil with a tankard of porter.

This beautiful house would seem to be such an important asset to the village, but like so many others, all trace of it has now gone.

One of the first buildings that the visitor will meet is the picturesque 15th-century thatched Axe and Compasses public house (centre).

The Cock public house (left) stands at the corner of Church Lane opposite Braggs Lane. The Cock is now a particularly fine restaurant, and has been awarded recognition by Les Routiers.

The baths were situated just to the north of the Boat House, where Gayton Sands Nature Reserve car park now stands. The Boat House is now an inn and restaurant.

The fine avenue of box trees was removed - box wood was in great demand by the Luton hat makers for use as blocking moulds - and houses and shops were built.

The lake is part of the moat surrounding the timber-framed manor house, once the home of the de Southchurch family.The central hall is open to the roof beams.A Tudor extension was added to the west

forest.There were two brick works in the village.A road of brick cottages is seen next to the Wesleyan church.The scene has now altered: the left- hand side of the road has been developed with houses

Next to the small 15th-century parish church, out of view to the right, is Dodington Hall, a long Elizabethan manor house of 1581.

here were many public houses and inns in the town.