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The left door of the house to the left has become a window, the two windows have been shortened, and the Gothic arch of the other door has been removed.

Silting of the Ouse's ponderous waters robbed the town of much of its former prestige as a seaport, but its many graceful buildings and old Custom House have brought to it the appella- tion

The fine half-timbered octagonal market cross, resting on timber stilts and stone arches, was built in 1605 after a fire destroyed a good proportion of the town.

The arched building in the left foreground is the Market Hall, which was built in 1627 at the expense of Sir Baptist Hicks.

Much of this remarkable building has been demolished over the past decade to accommodate a not particularly complimentary flat conversion.

It looks much the same today, with attractive flower- beds, although it has been reduced in size to aid the flow of the traffic.

Much red brick building of the 19th century intruded into the village scene as industry spread from Leicester, including the impressive backdrop of factory buildings we see here.

The shop fronts in the left-hand row have retained much of their original quality, but Flair, the ladies' hairstylist (right), has made the alterations which were regrettably to become

This later 17th-century house is unattributed, but it does have much in common with Lyndon Hall, designed by John Sturges in 1668.

The road bridge had taken four years to build, and was very much needed by the time it opened. Sunday and holiday traffic heading to and from North Wales could take up to two hours to cross.

The half-timbered octagonal market cross, resting on timber stilts and stone arches, was built in 1605 after a fire destroyed a good proportion of the town.

The transepts with their two storeys of arches date from the 1920s and 1930s, while a modern central tower with a slender spire and a choir was erected from 1966 to 1974 by Laurence King.

In 1890 she could manage 12.2 knots, though she was much happier doing ten; but by 1895 her speed seems to have been reduced to an asthmatic 8.4 knots.

The company still occupies the mill, but the water wheel that provided so much power turned for the final time in 1973.

This new three-arch bridge was completed in 1804 at a cost of £24,864; on the central parapet are the names of the then 74-year-old architect John Carr and the builder, Bernard Hartley of Pontefract

Lord Haw Haw heard this, and broadcast that HMS 'Cabot' had been sunk - much to the amusement of the locals.

This is not so much of a square as a roundabout these days. There is no car parking today, but a busy road junction with a cannon in the centre.

This street scene has not changed very much except for the names of the occupants.

North presented the Abbey to the city, and after much restoration it was opened to the public.

The Council look after it well, and there is much to see in this fine old building.

Although very much a stone-built place, it lacks the Cotswold atmosphere of the settlements on the high wold.

The Jacobean oak pulpit of c1630 was found in the tower arch covered in white paint, and was placed in its present position during the restoration of the church in 1851.

Broxbourne's parish church of St Augustine is much larger than St Paul's.

At the Dissolution, the nave was demolished and the western arch of the tower was filled in. The people of the town bought the remains of the original building, and it then became the parish church.