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Alongside this inn was an old stone house dated 1705, which became the Parish Room in 1955.

Here we see North's House (centre), and Polly Miller's (left) - both named after fondly remembered former

Today most of this area is covered by housing, part of the expansion of the town since the mid 1970s. On the left is Tuns Passage.

The thatched roof and plastered walls of the Chantry House typify the construction of the houses and cottages in Ashwell. Even the barn (left, behind the delivery van) is thatched.

The first post office was in the Shambles in Lancaster Road – it was simply a small room connected with a dwelling house, and quickly proved inadequate.

These impressive caves, their interiors hewn out of the limestone rock, were later to be used to house the wartime 'bouncing bomb'.

In 1794 a very large barracks was built just north of the village; it was used to house militia during the Napoleonic Wars. After the First World War, the barracks were closed and demolished.

The Clergy House, a 14th-century timber-framed and thatched hall house, is in the care of the National Trust and is open to visitors.

Nearby stands Batemans, a 17th-century iron-master's house, the home of Rudyard Kipling for many years. Several fine period dwellings survive in the village.

The Deanery is now known as Church House, and since 1940 has been the offices of the diocese of Gloucester.

The Golden Anchor was still to be found next to Raikes' house in 1912; however, Henry Playfair was yet to take up residence at Number 19.

The building now houses the famous Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.

Houses from different eras mix well around the greens. Adjoining the village today, a huge distribution centre is developing on the former air crew training base.

This is the view the big houses saw, with the new rows of houses which had helped to add nearly 50% to the town's population in ten years.

The last house in the terrace was the master shipbuilder's house, now a pub. On the opposite side of the cottages is another almost identical row.

The imposing house over the entrance was home to the tunnel keeper. In the 1920s Harry Webb was the occupant; with three colleagues, he carved a new pulpit for Welton church.

Opposite, however, the scene is intact, including the front wall of the White House (right), the gable-end of the Lodge, and at a dental surgery behind.

Here the ferryman is carrying guests from the Boat House Inn across the river.

Some still exist, but many houses have been replaced by new buildings.

Large late Victorian houses lined Station Road, the adjacent Queensberry Road and the Headlands, built for businessmen who 'commuted' to London.

These red brick terraces were built to house the employees of hosiery and shoe manufacturers at the turn of the century.

A lone farm wagon trundles between the houses in a village built of local slate. Only some chimneys and window surrounds are finished in brick.

This building also housed management dining facilities, the Social Club, and private meeting rooms.

Originally the central pavilion was a tropical palm house with the two smaller pavilions at either end housing temperate plants.