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The Frith photographer's desire to take views of post offices has led him to ignore the beautifully-situated village centre around its green and also the good 1879 church, designed, built and

Daventry High Street is now looking very busy.

With Kipling's 'blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs' surrounding it, the village runs up a valley from the sea, climaxing beyond the High Street on the Green with its pond, where Kipling lived.

Note the shop frontage for Stephen and Fred Green on the left (now a chartered accountants).

This view shows the great width of the street running north to the Green and the church.

At the south end of the High Street the road widens to a pleasant green, formerly a market place.

The war memorial stands on the triangular village green in the area within the railings, (far left).

The Working Men's Club is now at The Lodge, Welton Road, just out of sight to the left down Abbey Street.

It is difficult to imagine a devastated village when we look back at this tranquil High Street.

'A walk through the streets on a summer's day half-a- century ago ... was different in many respects.

During the 19th century a number of Dutch farmers settled here, which might explain some of the architecture we see here along King Street.

Still on the green, the camera points south to Steventon Road, the south lane from the High Street, already in 1955 closed to traffic.

Its motto is 'Pannis mihi Panis', which means 'wool is my bread'; even Shakespeare refers to Kendal Green cloth in Henry IV Part 1.

The broad verges and continuous avenue of trees bring green, open space to the High Street and make it an attractive place to explore.

But as these boaters opposite the Green Dragon pub in Water Street in Chesterton demonstrate, it does take some practice, which is why a paddle can come in handy for the less experienced.

The wide High Street gave Broadway its name; the road was built to cover two streams that flow either side of the old road.

East of the church and the Moot Hall, a jettied timber-framed building of about 1500, standing in its green, is the main north-south village road, the High Street.

The wide High Street gave Broadway its name; the road was built to cover two streams that flow either side of the old road.

By the beginning of the 17th century the centre of Glasgow had shifted south, to the foot of the High Street where it joined the Saltmarket.

But as these boaters opposite the Green Dragon pub in Water Street in Chesterton demonstrate, it does take some practice, which is why a paddle can come in handy for the less experienced.