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For many years it occupied various premises in the Close, including Kings House, before moving from the damp, riverside site in 1847, apparently to escape a cholera epidemic.

It was here, in 1715, that a number of Scottish lords, including the Earl of Mar, met on the pretext of a hunting trip to plan an uprising against the House of Hanover and return the Stuarts to the throne

This village of scattered houses on a steep hillside some seven hundred feet above sea level has two noted literary associations.

The houses are built of local stone. The stream meanders through the centre of the village, and local children play pooh sticks and just watch the stream.

Built in 1819, this five sailer, in working order, now has tea rooms in the mill warehouse whose weatherboarded bag hoist turret is visible between now-demolished houses.

The brick tower windmill of 1770 and 1890 survives, minus its sails, and has been well-converted into a house.

The Quakers favoured this remote area, and founded a Meeting House at Newton-in-Bowland.

The house was divided into three parts in 1919, and is now used as offices by a major building company.

Guildhall House is the white-fronted building on the corner (far centre).

Back at ground level, this view looks across the pond near the church, past the railings alongside the A283 to the houses on the south side of the Green.

Taken opposite Lower Quemerford Mill, this view shows Marden Bridge and the Mill House on the right.

Beyond the shops are the residential houses of Hartington Street. On the left is H Ledgerwood's, a grocer's.

Below the hotel, facing the sea, are many small shops.Towards the bottom of the hill The Gaiety Bazaar may be seen, a treasure-house for holiday gifts.

Copied by James Gibbs from the one at Wilton House in Wiltshire, this bridge from 1738 crosses the end of the Octagon Lake in the grounds of Stowe.

It was demolished in the 1980s, and houses built on the site.

The 15th-century tower of the church stands on Norman foundations, and houses the tomb of the last abbot of St Augustine's abbey at Canterbury who, at the time of the Dissolution, was given the manor

This fairly graceful early 19th-century shopping arcade, with its weatherboarded houses with large shop windows under a colonnade of thin cast iron columns, included a general hardware and implement

The photograph clearly illustrates the village expansion with housing that could literally be anywhere.

The canal bypasses Fleckney on its eastern side; the photograph looks north east across Second Lock, towards Kibworth bridge and Bridge House, as the waterway winds towards Newton Harcourt

After his death in 1837, the house passed to his nephew, and it was converted into a hotel after the latter's death in 1887.

The view shows an abundance of public houses and hotels. At far right three stand side by side - the Theatre Royal, then Clarence and (out of picture) the Cambrian.

The view shows an abundance of public houses and hotels. At far right three stand side by side - the Theatre Royal, then Clarence and (out of picture) the Cambrian.

Contrary to popular belief, Sir Walter Raleigh was not baptized in the parish church, but in the tiny chapel at nearby Place Court house.

The King's Head was built in 1733; not originally a public house, it had a cellar to store stalls for an annual fair held nearby.The Rising Sun on top of the pub sign was a trademark of Brickwoods