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By 1953, after it had filled with water, T T Barnard of Furzebrook House had the bright idea of turning it into a beauty spot.

It was the lodge of St Clair, a large house that became a girls' school established by a Miss Stevens in about 1935.

King Henry VIII appropriated Hampton Court after the fall of Cardinal Wolsey, who had begun work on the great house as an imposing residence for himself.

The Six Bells on the right is the last remaining public house in the village. It was built in the 16th century, and over the years is has been renovated, rebuilt and extended.

The playground, which can be seen just beyond the raised promenade on the left, was constructed in Beach House grounds and opened in 1951 as Peter Pan's Playground.

Church House (down to the left) dates from 1694, but Grassington's boom time was in the 18th century, when a Klondike rush of workers from Derbyshire and Cornwall came to work the lead mines - and the

In the park to its north is Crowcombe Court, a Georgian country house built in the 1720s and 1730s for Thomas Carew.

Close by is Loughborough's Manor House, now a hotel and restaurant.

The Vicarage (not visible) is an attractive chequered brick Georgian house.

On the left of the picture is the new building housing the local branches of the stationers and newsagents W H Smith & Son (still there today), Boots the Chemists and Teekoff, the tea and coffee merchants

Opposite this leafy corner was the vicarage, now a private house. This pleasant Fylde village was rebuilt by Thomas Horrocks Miller.

The houses on the left are part of the Coronation Walk estate, which was built soon after the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The shop is now an off-licence and convenience store.

Behind is the Manor House, mostly rebuilt by George Devey in the 1870s, and now a school.

The modern house (far right) stands on a site sold for building in 1925.

The driver climbing out of his Morris 8 Series E is parked outside one of the many cafes in Baldock Street (centre right) - this one used to be the Golden Boot public house and sported a giant hanging

With the wrought iron gate and lantern frame in front of us, we look northwards towards Bourne Close and eventually, by a footpath across the fields, to Moles Farm and the Sow and Pigs public house at

The white building beyond now houses pizzas and kebabs, accountants, and antiques. The corner stationer's is still just that. The market day is Friday.

It once housed the abbey founded by King Stephen in 1147, where he was buried with his queen Matilda.

Hardly a stone's throw away from Kingsbury Road is Slough Lane and its environs, where Ernest G Trobridge's timber and thatch houses are grouped most picturesquely.

The fine house closing the view and the cottages in general remain readily recognisable. A single regret is the free importa- tion of plastic windows, which strike a discordant note.

About half a mile south of the village of Blencow is the house known as Ennim Bank. The name derives from 'innam', meaning a piece of land which was enclosed or taken in.

Good's Stores, bakery, Post Office and café was fire-damaged in the 1970s.The site has now been redeveloped for housing.The Blue Idol is a Quaker Friends Meeting House and guesthouse which was converted

The nearby Sheffield Park estate built the modern mock half-timbered houses seen at the far end of the street.

We are looking north along the High Street, with the school of 1849 on the far right, converted to a house in 1969.