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The pinnacles were added in 1873, each one paid for by a different subscriber. St Giles's has a window given by Queen Victoria in memory of her father, who died here in January 1820.

This parish church has some fine stained glass in 28 windows paid for by John Tame, a rich wool merchant.

This was a far-sighted, practical measure, for the traffic today is among the busiest in Corby, and the track in the foreground now goes through an underpass up to the periphery fence of

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

A large church with fine Gothic windows, it was paid for by the Haworth family, who had made their money from cotton spinning and fustian making.

Like many other estates in Corby, Beanfield was provided with a neighbourhood shopping centre and an adjacent public house in the centre of the estate.

As a comprehensive, it became known as Southwood, then Queen Elizabeth School; in 2001, after a period of closure and redevelopment, it reopened as Corby Community College.

The epitaph on his gravestone, paid for by former pupils, reads: 'In yonder sacred pile his voice was wont to sound, And now his body rests beneath the hallowed ground.

This long terrace of shops with flats above is typical of the earlier growth of Corby.

The plain exterior was compensated for by a lavishly decorated interior. The silver sanctuary lamp came from the chapel at Dunkenhalgh, and so did the silver thurible and a large crucifix.

But the church is itself a memorial, paid for by Emma Ramsden of Busbridge Hall to commemorate her first husband.

The conversion was paid for by the proprietor of the Wolverhampton newspaper, the Express and Star.

The small J Corby shop opposite is now Las Vegas Amusements.

As well as this library, paid for by Sir William Gilstrap, there was also the Newark Stock Library, whose honorary librarian in 1854 was Richard Sketchley, who worked for 'Punch' magazine.

It was erected to this local worthy in 1834, and paid for by public subscription. The surrounding iron railing has since been removed.

It no longer functions as a hotel, and is now called Grosvenor House and occupied by Corby Borough Council. The photograph was taken from the roof of the newly-opened theatre complex.

The lych gate was built in 1905 and paid for by Edward Huth in memory of his parents, who moved to Wykehurst House in the 1860s.

Only the squat, battlemented tower is medieval, a 15th-century one paid for by the Pelham family of Halland.

building further along was once part of the Durrant brewery, and later the home of the Wireless Museum, which displayed a wide range of fascinating instruments that were lovingly cared for by

The hospital was paid for by public subscription; Sir Robert Kindersley, a banker, gave land for its construction and one of the wards was named after him.

It is the oldest building in Corby, parts of it dating to the 12th century. Built of local limestone, it faces what is a now a busy dual carriageway.

The first section of the wall was completed in 1842, paid for by the local landowner John Rolle. It was 1,900 feet long and constructed from Devon limestone.

Great Easton lies in the south-east corner of the county, to the south of Eye Brook Reservoir, and to the north of industrial Corby, on the very edge of the Welland Valley.

We may be thankful that this survives and is being meticulously cared for by its present owner.