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Clifton House, which is now the local museum, dates from 1782 and is the work of John Carr of York, one of the country's outstanding architects of his day.

The designer, John Carr, later went on to be the architect of the magnificent Harewood House.

The imposing 18th-century Hackness Hall was built here on the site of an old priory to the designs of John Carr's assistant Thomas Atkinson. The gardens and lake were laid out later.

Around the charming green we can see the old school (centre), later a billiard hall, now restored as a private house. Behind are High Hall and the Temperance Hall (1910).

The lord of the manor, William Gossip, purchased land here with the view to owning a substantial but convenient house in this rural part of the West and North Yorkshire border.

After a fire in 1734 it was rebuilt by John Carr in fine Georgian style. The stone came from a quarry on the estate's land.

We are looking past John Carr's Green Bridge towards the magnificent castle - a true picture of medieval England.

The medieval manor house, Gawthorp Hall, was bought by the Harewood family, and John Carr was asked to design the new stable block.

At the end of Soss Lane, beyond the railway line, are two former pump houses with tall chimneys; their steam-powered beam engines are situated on the Mother Drain which runs parallel to the River Idle

After a fire in 1734 it was rebuilt by John Carr in a fine Georgian style. The stone came from a quarry on the estate's land.

We are looking past John Carr's Green Bridge towards the magnificent castle - a true picture of medieval England.

Local girls worked at the model dairy and cows grazed on Carrs Green, once common land.

It is situated in the drained fenland and carrs (copses) to the west of the River Trent, through which meanders the River Idle on its way to meet the river at West Stockwith.

This new three-arch bridge was completed in 1804 at a cost of £24,864; on the central parapet are the names of the then 74-year-old architect John Carr and the builder, Bernard Hartley of Pontefract

The medieval manor house, Gawthorp Hall, was bought by the family, and John Carr was asked to design the new stables block.

Between here and the Pilot Boat Inn, the public lavatories mark the site of the old Custom House, which was destroyed by fire in 1844.

The slate-hung building (second left) was once a gaming house, and is still known as the Card House. The frontage has the suits of a pack of cards carved into the slates.

The fine, wide street has 19th-century houses on the left; on the right are commercial buildings, filling the ground floors of older timber-framed houses.

Since this picture was taken, the 'village' has undergone further housing developments which mean that it has become a suburb of Abergavenny.

Donkey Lane and Dormouse Cottage (right) can be seen here in the northern end of the High Street (centre) which bends to the west beside Pound House (centre) to become Barr Lane as

Donkey Lane and Dormouse Cottage (right) can be seen here in the northern end of the High Street (centre) which bends to the west beside Pound House (centre) to become Barr Lane as it carries