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The National Trust acquired the house and surroundings in 1948, and it is regularly open to the public.

Its old manor house was a temporary refuge for Charles I at the height of the Civil War, and the parish church stands on the site of an important Saxon monastery.

Before the area was opened up for coal mining Ashington was but a farm; it was the Ashington Coal Co who developed the town, building 300 houses for pitmen and their families.

Modern housing now occupies most of the area between the church and the photographer, and the rural aspect is much diminished.

In the days of horse-drawn coaches, this quiet lane would have seen considerable traffic.

The houses on the left are at Bishops Tawton; the riverside walk is still available for those who seek peace and solitude.

The right-hand house, converted from an old barn, bears the coat of arms of Christopher Kenn over the doorway. The other buildings in this photograph are 16th- and 17th-century in date.

When W H N Nithersdale wrote his book on the Highlands of Staffordshire, he was impressed by the number of public houses in the village, all of which did a roaring trade during the summer months and at

York's first fire engine was housed in the west chapel, which was known as Langton's Chantry. The headless ghost of Thomas Percy, executed for treason, is said to wander this dark quiet church.

On the left, just down from the bank, is the Guildhall, which was built in 1839 on the site of the old market house.

We can see that the 1960s have arrived with this modern shop and office block, which is housing an enlarged Boots the Chemist.

This is not so much a castle, more a country house, built for the first Earl of Lonsdale by Sir Robert Smirke in 1806-11.

These cottages are now called Marloes and Gable House.

The riverside path on the left has now been metalled, and houses have been built to the left, but little else has changed.

Houses have been built at Pentire on prime sites overlooking the Gannel.

The house in the centre, Cabbaches, proclaims the date 1390 on a plaque near its front door.

The Guildhall`s roof caught alight, and several houses in Fishmarket Street (left) were destroyed and never rebuilt. Fishmarket Street was Thaxted`s medieval market place.

This hut's name, Jubilee House, dates it to about 1935, the Jubilee of George V.

The house on the left is the residence of the headmaster of the adjoining school, opposite the church.

In the distance, glimpsed on the right on the corner of King Street, is the former forge, now a private house. Opposite, the Oast Garage opened in the mid 1950s.

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.

Dutton post office, on the left, has gone, and been replaced by a new housing estate.

With all those pilgrims coming to visit what they thought was Mary Arden`s house, it was obviously necessary for Wilmcote to provide refreshments and accommodation, and The Swan did just

The unusual house on the left was demolished soon after this photograph was taken.