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Back in 1880 an orchard, stables, piggeries, a bowling green and two cottages surrounded the pub.

It was the arrival of the Leeds/Liverpool canal in 1810 that turned a hand-loom cottage industry into the giant of the Industrial Revolution.

The pub and other cottages have marks on their sides to indicate the height of the sea water which has flooded the area on several occasions.

Here we see him filling a cottager's bucket with water from his barrel.

The other cottages also remain, although the far one, No 1, has had the single storey part raised to two storeys.

The black door on the left of the early 16th-century Cottage in The Bury has 'John Hellis Builder' inscribed on it.

The pump and its unique cover dominates the Green, with the cottages known as Pilgrim's Row behind. They are named after Samuel Pilgrim, who built them early in the early 1700s.

This charming timber framed cottage (with a relatively modern extension) is a typical product of the skill of local carpenters and builders.

The access road to the Delapre estate can be seen (left), and Roger's Cottage, beside Long's Lane, is in the distance (left of centre), with houses Nos 76 to 68 being in the near distance (right of centre

The thatched roof and plastered walls of the Chantry House typify the construction of the houses and cottages in Ashwell. Even the barn (left, behind the delivery van) is thatched.

The long and spruce black and white cottage we see here was home to the harbourmaster. It was built as long ago as 1480; more recently, in 1919 it became the home of the actress Ellen Terry.

The Ten Commandments on the chancel wall were repainted in 1907 by William Peskett, a plumber, painter and glazier who lived in Bury Cottage.

Sad to say, the fine thatched house and barn have not survived; only the row of Rose Cottages stand today as a reminder of the tiny village of Wyddial.

The previous estate manager had been his father James Fair, who had had the task of laying out the streets, making wider access roads and building cottages.

Instead she became a pioneer of civil nursing, spending much of her life in Walsall, where she ran the Cottage Hospital.

The church is in a commanding position 75 yards from the water's edge, which at one time covered all the land at its base, even where the cottages in the picture have been built.

The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

Rose Cottage (the first full building on the right in U36003) was the local telephone exchange long before the advent of STD.

No 27, St Guthlac's Cottage, is stone built and thatched, and No 23 has had new windows inserted.

The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

Cottages become the retreats of young executives, and thus the ugly chocolate box Grange Dairy makes its appearance.

It has since been renovated with a new roof and turned into a lovely one-bedroom residence by the owner, Mr Blackburn, who lives in the cottage just visible to the right of the mill.

The cottage next door was, for the last forty years of his life, the home of the renowned cricketer William 'Silver Billy' Beldham, whose exploits made him the greatest player of the Regency and Georgian

No 27, St Guthlac's Cottage, is stone built and thatched, and No 23 has had new windows inserted.