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Typical of many older cottages in central Bedfordshire, the mixture of timber cladding, wattle and daub, tile and thatch gives The Barn a picture postcard look to be envied.

However, it is the buildings within the earthworks which deserve comment and inspection: these include the Great Barn of the 13th century, probably the oldest timber structure in Middlesex, the library

The tenements could only expand lengthways along their own ‘backsides’, and most buildings had a jumble of outhouses, barns and sheds at the rear.

It stood next to a tithe barn until shops were built to meet the town's changing requirements.

At the end of the meeting, with handshakes all round, John Barnes, the young engineer, had secured agreement from all the local worthies - and finance from the Marquis of Buckingham himself - to

Frederick Barnes of Ipswich was appointed architect and it was hoped to open the new hotel, to be called the Royal Hotel, in time for the 1872 season.

The properties owned by the trust included 29 dwelling houses, workshops, barns and, at one time, five pubs.

The River Bain flows out of Semerwater, the largest lake in the old North Riding, and into the Ure. At around three miles in length, the Bain is the shortest river in England.

This view shows the most striking, the Park Avenue Methodist church, a typical design by George Baines and Son, which dates from 1924.

Howard's fine shop front on the left, now demolished, is now Baines Walk, leading to the 1990s Chesham Town Hall, named in honour of Arnold Baines, a councillor but also an eclectic local historian noted

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was 'a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter'.

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was “a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter”.

In 1824, Baines said that the hall was 'plain, comfortable and commodious', and that the exterior had recently been renovated with a coat of Roman cement.

In the words of Edward Baines Leeds was 'a slower town and our neighbourhood is quieter'.

The Bain is just 6 miles in length and reputed to be the shortest river in England.

Across the Bain, Tattershall is altogether less ravaged by 1960s and later rebuilding.

Across the Bain, Tattershall is altogether less ravaged by 1960s and later rebuilding.

Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.

It is drained by England's shortest river, the Bain, which runs into Wensleydale at Bainbridge. In this peaceful scene we see two boats tied up waiting for visitors in the shallows of Semer Water.

Another was Birkenhead Farm, where James Baines, woollen draper and benefactor to education in the Fylde, was born.

Like Baines Charity School in Poulton, the children held a barring-out day once a year when by tradition the master was locked out.

Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.

When our cameraman visited Newton Aycliffe, it was still very much a new town and was still being developed by the Grenfell Baines Group.

The Bain is just 6 miles in length and reputed to be the shortest river in England.