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The house to the right with a corrugated iron roof, now demolished, shows a common solution to failing thatch.

Redevelopment of Daventry began in the early sixties under a scheme to house Birmingham overspill population.

Beyond is the White Horse, still in business, though the Northampton Brewery, with its NBC Star trademark, has long since passed into history.

In 1926, the Sands railway station closed and was converted to amusement arcades housing hundreds of slot machines; there was also a helter-skelter and a skating rink.

Today, the house has changed little, although the black barn has been demolished. Also, with the conversion of the railway from steam to electricity, the overhead wiring is strung along the skyline.

Today modern houses are interspersed with the cottages. Nearby, close to the church, older cottages with thatched roofs and latticed windows can be found.

It was in a half-timbered house near the top of the street in August 1485 that Henry Tudor spent the night before riding on to Bosworth to do battle and win the Crown.

One of the two houses on the left belonged to Seabrook's Farm, and the other was the vicarage.

When the row of houses next door to it was built in the 1860s, it must have almost doubled the population of the village.

Further along is the Town Hall, which was built in 1854; it also housed the police court and post office.

The roadway, and the grass with its two forlorn seats and their single weakly tree, contrast with the well kept appearance of the surrounding houses.

The south bank was a popular location for hiring rowing boats, and the Bedford Rowing Club, founded in 1886, have their boat and club house to the left of the photographer.

Note the capstan houses for hauling boats out of the water.

The columns on the left are on the front of the Market Hall below the old court house. Next door to the Bear Hotel is Kirkland's the chemist's.

It was originally intended for Sauvignac monks, but by 1147 it had become a Cistercian house.

The Victorian town hall and its dominating clock tower overlook some fine Tudor and Jacobean town houses.

The building was formerly the Clevedon House Preparatory School and a boarding school for boys. Almost next door to this attractive hotel is the English National Golf Centre.

The Spinney, as the manor house of the parish of Sully, was sold at auction in 1938 as part of 164 acres of land that included Sully Island.

The white-faced building, to the right of the church, is the recently built Church House.

the photographer looks east along High Street, a wide market place with typical market encroachment blocking the view at the end; the building with the gable is a rebuild in 1877 of a 17th-century house

In later years the house on the extreme left of the picture would become the Castle Garage.

This used to be the Red Lion public house in the late 18th century, and later in the 19th century, with a remodelled shop front, it became Frederick Newman & Sons, a grocer's.

Most of the old houses here were built in the 18th and 19th centuries using stone from the remains of the De Vaux College, which was established here by the Bishop to train clergy as early as 1262

Our view clearly shows the terraced housing, built on the north side of the Lune outside the old city walls, where Lune Terrace and Derby Road are today.