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It shows Westgate, the main thoroughfare of the town centre, and leading off to the left is Westgate Road, opened up in 1876 on the site of the former driveway to Sunnyfield House, a prominent private

This is Robert Raikes' house, his birthplace. The civilising influence of his Sunday schools on the people of Gloucester was very stabilising.

Another view of the mill, showing the attractive double fronted mill manager's house. Note the large haystack in the centre foreground.

Large late Victorian houses lined Station Road, the adjacent Queensberry Road and the Headlands, built for businessmen who 'commuted' to London.

In the 19th century the court housed a brewery, a malt-house store and a factory producing Windsor chairs.

From this view of the crossroads, one can see The Redes on the left, and on the right, Japonica Cottage, which housed Netherbury Post Office.

When this photograph was taken, the richly pargetted Ancient House, which dates back to medieval times, was occupied by Fred Pawsey, selling books and stationery.

Alongside this inn was an old stone house dated 1705, which became the Parish Room in 1955.

Here we see North's House (centre), and Polly Miller's (left) - both named after fondly remembered former

Today most of this area is covered by housing, part of the expansion of the town since the mid 1970s. On the left is Tuns Passage.

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 first post office was in the Shambles in Lancaster Road – it was simply a small room connected with a dwelling house, and quickly proved inadequate.

These impressive caves, their interiors hewn out of the limestone rock, were later to be used to house the wartime 'bouncing bomb'.

In 1794 a very large barracks was built just north of the village; it was used to house militia during the Napoleonic Wars. After the First World War, the barracks were closed and demolished.

The Clergy House, a 14th-century timber-framed and thatched hall house, is in the care of the National Trust and is open to visitors.

Nearby stands Batemans, a 17th-century iron-master's house, the home of Rudyard Kipling for many years. Several fine period dwellings survive in the village.

The Deanery is now known as Church House, and since 1940 has been the offices of the diocese of Gloucester.

The Golden Anchor was still to be found next to Raikes' house in 1912; however, Henry Playfair was yet to take up residence at Number 19.

The building now houses the famous Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.

Houses from different eras mix well around the greens. Adjoining the village today, a huge distribution centre is developing on the former air crew training base.

This is the view the big houses saw, with the new rows of houses which had helped to add nearly 50% to the town's population in ten years.

The last house in the terrace was the master shipbuilder's house, now a pub. On the opposite side of the cottages is another almost identical row.

The imposing house over the entrance was home to the tunnel keeper. In the 1920s Harry Webb was the occupant; with three colleagues, he carved a new pulpit for Welton church.

Opposite, however, the scene is intact, including the front wall of the White House (right), the gable-end of the Lodge, and at a dental surgery behind.