The growth of the village

The village consists of essentially one street running parallel to the Willow Brook and with a back lane to the north and parallel to the main street.

The fertile soil of the area allowed a market garden industry (mainly radishes) to thrive to the south of the main street in the 19th Century.

In the 16th Century Mills stood at both ends of the village, but the one at the East was demolished in the mid 1700s. A ford at the East was replaced by a bridge built in 1735 by the Earl of Westmorland. This was later replaced.

A former copyhold to the North of the Church. This may date from the mid 1600s and form part of original copy hold of the Culpin Family.

Many of the copyhold properties were small  but by the early 1800s were being    replaced by more fashionable properties. The manor house (half way along the main street and to the North) was built in 1740 for a tenant farmer and is of  palladian style.

This copyhold dates from a similar period. This may have belonged to the Desborough family for many years. 

A small lane formerly ran behind the church in front of these two       properties.