The view above is taken from the western
side of the village looking eastwards. The
A428 road to Northampton is in the bottom
left-hand corner, Castle Road strikes out
across the fields top left and the High Street/Bedford
Road heads off top right. The Harrold Road
is just visible in the top right-hand corner.
In comparison with the modern-day aerial
view below, local observers will notice in
particular the absence in the 1948 view of
the larger developments at The Glebe, Joiners
Way and Castle Road, as well as many other
smaller infill developments including of
course the new school.
It is also possible to see in the earlier
view that one element of the A428 village
road widening scheme had already begun along
the Northampton Road (a little beyond the
second telegraph pole in the bottom left-hand
corner) where a newly planted line of hedging
has been set back in the adjoining field
showing the revised carriageway boundary.
The nearby extensive length of stone walling
on the left-hand side of the road was removed,
together with many of the trees and shrubs
contained behind it, in order to complete
the road widening shortly after this 1948
aerial view was taken.
Lavendon Circa. 2009
Lavendon 12 April 1948