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This photograph, with its old white cottages with their tumbling thatch, reveals Hope's unchanging face.

In the background is the war memorial and several thatched cottages . The church of St Mary was recently damaged by flooding.

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch and

This, the original hamlet on the shore, consisted of fishermen's cottages and the Ship and Nimrod Inns. Henry Pease was said to have had a vision of 'a town arisen on the edge of a cliff'.

Another view of Church Lane, with some older cottages along with some rural gardens, just the kind one may expect to see in the country.

Opposite Ludham Church an interesting row of thatched cottages adjoins two small Georgian houses, one with a slate roof and one with Norfolk tiles.

These pretty thatched cottages are among many charming buildings of great character to be found here.

Finedon is a large, scattered village with many houses and cottages built by the last squire of the village who tragically lost all three of his sons.

It is virtually impossible to believe that this landlocked village with its many beautiful old cottages was also once a port.

A later king, Charles II, hid here briefly during his escape from the Battle of Worcester.The heart of the village is the steep main street, lined with some splendid bow-windowed cottages.

The more recent terraced buildings can be seen rising behind the few smaller cottages that remained when this photograph was taken. The beach vans indicate where the sands actually start!

On the left is a row of three houses with their original front doors; further down the street are two 18th-century mansard-roofed cottages, one of which is thatched.

At Rustington, the 11th-century church and the cottages in The Street, Sea Lane and Station Road are all built of these flint boulders.

The thatched cottage standing in front is now a museum.

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece'; its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated ter- raced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

The Village 1908 This view of quarrymen's cottages is an echo of a long-gone past for this area. It is now very much a tourist mecca.

Picturesque stone cottages line the main street through the village, which climbs from a bridge over Downham Beck to St Leonard's Church.

These cottages probably stand on the site of the origi- nal settlement at Seaview.

Enamel signs for Brooke Bond Tea on the village shop, a hostelry called the Bee and a small cottage displaying signs for the Aberconwy Institute 1915 and Llyfrgell y Sir or County Library suggest localised

Litton Cheney has a charming collection of Stuart and Georgian cottages strung out along its winding streets. Tiny brooks fill the air with the sound of running water.

Its charming cottages witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the English Civil War, and its narrow streets some of the most daring smuggling escapades of recent centuries.

The beautiful row of thatched cottages has gone, to be replaced by a rather uninspiring three-gabled house, and uphill from it there is what appears to be a garage.

Some of the quarry's workers would probably have lived in these cottages.

Its old cottages with their colourful gardens, its ancient church, and lovely scenery with Bredon Hill just in the background, make a visit a memorable experience.