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The place became a favourite with artists and holidaymakers alike; many of its red-roofed cottages were perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs. It is also known as Bay Town.

Some were new additions to the countryside, while the majority was converted from former inns and cottages.

This panoramic view is very evocative of two major factors in the city's history: the rolling hills which surround it, and the rows of terraced worker's cottages, which testify to the city's once significant

It is built on a dog-leg construction and lined with half-timbered and weatherboarded cottages.

James Derham owned Corless Mill in Nether Wyresdale, 6 miles from Lancaster, and in 1801 he manufactured gas to light the mill and his workers' cottages.

Cottages cluster for shelter around the small square.

This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and several ivy-clad cottages

In this panoramic view of the Golden Valley, the mill chimneys are visible in the background; the workers' cottages are on the lower slopes of the hill, and the canal winds its way along the valley

Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally

This fine brick-built village is one of north Dorset's loveliest, its cottage gardens a delight all year round. Even with modern day traffic it seems a place lost in time.

Using local timber from the woodlands along the estuary, the shipbuilders of Bucklers Hard, who would have lived in these cottages, built at least three of the ships which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar

St Peter Street had several rows of cottages, some in great dilapidation, occupied by river workers such as ferrymen, bargees and wharfingers.

The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.

St Austell's granite harbour, edged with simple colour-washed cottages, was built in 1791 by Charles Rashleigh for exporting tin.

Here a cottage squats just a few feet above the level of the waters. It is not surprising that inhabitants were regularly displaced from their homes.

At the time of this photograph, the population of the village had almost halved: local cottage industries had declined, and the arrival of the new mills in the larger towns meant that people flocked there

In 1955 the village also boasted a number of 18th-century cottages.

To the right of the cottage are crates with small holes in them; perhaps this was the home of a pigeon fancier!

Nowadays there are modern holiday villages here with streamlined caravans, cottages and chalets all around this lovely area. Nearby there is now a large shire horse farm.

The thatched cottages are no more; the nearest has been replaced by a no doubt very functional large brick house.

We are looking towards Pond Cottages. The main road looks empty and quiet but in March 1928 there were several instances of speeding.

The small 18th-century thatched cottage was perhaps built at the same time as the rather grand red brick house further up the street.

This shows a vanished scene, with the unique boulder-faced cottages surrounding the old Star Brewery - the subject of perhaps the bitterest of Eastbourne's conservation battles.

A cottage hospital and court house also stood here at one time.