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If we walk along Cluntergate towards the town centre past John Carr's birthplace in the tidy cottage built by his father in 1739, we see the Cricketers Arms pub (1898) on the left.

Litton Cheney has a charming collection of Stuart and Georgian cottages strung out along its winding lanes.

Horsted Keynes, situated on the western edge of the Ashdown Forest, has a green and an assortment of period houses and cottages.

One of the reasons why Robin Hood's Bay proved to be a popular haunt for artists is the picturesque cluster of red-roofed cottages perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs.

Arabella's Cottage, where Jude first met Arabella, still exists, but the watercress beds have suffered neglect and are no longer productive, sad to say.

The Rose and Crown Hotel, and the Victorian estate cottages behind, are typical of houses elsewhere in the village - many of them have dated plaques.

The view from Keeper's Cottage, left, leads us down the lane towards the Wombwell Arms, named after local landowner, Sir George Wombwell.

We are looking eastwards along Bridge Street to the Guildhall (centre) and Guildhall Cottage (centre left).

The cottage opposite was at one time the village post office.

It later became almshouses, and is now a cottage.

The cottage on the left still exists, although now substantially altered.

It expanded rapidly after the Metropolitan Railway arrived at Chesham in 1889, indeed Star Cottage, the second house from the left, is dated 1890.

Behind the photographer, Dame Alice Street passes the Harpur Almshouses, a long row of brick cottages in the Tudor style thought suitable for such buildings, erected by the Harpur Trust in 1806 but refronted

At the opposite end of the High Street, the Tring Road climbs out of Wendover past this delightful range of early 17th-century timber-framed and thatched cottages.

The Quaker connection with the village was very strong and a Meeting House used to exist on the site, which was later occupied by Brookside Cottage.

In 1908 another historian recorded that 'many modern red-brick cottages are now in process of building to supply the needs of the men who are employed in the Eastleigh Railway Works'.

Much in this view has changed since 1890: the mid 19th-century lock-keeper's cottage was rebuilt by the Thames Conservancy in 1931 and the area to the left has been built up with industrial buildings and

A partially-thatched hut on the right of the picture, with a beautifully thatched cottage behind and another example of fine thatching on the building at the left show the ultimate use of nature's gift

Geddington, by-passed by the A43, is a delightful stone-cottaged backwater. Here the photographer looks south-east towards the church of St Mary Magdalene.

To the east of Waddington is a vast Royal Air Force station, but the old village core with its mellow limestone houses and cottages remains remarkably unspoilt.

Kineton has several attractive cottages, some of them with the distinctive chequered brickwork seen in those on the right of this photograph.

The cottage has acquired new windows and a coat of paint on the chimney stack since this photograph was taken, but remains otherwise unchanged.

The groynes on the beach indicate the ferocious tidal currents; in 1931 these currents seriously undermined a row of cottages up the road on the seaward side, that were subsequently

Modern detached houses have replaced some of the cottages on the far right.