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A typical village of the Kent Weald, with its weatherboarded cottages clustered round its green, Bethersden was once famous for its paludrina marble extracted from the local clay and consisting of the

This steep curving road is celebrated for its row of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century cottages in tile-hung brick and stucco, which stagger uphill raised above the roadway in traditional Surrey fashion.

The simple white-washed cottages are grouped irregularly about the church of St Menacca, their gardens bright with red valerian.

Rows of houses and quaint ironstone cottages line the street; in the distance is the familiar figure of the local postman out making his deliveries.

Its author, Mrs Craik, lived at Rose Cottage.

Small, well-mannered cottages set a later 19th-century scene in the days before parked cars lined the roads.

The working lives of the Dorset labourers who lived in cottages like these was hard, with poor wages and long hours.

Many of the farms in the parish date back over 800 years, and there are a number of picturesque cottages.

East Brent's green is surrounded by white- and cream-washed cottages. Here its Anglican and Wesleyan churches each provided schools.

The Hall is the centre of the Abbots Ripton Estate; many of its timber-framed and thatched cottages and farmhouses date from the 16th century.

It was converted to two cottages and a shop that later became the post office in Victorian times. The telegraph pole takes pride of place.

Pebble-built cottages line the coast road to the corn windmill, which stands immediately behind the 17th-century harbour. The mill was converted to holiday accommodation as early as 1921.

This beautiful thatched building is now known as Clipped Hedge Cottage.

Here we see the White Horse, partly weatherboarded, with small, brick-built cottages beyond. The railings around the garden on the left apparently survived the war years, when many were removed.

Behind the war memorial stands a weatherboarded cottage.

Close by, almost hidden by the trees, are pleasant cottages.

On the Hampton Wick side, hidden by the trees, are Walnut Tree House and Grove Cottage, with Wick Lodge Boathouse just beyond the motor launches.

In this photograph the cottages had only recently had their thatch replaced and the wall, next to the woman with the dog, rebuilt.

These cottages are just a few of around forty built around a triangular village green for the Wroughton Estate; some are known to have housed the workers at Wilcot Manor House.

The white plastered cottages clustered around the tiny village green and its war memorial date from the 17th century onwards.

This row of three cottages is in Church Street. They are set slightly below road level, and are reached by steps down. The thatch remains in excellent condition, and so do the porches.

The tall terraced cottages on the right are in their simpler vernacular style, while the school and halls are Tudor in style, with stone mullioned and transomed windows.

Just below Marine Parade can be seen a house known as The Cottage but also affectionately known in the town as Teddy's Nook, a reference to visits to Saltburn by Edward, Prince of Wales

Another famous visitor to the town was Lawrence of Arabia, who frequently visited the White Cottage in the Eastgate area.