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When the Cotton family commissioned Capability Brown to design a park in 1756, he cut a swathe through the village, separating the church and a couple of farms and cottages from the rest of the village

The Cottage Hospital, now converted into private residences, is the last building on the left-hand side of this view, with, possibly, a motor ambulance pulling out of the drive.

The lock keeper's cottage (left of photograph) is now a private house, and the large building behind has gone.

A pony and trap stand on the main road which passes by the foot of the green on the left, around which are the tile-hung yeomens' cottages and the village pub.

Until 1964, Mill Lane was a picturesque street of brick and half-timbered cottages, some of them medieval.

The cramped grey stone cottages and shops seem in danger of toppling over each other.

The lock has since been reconstructed and the lock-keeper's cottage was rebuilt in 1919.

This view looks from the lock-keeper's cottage garden eastwards into the lock. The chestnut palings are now a smart well-trimmed beech hedge.

On a nearby hill is an old cottage, once the abode of the notorious highwayman Jack Diamond, who is said still to haunt the area in ghostly form.

However, both the cottage and the 15th- century church tower have lost most of their ivy.

Colehill comprised only a few scattered cottages until Victorian times, when the first of its population growth spurts led to a demand for church services.

The tall block beyond has an industrial appearance, but in fact it consists of five cottages.

Recent road schemes have meant that the mill-workers' cottages on the right have been demolished to make way for a new roundabout, with a modern block of flats instead.

In this area there are a concentration of attractive small plaques above the doors and lintels announcing that the cottages are owned by Blakeney Neighbourhood Housing Association.

The cottages where the children are gathered disappeared in the last half of the 20th century, and so did the bell on the Victorian chapel.

The thatched cottage next door was once the home of the local carpenter, William Gray. He made coffins, amongst other things, and had his own standing ready in the kitchen.

This charming lane near the church has a concentration of thatched cottages. Further along is Jubilee Barn, the original tithe barn of the village.

Many of its cottages were built in the 17th century, and the Royal Oak is older, claiming a date of about 1502. A famous treat, which is still sold today, was Granny's Nettle Beer.

The charming cottages on the left have either been demolished or modernised out of recognition.

This thatched cottage stands between Bouncers Lane and Blacksmith's Lane, and is one of many half-timbered buildings in the village.

Old rough-stone cottages line the street which leads up to the market place. Just visible is Garstang's market cross, a Tuscan column topped by a stone orb that was erected in 1754.

That ubiquitous cottage industry of Wales has passed now, but farmers still tend their flocks. Nowadays they would be transported by lorry to their destinations.

Next to the towpath is a traditional riverside cottage with a brick parapet gable.

The more urban style of the three-storey shop contrasts with the cottagey Berkeley Cottage in the foreground.