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The 17th-century cottages used to house lead miners, and there is evidence of an old smelt mill. The village has a Quaker burial ground and a former Methodist chapel.

From one of these fine thatched cottages John Hassell plied his trade as a porter.

Since this view was taken, the lock has been reconstructed; the lock-keeper's cottage was rebuilt in 1928 by the Thames Conservancy.

The man standing in the doorway would undoubtedly recognise the scene today, even if the shop has closed and is now Penny Cottage.

New houses now occupy the site, but the adjoining cottage still remains.

Many of the sturdy, timber-framed cottages in the centre of this lovely village have been reinforced and decorated with brickwork during the 18th century.

These stone cottages were demolished in the 1950s and the site is now the access road to St Katherine's Way. Behind is the spire of the medieval parish church.

House, (named after Edward and Alexandra, Prince and Princess of Wales, later Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) can be seen on the Marine Parade and the detached house on the left is The Cottage

The White Hart and Foresters Cottages are on the left. John Bradley was once the landlord, also an undertaker who made his own coffins.

This row of 18th-century timber-framed cottages had a red brick façade added in c1820. The shop has now shut, and its frontage has been replaced to blend in with the rest.

This open space was created as a car park in 1921 by demolishing a cottage. The single-storey extension to the pub also dates from 1921, when Hiskey Golding was the landlord.

The road crossing the picture from left to right immediately past the cottages on the left was the Daventry to Warwick turnpike and the main Warwick Road until the bypass was built in the

Here we see an image of disappearing Britain: the village pond, many of which have been removed since the time of this photograph, with a backdrop of cottages.

There are plenty of oak trees, foxgloves and thatched cottages in this pretty New Forest village.

This view of the Plough Inn and the handful of cottages has hardly changed over the last 100 years.

The post office, run by Robert Farrant, is on the left next to Strickland Cottage (is there a link with the author Agnes Strickland of Reydon?).

The view is little changed apart from the outbuilding on the right with the two dormer windows which is now a house, Tansy Cottage.

The steep slope of the village street leads to a second group of cottages clustered round the village green. To the right, up three steps, is the entry to St Leonard's churchyard.

Collingham village has a fascinating mixture of houses - down past the parish church of St Oswald are the Old Rectory, the Manor House, the Dower House and some well preserved artisans' cottages.

In this picture we see farmer Bob Metcalfe closing the door of Nook Cottage. His farmhand Bill Holderson tends the horse with its milk cart.

Many of the sturdy, timber-framed cottages in the centre of this lovely village have been reinforced and decorated with brickwork during the 18th century.

This row of diminutive, white cottages provided accommodation for the Coastguards maintaining a watch along this busy stretch of the Kent coastline with its treacherous offshore sandbanks.

North Street was mainly residential in the early 20th century, with some splendid houses, including thatched cottages. They became derelict in the 1920s and were demolished in 1933.

Whitchurch is a long village with many fine houses and cottages, and also the remains of Hugh of Bolbec's early 12th-century earthwork castle.