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Stebbing, strung out along a mile-long road, has a fine collection of old buildings: the house with the leaning frontage is late 15th-century, the other cottages slightly later.

It seems slightly ironic, given that the purpose of building societies was to enable people to own their own homes, that an attractive cottage was demolished to make way for this rather grandiose structure

A rustic scene in the centre of the village, southwards along Duck Street, with the Swiss Cottage contributing its flamboyantly flowing thatch (left).

Apart from a plethora of now silent industrial mills, now mostly put to other uses, the steep lanes of Nailsworth are lined with the cottages of former cloth workers. The streets are steep.

From cottage to mansion, the Youth Hostels Association adapted a wide range of buildings for use by their increasing membership.

The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church, where the Yewdale Beck enters the western side of Coniston Water.

The Edwardian terraces in the foreground, with their bay windows and neat gardens and railings, harmonise with the simpler cottages beyond.

The latter seems more likely, given the middle-class dress of the diners and the humble nature of the cottage. The proprietors certainly seem to be doing a roaring trade.

Some of the quarry's workers would probably have lived in these cottages.

The long line of cottages in Winkle Street overlooks a delightful babbling brook.

As to the rest of the photograph, the cottages are now one dwelling but even the boundary walls have changed little in over a century.

This old cottage has had a remarkable transformation in recent years.

This view looks northwards along the traffic-free road past the attractive weatherboarded cottages towards Brentwood, some two miles distant.

A rustic scene in the centre of the village, southwards along Duck Street, with the Swiss Cottage contributing its flamboyantly flowing thatch (left).

This village is well known for its charming thatched cottages and historical connection to the Potto family, millers and nonconformists; a bronze memorial has been recently erected in the corner of the

Across the narrow street, the whitewashed Crown Inn and the adjoining old cottages complete the picturesque scene.

The thatched cottage on the left still stands. The thatch has long gone and the road is now kept clean.

For centuries the Basildon area sheltered a few small villages whose livelihoods were based on agriculture and timber; here there were quiet roads and lanes, and ancient farmhouses and cottages

With a 19th-century creeper-covered cottage providing residential quarters for the teacher, a schoolroom has been added to one side of the building to offer educational facilities to the young children

Frith's photographer was looking from the front of the Waterfront Inn towards the Trent lock, with the old lock keeper's cottage to its left and the warehouse to its right.

The low building next door has disappeared, and the adjacent cottage has been extended.

Between the Victorian brick buildings is a small thatched cottage with a mansard roof.

The cottages on the right are still there, but the White Lion Inn, further up the road, has closed. The tower in the background is part of Bloxham School.

Behind the trees on the right is the gardener's cottage, with the tradesmen's entrance to the rectory around the side.