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In 1908 another historian record- ed 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'.

On the extreme right we can see the chimney of one of the 18th- and 19th-century textile mills which were situated in the valley bottom beside the River Frome; the weavers' cottages occupied

In 1830 Haywards Heath was described as 'a byword for the wilderness of its aspect, the rusticity of its few and scattered cottages, and the miryness of its roads'.

Behind the thatched cottage in Church Street, where the author's great-uncle and great-aunt lived in the late 19th century, is the castle mound built in 1066-71 by William Mallet.

This quiet corner of Bramley includes a picturesque cottage with several cartwheels in the garden.

This picture depicts the spacious village green overlooked by pretty houses and cottages.

In Dawber's Lane the craft of wattle and daub for cruck-built cottages was carried on, but Runshaw Lane has few signs of antiquity today.

Wareham's South Causeway (centre right) is glimpsed between the thatched cottage and the coach. The building beside the latter is the King's Arms (right).

Chulmleigh is an ancient wool town, and its antiquity is reflected in the wealth of old cob and thatch cottages. A fire destroyed many old buildings in 1803.

Once just a hamlet of fishermen's cottages, Budleigh grew as a town and watering place in the first half of the 19th century, when a number of well-heeled society figures took up residence.

Saracen`s Cottage (far left) once accommodated servants and horses whilst their superiors were staying at The Saracen`s Head, Dunmow`s main coaching-inn.

To the right is the thatched Myrtle Cottage.

There are some fine cottages here, and no new housing.

Another of Sussex's seaside villages, Rustington boasts a few flint-walled cottages and a medieval church.

The buildings to the immediate left house the remains of a range of timber-framed cottages; their end frame has been exposed to view within the former building contractor's offices.

Mill Cottage is on the right, and the River Welland is at the other side of the house. The timbers of the upper storey have since been covered over by sandstone-coloured paint.

Here, a little south of Cookham, is the My Lady Ferry with the lock-keeper's cottage on the far bank.

Here we see another church in an attractive location near the small village of Bekesbourne, which contains 18th-century cottages and some modern housing.

The journalist-cum-explorer Henry Morton Stanley was born John Rowlands in a cottage beneath the castle.

This sizeable hamlet on the Downs south of Harting has no church, but boasts some attractive flint cottages and fine scenery.

At the southern limits of the county, close by Diss, this delightful village of knapped flint cottages sits in wooded countryside in the valley of the Little Ouse.

This seemingly idyllic rural summer scene on the banks of the River Brit, with its group of thatched cottages, lines of washing and vegetable garden, is brought acutely into focus by a closer

Beneath all this timber-framing, turrets and fancy brick chimneys is an 18th-century cottage.

Little has changed in this picture over the years – the farm cottage on the left and the Manor House, far right, remain, but the grocer's shop succumbed to supermarket competition and is now a private