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The roadside house (Newby Bridge House), the big tree and the cottages are virtually unchanged since 1940, but the motor bike and sidecar (centre) are very much of the 1930s.

The cottages fronting the field now look out onto houses built on the field. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

The railings in the foreground guard the chalk stream as it heads east into the town to become the River Chess, while the cottages beyond had just been rebuilt, replacing ramshackle older ones

In this view the bellcote of the church, built in 1846 by James Deason in preparation for parish status and costing £1,700, can be seen behind the cottages.

Boat building was carried on, and sailcloth was made in cottages equipped with handlooms.

There is a pleasing lack of uniformity about the facades and rooflines of the buildings in the High Street, some of which are small cottages, and others grand town houses.

Acacia Cottage is still the first house on the right. This is still Main Road.

Once the railways arrived, trade on the river declined; today the centre lock has been removed, and the lock keeper's cottage is forlorn and empty.

This view east of the 1897 church shows the cottages and the post office, now closed; the telephone box has been removed and the post office converted to a house, called unsurprisingly The

The gardens and cottages of this rural set piece of thatch and village green today are neat and tidy.

The pretty village of Shackleford, west of Godalming, has a mixture of houses in different styles, as evidenced here by the creeper-clad building on the right, the tall-chimneyed cottages with their neatly

Its quaint, colour-washed cottages complement the easy access to the beach. It is hard to imagine that the harbour was mainly used for the export of anthracite and coal.

The cottages on the left were originally private dwellings, but for many years they have been incorporated into the hotel. On the right, adjoining the hotel, is the original cow byre.

This scene has changed little: the post office has now expanded to take in the neighbouring shop, but the cottages and barns remain.

The last view in the book looks south-east along the High Street past the long terrace of 1850s cottages on the left. Market Square is in the far distance.

Sydney Carter's butcher's shop occupied the cottage on the left from about 1914 to 1946.

The 19th-century lock keeper's cottage with the hipped roof was rebuilt by the Thames Conservancy in 1928.

Here we see one of Formby's older properties, a fine example of the type of cottage that was once common to this part of the coast.

In the distance is the Five Arrows Hotel; the five arrows symbolise the five Rothschild brothers - the badge is seen on houses and cottages all over central Buckinghamshire.

The old market booths, which backed on to the churchyard, were later converted into cottages and demolished in the 1940s.

Here we see a row of classic stone-built thatched cottages, in the characteristic vernacular style.

There was once an old village of Overstone near to the grandiose main mansion, but this was moved in 1821 and estate cottages built along the boundary.

A lace maker works at a floral sprig of Honiton lace outside her cottage door at Beer in South Devon.

Villagers still use donkeys and sleds to carry goods to and from their cottages and the tiny harbour far below.