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This view is taken from Milford Road, with Farnham Road at the right curving past the former blacksmith's forge, which is now a cottage, The Old Forge.

Here, looking down Main Street towards St Mary's Church with its horse mounting steps, we see the white Imperial Cottage (left). The chestnut tree has been removed, giving a view of Jubb's Farm.

Outside the row of terraced cottages at Breachwood Green near Hitchin stands a pristine Ford 100E model. In front of one of these houses stood the community's well.

With its steep, winding streets and pretty cottages, there is a definite hint of Devon or Cornwall about it.

A lovely composition of local stone cottages in the lee of the tree-shrouded parish church.

Here, next to the Ure, are mill cottages. Around the charming green we can see the old school (centre), later a billiard hall, now restored as a private house.

Note the boats pulled up above the high- water mark, the free-range livestock grazing, and the vegetable plot by the cottage.

The Gapper family cottage on Dowlands Landslip was approached from the coast path, after having been detached from the hamlet above to which it formerly belonged.

It is flanked on the right by a row of very old stone cottages that appear to lean to one side but nevertheless stand to this day - no doubt a testament to those who built them!

At the head of the street, the white cottage of the later 16th century is one of few survivors, built prior to Enclosure in 1767.

The house on the right looks like a former estate cottage of which there are many in the village.

The three cottages on the left were originally a house of c1580, with the further range added in c1800.

The three cottages on the left were originally a house of c1580, with the further range added in c1800.

It is looking sadly isolated, especially now that the backdrop of cottages has disappeared.

The Pest House was built c1622 by the churchwardens and overseers as a cottage for the poor on land given by Julian Smith, a linen draper.

However, surviving almost unchanged are the Mill House and on the right Mill Cottage, built in 1851.

At the north end of the High Street stands the 15th-century market cross, with Malmesbury Cottage Hospital and the abbey in the background.

Many cottages carry plaques with the 'P' of Lord Pirbright, the village developer and estate owner. The trees, the bench and the post office remain.

Bishop's Park was opened to the public in 1893 and extended in 1894 to include these former gardens of Vine Cottage, which was demolished.

The timber-framed cottages have long gone.

John Bunyan, author of 'Pilgrim's Progress', was born near Elstow, and lived in a cottage on Elstow High Street for four years after marrying his first wife.

This former agricultural village gave way to rows and rows of workers' cottages, many of which remain.

The 1930s saw the demolition of a number of picturesque cottages to make way for less attractive replacements, particularly in Fir Tree Lane, once called Dog Lane.

Lord Armstrong began building Cragside in the 1860s; he also built almshouses in the town (1896) as well as the Addycombe cottages (1873) for retired staff from his estate.