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the old cottage on the left at the bottom of the hill is now listed as a historic building, and is equally well preserved today.

The white cottage on the left used to be the Post Office, before it was moved to the other side of the road in the 1930s.

Looking south from Lords Mill in Chesham Moor on Waterside little is recognisable now: indeed the mill itself finally went in 1988, although the miller's seventeenth century cottage remains.

The lock keepers cottage (left) is now a private house, and the large building behind has gone.

A classic village scene with heavy thatched roofs and brick and timber cot- tages.

Here we see an attractive row of thatched cottages on Melbourn's High Street.

This range of 18th- and 19th-century cottages, some thatched, look across to the parish church, whose churchyard wall can be seen on the left. The village hardware shop is now the Alfresco Restaurant.

The cottages of the new village were probably healthier and more substantial than those of the old settlement.

The telephone pole, near the little girl, probably carried the wires for one of the town's first telephones from the nearby Cottage Hospital to the early telephone exchange above

The gardens of the old thatched cottages are bright with tamarisk.

The building on the left, now demolished and replaced by St Thomas's Church Hall, was a cottage for the tannery workers.

Here we see pretty brick and stone cottages of the 18th century and earlier, which went to make up the Ashby referred to by Camden as 'villa amoenissima'; they pre-date the dramatic launch of the town

This terrace of almost picturesque millworkers' cottages now sits quietly, adjacent to the isolated and decaying great water wheels which once powered the mills.

There are several charming thatched cottages in the centre of the village.

The cottage's window frames pay homage to the cast iron that came with the British industrial revolution.

WYE, Bridge Street 1903 The half-timbered cottages and the church opposite were originally the site of a priest's seminary founded by Cardinal Kempe.

The cottages are typical fishermen's homes of the time; the stairs led to living quarters, while the ground floors were the fish cellars and boat stores.

This weather-board cottage has now been considerably altered, although many of the features we see here are still apparent.

Today it is smaller than in the past and many of the cottages are holiday homes. The Post Office closed in June 1990 because of the decline in trade.

The boat is essential to the cottage owner, and so are long wellingtons, because his property has been flooded on numerous occasions.

Of old East Preston, a few flinty cottages remain.

Cobbled Front Street slopes steeply down towards the South Tyne Valley, past 17th-century cottages, like that on the extreme right which is dated 1681, and ancient pubs like the Angel and the King's

Its cottages consist of a wide variety of architectural styles. Just to one side of the telephone kiosk is the original water pump for these buildings.

The narrow lane winds between thatched cot- tages, the fine example in the foreground featuring a tall chimney to carry the hot smoke safely away.