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The Village 1901 This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and

This was once a familiar sight in the farming lands of Surrey: great horses slowly pacing across the autumnal landscape with the ploughman gripping the handles to plough a straight furrow, turning the

Fortunately, those to the right, including The Old Plough, survive.

The Plough Inn and the surrounding houses are mostly built of local stone and tiled with Collyweston slate.

Lloyds Bank occupies a house and shop combined (right), and next door is the Plough pub.

Another pleasure steamer ploughs its watery furrow in the shade of Windsor Castle. In the foreground, a group of girls are getting muddy and wet.

The Village 1901 This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and

Designed in 1924 by Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect of Portmeirion, they compete with Vanbrugh's 1721 Rotondo temple on the right.

The Plough Inn, now known as Toad Hall, has long provided a place of refreshment to both villagers and travellers alike.

The manor was restored in the 20th century by Clough Williams-Ellis, the celebrated architect of Portmeirion.

Horses were important, particularly for ploughing the fens after they were drained.

Litton has long been an agricultural settlement, with surrounding hillsides terraced by lynchets from medieval ploughing.

The Pandy and Monnowside Ploughing and Agricultural Society, formed in 1867, continues to hold annual competitions in agrarian crafts like this.

The Plough pub, now a free house, can be found on the Warwick Road.

The weatherboarded Plough Inn in the background, which occupies part of the north side of the green, is in part of 14th-or 15th-century construction, but mainly 18th-century.

In 1943 the green was ploughed in a 'dig for victory' experiment to grow potatoes, flax and peas; but the soil proved too poor, and the scheme was abandoned.

The Plough Inn was demolished to allow for the extension of the graveyard, leaving the New Inn a few yards further down towards the sea.

The 16th century timber-framed Plough and Fleece public house on the left of the road was just one of the three pubs in the village.

Opposite the church lies the 17th-century Plough Inn, known in the village for its very low beams.

During the 20th century, the farm became the Old Plough House Refreshment Rooms. It is still a well-known restaurant in this low- lying fenland area.

A little further down, The Plough Hotel, an ancient coaching inn, was demolished to make way for the Regent Arcade shopping mall, which was officially opened by the Princess Royal in 1985

Stage-coaches used to change horses at The Plough (right). The pub is the one feature of this scene to stay relatively unchanged.

A team of plough horses wait quietly in the village street outside the Carrier's Arms.

Stage-coaches used to change horses at The Plough (right). The pub is the one feature of this scene to stay relatively unchanged.