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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.

On the left in the foreground is the rear view of what was once Malmesbury Cottage Hospital, but at this date it was the offices of the Malmesbury Gas & Coke Company and the Shamrock

The cottage on the east side of Manor Road (left) is the one to which Sergeant William Lawrence retired.

The Village 1903 Just off the road between Lyminge and Hythe, this jettied timber-frame cottage stands at the approach to the 13th-century church.

They had reason to be grateful - the duke had been instrumental in introducing modern farming methods on his estate, and had also built decent cottages for his workers.

Rich merchants and tradesfolk built houses for themselves along the town's streets, which is why grand dwellings and humble cottages can be seen cheek by jowl.

Solva was to become a haven for pleasure boats, and many of its houses were to become smartened up as holiday cottages.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Quarrymen and their families must have occupied a high proportion of the cottages, working to fulfil the 18th- and 19th-century demand for slate both as a roofing material, and for graveyard

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.

one of the most picturesque valleys in this part of the county, and spelled as Cidihoc in the Domesday Book, this peaceful view of the village street lined with well-built cob and sandstone cottages

She lived virtually all her life in a nearby cottage, and was a poet in her own right. There are several memorials in the chancel, one of which is to Matthew Blakiston.