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Close to the cottages at Grove End, the beautifully maintained maze commemorates the restoration of King Charles II to the throne.

Roman remains are extant at Caldecott, but it is the later thatched and slated farmhouses, and rows of cottages (some with date panels) fronting onto the High Street which present a unified entity

Today many of the dwellings in Sandsend are holiday cottages, much to the detriment of village life, since they stand empty for the greater part of the year.

The long and spruce black and white cottage we see here was home to the harbourmaster. It was built as long ago as 1480; more recently, in 1919 it became the home of the actress Ellen Terry.

The previous estate manager had been his father James Fair, who had had the task of laying out the streets, making wider access roads and building cottages.

The Ten Commandments on the chancel wall were repainted in 1907 by William Peskett, a plumber, painter and glazier who lived in Bury Cottage.

Sad to say, the fine thatched house and barn have not survived; only the row of Rose Cottages stand today as a reminder of the tiny village of Wyddial.

Instead she became a pioneer of civil nursing, spending much of her life in Walsall, where she ran the Cottage Hospital.

Cottages become the retreats of young executives, and thus the ugly chocolate box Grange Dairy makes its appearance.

The cottage next door was, for the last forty years of his life, the home of the renowned cricketer William 'Silver Billy' Beldham, whose exploits made him the greatest player of the Regency and Georgian

It has since been renovated with a new roof and turned into a lovely one-bedroom residence by the owner, Mr Blackburn, who lives in the cottage just visible to the right of the mill.

Here we see him filling a cottager's bucket with water from his barrel.

The other cottages also remain, although the far one, No 1, has had the single storey part raised to two storeys.

The black door on the left of the early 16th-century Cottage in The Bury has 'John Hellis Builder' inscribed on it.

This charming timber framed cottage (with a relatively modern extension) is a typical product of the skill of local carpenters and builders.

The pump and its unique cover dominates the Green, with the cottages known as Pilgrim's Row behind. They are named after Samuel Pilgrim, who built them early in the early 1700s.

The thatched roof and plastered walls of the Chantry House typify the construction of the houses and cottages in Ashwell. Even the barn (left, behind the delivery van) is thatched.

The access road to the Delapre estate can be seen (left), and Roger's Cottage, beside Long's Lane, is in the distance (left of centre), with houses Nos 76 to 68 being in the near distance (right of centre

The church is in a commanding position 75 yards from the water's edge, which at one time covered all the land at its base, even where the cottages in the picture have been built.

Rose Cottage (the first full building on the right in U36003) was the local telephone exchange long before the advent of STD.

The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

No 27, St Guthlac's Cottage, is stone built and thatched, and No 23 has had new windows inserted.

The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

John Bunyan was born in Elstow, and lived in a cottage on Elstow High Street for four years after marrying his first wife.