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The tiles are in typical Surrey tile shapes with triangular ends or fish-scale effects, as we see here in Steps Cottage and Church Steps Cottage on the left (the churchyard steps are on the

Even today there are old cottages facing on to the site, but of course they do not date from such early times.

This view gives a good idea of the village's architectural mix, with older stone cottages with thatched roofs, mid 19th-century cottages with sash windows and slate roofs, and to the left of the shop (

This view gives a good idea of the village centre: the former inn, The Ragged Staff, is by the telephone pole, and the thatched cottage opposite, The Ovens, is dated 1699.

The house on the left with its whitewashed tile-hangings is Old Forge Cottage, which apparently dates from 1321 - it was for sale at the time of the photograph.

In this view there is an early 19th-century Regency style rendered cottage with a verandah and, nearer the camera, a terrace of late 18th-century brick cottages with Tudor Estate styles in the distance

The oldest cottages are based on what is known as a 'cross passage' design, whereby a passage runs straight from front to back door, dividing the house.

A ruined cottage is now only a place for lambs and the inquisitive to investigate.

Here we see the church path leading up to it, with 16th-century cottages on the left and Dorset House on the right.

The whitewashed cottage is Craven Cottage and is little changed today, but 1960s housing has appeared where the tall trees previously grew on the right.

The stone cottages built for mill workers look picturesque, but in days gone by conditions were by no means luxurious.

The cottages were threatened with destruction shortly after this photograph was taken, but popular opinion prevailed and they were saved.

This tranquil group of cottages lies alongside what was the main road from London to Huntingdon, and probably takes its name from a corruption of 'High Street'.

The Gate was originally one of a pair of cottages built by Samuel Legerton in 1830; the northernmost of the cottages was converted to the public house around 1843.

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin (centre) with its lofty belfry tower stands beside Granary Cottage and Long House (left) that were attached to Manor Farm.

Virginia Cottage is on the left, and the shop of shoemaker Fred Cox who was succeeded by Frank Cox.

A small row of sandstone cottages were built at the time of the birth of the railway in Salthouse Road; these cottages still stand today, and represent some of the earliest residencies built in the emerging

This cottage stands in an idyllic setting by the River Anton just ouside the village. Tasker's bridge bears the date 1843.

This group of thatched cottages by the millstream are still recognisable today.

This view looks north-east along the A283 past its junction with Church Lane on the right in front of White Horse Cottage, whose chimney stack is here covered in creeper.

About two miles north of Bletchley, with the Grand Union Canal passing to its west and the River Ouzel to its right, Simpson has a number of old cottages and many new city houses and estates.

A line of large and small cottages face onto the churchyard, which has many old yew trees.

Its buildings range from Bay Cottage (near left), the Royal Standard, Sunnyholme, the Bonded Store, and the Coastguard Station to the old Cobb Arms (right).

The Old Bonded Store and Bay Cottage (centre) can be clearly seen. Bay Cottage is better known as Jane's Café, for its link with 'Persuasion'.