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is little changed, with only the c1900 Little White Hart hotel replacing some cottages. The premises of Shepherd & Dee, the boatbuilders, are now two art galleries.

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

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

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

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.

This great peak gives some shelter to the little village of Seatown - a tiny resort of cottages and caravans just down the road from Chideock.

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Three-storey stone cottages on Market Street can just be seen at the top of this photograph. There is another man- made weir above the rocks in the Thrutch.

Southsea started life as a group of farm cottages but by the time this photograph was taken, it bore the stamp of a classic seaside resort, characterised by the terraces, villas and open spaces so typical

Leigh is noted for its weatherboard cottages. Essex lacks natural rock so skills in the use of wood and brick-making have been well developed over the centuries.

Tom Moore lived at Sloperton Cottage, Westbrook for nearly 34 years whilst under the patronage of the Earl of Shelburne.

The timber building here, Rose Cottage, is a rare survival.

The white building on the left is Jubilee Cottages, built in 1935. Despite modern development, much remains of the old Winscombe immortalised in Theodore Compton's 'A Mendip Valley' of 1892.

The attractive building behind the memorial is Albany Cottage.

Unfortunately, this supply dried up soon after this photograph was taken, and the cottages were then connected to the mains supply.

Cottages are grouped around the church and the manor (right), an early 19th-century building with bargeboards carved like lace.

An isolated lamp in the centre doubles as a bus stop, whilst the brick buildings behind look a little incongruous between the old cottages that neighbour them.

The village became a favourite with artists and holidaymakers alike; many of its red-roofed cottages were perched somewhat precariously on the cliffs. It is also known as Bay Town.

The church tower rises above these small weatherboarded and tiled cottages in a side lane off the main High Street.

The pretty cottages of Little Bredy stand in a peaceful setting along the valley of the River Bride, despite having been in the front line of Britain's defence during the dark days of the 1940s.

From this placid view, only the middle cottage survives today. The village also houses the Atherstone Hunt stables and kennels.

Thatched cottages abound in this view of Trumpington. At this time, the village was separate from Cambridge.

The Cottage Hospital moved here in 1925 from its original premises situated by the market cross.

The building on the left is the appropriately named Westend Cottage which was built in the 17th century.