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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.

Despite becoming a listed building, it fell into disrepair in the 1970s and was eventually demolished along with two adjoining cottages in East Borough, the nearer of which was the Crown Tap

The private houses on the left are now commercial premises, and the cottages set back a little further along were demolished in the late 1960s to make way for two retail units.

A map of 1627 shows two cottages and some outbuildings actually on the green. There was a thriving coal mining industry here from the 18th century; history records an accident that killed 18 miners.

17th- and 18th-century houses and cottages make Coxwold a delight to the eye.

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

Two streets of terraced cottages were constructed, although many workers must have walked there daily from Congleton.

The shipbuilders of Bucklers Hard, who would have lived in these cottages, built at least three of the ships which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.