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It was on Goodworth Clatford that a flying bomb landed, destroying the old Royal Oak, the school, the smithy and a row of cottages.

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece;' its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated terraced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

This photograph of Lulworth village shows how Dorset cottages looked when they were the workaday homes of local labourers and fishermen.

The cottage on the left has been replaced with gardens; the wall on the right was once used as a place where slaughtered pigs were scalded and skinned.

Beyond the late Victorian pair, The Manse and The Villa (with the timbered gable) tower over the pair of small cottages beside them.

The chimneys of the textile mills fill the valley bottom, alongside the winding railway line and grim terraces of the millworkers' cottages. Above them, the moors watch over, unchanged.

There are two large Georgian houses and some nicely thatched cottages. It is still a peaceful village, although there is more traffic.

Where the lock-keeper's cottage once stood is now an attractive recreational area with seats and information boards recording the history of the canal.

A rustic scene in the centre of the village, southwards along Duck Street, with the Swiss Cottage contributing its flamboyantly flowing thatch (left).

Apart from a plethora of now silent industrial mills, now mostly put to other uses, the steep lanes of Nailsworth are lined with the cottages of former cloth workers. The streets are steep.

From cottage to mansion, the Youth Hostels Association adapted a wide range of buildings for use by their increasing membership.

Some of the quarry's workers would probably have lived in these cottages.

The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church, where the Yewdale Beck enters the western side of Coniston Water.

The thatched cottage on the left still stands. The thatch has long gone and the road is now kept clean.

The latter seems more likely, given the middle-class dress of the diners and the humble nature of the cottage. The proprietors certainly seem to be doing a roaring trade.

A rustic scene in the centre of the village, southwards along Duck Street, with the Swiss Cottage contributing its flamboyantly flowing thatch (left).

This old cottage has had a remarkable transformation in recent years.

This view looks northwards along the traffic-free road past the attractive weatherboarded cottages towards Brentwood, some two miles distant.

The Edwardian terraces in the foreground, with their bay windows and neat gardens and railings, harmonise with the simpler cottages beyond.

The long line of cottages in Winkle Street overlooks a delightful babbling brook.

Across the narrow street, the whitewashed Crown Inn and the adjoining old cottages complete the picturesque scene.

This village is well known for its charming thatched cottages and historical connection to the Potto family, millers and nonconformists; a bronze memorial has been recently erected in the corner of the

As to the rest of the photograph, the cottages are now one dwelling but even the boundary walls have changed little in over a century.

For centuries the Basildon area sheltered a few small villages whose livelihoods were based on agriculture and timber; here there were quiet roads and lanes, and ancient farmhouses and cottages