Cottages Collection (page 2)

Chanctonbury Ring, South Downs, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Thatched cottages, Dunster, Exmoor, Somerset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Sutton Poyntz, near Weymouth, Dorset - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Spinning wool, Glen Columbkille, County Donegal, Ireland
Woman in her cottage spinning wool in Glen Columbkille (Glencolmcille, Gleann Cholm Cille), County Donegal, north-west Ireland. Date: circa 1900s

Achill Cabins - a view of thatched cottages, one with a load of turf stacked outside, on Achill island. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Mayo; Achill Island). Date: circa early 1900s

Gap of Dunloe, Killarney - a scenic view of a gap between mountains with a lake and cottages to the left. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Kerry: Killarney). Date: circa early 1900s

Dalis House
This is the house of the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, in Port Lligat, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees on the Mediterranean. It was converted from four fishermens cottages

Old Cottages in Whiteley Woods, Sheffield Date: 1907

Bosham, West Sussex - The Shore
The Shoreline - Bosham, West, Sussex - a view of this charming coastal village, the site of King Canutes aborted attempt to hold back the tide. Date: circa 1930

England / Newton St. Cyres
A glimpse of some typically whitewashed and thatched Devonshire cottages at Newton St. Cyres, on the Exeter to Crediton road, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Laundry at Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey
Inmates ironing clothes and linen in the laundry at the Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey, established in 1904 by the St Olave Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Wallingford Union Childrens Cottage Homes, Berkshire
The Wallingford Unions cottage homes on Wantage Road, Wallingford, Berkshire. Cottage homes were established by some poor law authorities to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers Cottage
Interior view of a peasants cottage in Dorset in 1846, accompanying an article reporting on the poverty and squalor of some villages in the county

THE UMBRELLA COTTAGE
The quaint thatched Umbrella Cottage at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England

Surrey Cottages
Picturesque black and white cottages and the fragrant smell of woodsmoke complete this beautiful corner of rural England, Eashing, a tiny hamlet near Godalming, Surrey

Lenham, Kent, England
LENHAM, KENT, ENGLAND. Church Square. Brick and weatherboard cottages, including a small shop selling teas and new milk sodas for cyclists

Thatched Village 1930S
Thatch cottages in the village of Wroxton in the Cotswolds, England

Old Mill Cottages, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex. Date: circa 1908

Blacksod Bay and Nephin Beg Mountains, Mullaranny, Mayo - a view of the bay and mountains with thatched cottages in the foreground. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Mayo; Blacksod)

15 views of Epping Forest, London - Queen Elizabeths Lodge, High, Beech, Old Chingford Church, Goldings Ponds, Wanstead, Ambresbury Bank, Ambresbury Drive, Lake at Loughton, Cottages in York Hill

Man and boy, Timsgarry Post Office, Isle of Lewis
A man and a boy stand at the door of the rustic Timsgarry Post Office, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Swithland, Leicestershire, with granite and slate quarries
Sketch of the Swithland area of Leicestershire, with granite at the top of Kinchley Hill, a small quarry to the right, Buddon Wood (granite) to the right, and Charnwood Forest (slate) to the left

Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of granite rocks at Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

England / Haddenham
The old church and thatched cottages at Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Sidcup, Kent
Aerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Union cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Scotland, Shetland Isles - Castle at Scalloway
The ruins of the Castle at Scalloway, Scotland - Shetland Isles

England / Wells
The Vicars Close, adjacent to the famous Wells Cathedral, Somerset, was originally built to house the clergy. Claims to be the oldest complete street of its kind in Europe

Glos / Welford-On-Avon
Gloucestershire scenery: Welford-on-Avon

ENGLAND / LOOSE
Picturesque weatherboarded cottages at Loose, Kent, England, with their unusual bridge doorsteps over the stream which flows by their front doors! Date: 1950s

The Harbour, Kircubbin - a view over the Harbour with two sailing ships and smaller boat, to the cottages beyond. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Kircubbin). Date: circa early 1900s

Cottage in Countryside
A man calls at the door of a thatched cottage in the countryside leaving his horse tethered outside Date: 19th century

Fishermens Cottages, Portincaple - Loch Long
Fishermens Cottages (still there!) and the view west from Portincaple to Loch Goil, with Loch Long in foreground. Date: 1908

Old Houses, Bletchingley
Some of the fine old houses (although some could do with renewed rendering) at the corner of the road leading to Brewer Street, Bletchingley, Surrey. Date: 1930s

Timber-Framed Cottages
Timber-framed Clergy Houses just within the gateway of the churchyard at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 16th century

Children in the falling snow
Five children in the falling snow, on a country lane. 20th century

Mary Ardens House - Stratford-upon-Avon. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Great Orme and Puffin Island, Anglesey
The Great Orme and Puffin Island from Penmon Point, Anglesey

Welsh Cottage
A lovely unspoilt cottage on a quiet country lane near Cwmyoy, in the Vale of Ewias, which is situated in the Black Mountains, Monmouthshire, South Wales

Stoney Middleton 1950S
View of Stoney Middleton, with its Lovers Leap cafe, a beautiful village in the Derbyshire Peak District, where cottages shelter beneath overhanging cliffs

England / Broadway
The village of Broadway, Worcestershire, often referred to as the Jewel in the Cotswolds, the main street being lined with 16th century limestone buildings

Cottage Near Midhurst
Grannys Cottage, Henley Common, near Midhurst, Sussex with Granny outside

Cottage in South Harting
A cottage with a thatched roof in South Harting, Sussex

England / Broadhembury
A girl and her dog walk through the idyllic village of Broadhembury, Devon, with its typical thatched cottages and village church

Romanian Buildings
Cottages in Transylvania

Chartist Housing Estate
The Chartist estate at Snigs End, Gloucestershire, one of several built by Feargus O Connor for workers. Sadly, the promised Paradise is a disastrous failure

Crofters with sheep, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: ctofters stock-taking, farmers with sheep, thatched cottages, Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

CFA Voysey
Six cottages at Elmsthorpe near Leicester for the Earl of Lovelace. Architect: CFA Voysey

Salmon Fishing at Mudeford, Christchurch, Hampshire, England. The oldest of the buildings on Mudeford Quay (pictured on this card) are now known as Dutch Cottages

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