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Slemish from Above Broughshane - a view of Slemish with a cottage in the foreground. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Slemish). Date: circa early 1900s
Broughshane, Co. Antrim - a view of the main street with a thatched cottage to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Broughshane). Date: circa early 1900s
NCH Home, Harpenden, HertfordshireAn aerial view of the National Childrens Home site at Harpenden. The home comprised a number of cottage homes arranged round a central green. Date: 1930s
Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandA cottage on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland, with inhabitants and cattle. Date: 1936
Man and boy, Timsgarry Post Office, Isle of LewisA man and a boy stand at the door of the rustic Timsgarry Post Office, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Scottish MountainsThe mass of Cairntoull, one of the Cairngorm range of mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This mountain hut is for climbers, near Devils Point, in Glen Dee. Date: 1960s
Northern Ireland - An Irish Jaunting Car - a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back
Ventnor - Isle of Wight - Union Cottage, Spring Hill Date: circa 1870s
Willy Lotts Cottage - Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk. The cottage features in John Constables painting, The Hay Wain. Date: circa 1910s
Sheffield, Yorkshire - Meadow Head Date: 1907
Ann Hathaways Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Ventnor, Cottage Hospital, Isle of Wight, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Cockle Picker, UlverstonA cockle picker outside her cottage near Ulverston, then part of Lancashire. An old woman holds a large basket. On a wooden bench is another basket full of cockle shells
Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, EssexStanding in the vegetable garden of Tudor Cottage, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, a bowler hatted and bearded gentleman proudly displays one of his marrows, while a woman stands on the path. circa 1900
Princess Elizabeth playing with dolls pramThe young Princess Elizabeth plays with her dolls pram in her miniature garden, attached to her miniature house. 1936
Laundry at Shirley Schools, near Croydon, SurreyInmates 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
Sports Day at Countesthorpe Homes, LeicestershireA group of boys, including some uniformed band members, at the Countesthorpe cottage homes in Leicestershire on their sports day in 1919
Wallingford Union Childrens Cottage Homes, BerkshireThe 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
Poplar Union Schools, Brentwood, EssexIn 1906, the Poplar Union (East London) established a Schools site located between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex
Portmeirion - Mermaid CottageThe village of Portmeirion, Gwynedd - Mermaid Cottage. Sir Clough Williams-Ellis designed and constructed the village between 1925 and 1975
Herring boats at St Ives, Cornwall, stored in an open space close to the beach
Forty Winks by C. E. WilsonA dear old lady in a mop cap, spectacles and a tartan shawl has fallen asleep at a table in the middle of reading a newspaper and sewing a patchwork quilt
Army airship crash at FarnboroughAn army airship, the Morning Star Lebaudy Dirigible, which crashed into Woodlands Cottage, the home of Captain and Lady Follett, at Farnborough, Hampshire, near the Farnborough to Farnham road
Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers CottageInterior view of a peasants cottage in Dorset in 1846, accompanying an article reporting on the poverty and squalor of some villages in the county
Village of Moveen during the 1840 sA landscape view of the village of Moveen during the forced evictions of the 1840 s. Dwellings, some of them without a roof, appear without human habitation
THE UMBRELLA COTTAGEThe quaint thatched Umbrella Cottage at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Water Babies / Tom / SweepTom, the ragged chimney sweep at the cottage of the Irish woman
Two Boys by Mill PondTwo little boys watch the ducks in the old mill-pond in the charming village of Swanage, Dorset
Thatched Village 1930SThatch cottages in the village of Wroxton in the Cotswolds, England
Sport / FootballA scene showing a section of the crowd at Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham
Man riding an 1899 Marot-Gardon vintage tricycleMan wearing a Union Jack hat riding an 1899 Marot-Gardon vintage tricycle Date: circa 1980s
Tredegar Union Cottage HomesThe childrens cottage homes at Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, run by the Tredegar Poor Law Union. Date: circa 1907
A weaver weaving fabric on a loom in a cottage. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
Old Mill Cottages, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex. Date: circa 1908
Young crofter with his dog, Shetland, Scotland. Date: circa 1960s
Weir on R, Maine at Drumona, Cullybackey, Co. Antrim - a view of a weir on the river with a cottage to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Cullybackey). Date: circa early 1900s
Old Weir Cottage, R. Lagan - a close in view of the cottage above. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
Feeding Her Pigs, a Co. Antrim Farm Scene - a view of a lady feeding two pigs outside a thatched cottage with a man looking on from the door. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim)
A Loughshore Cottage near Maghery, Winding Bobbins on Old WhA Loughshore Cottage near Maghery, Winding Bobbins on an Old Wheel - a woman outside a thatched cottage with spinning wheel and three girls. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Armagh: Maghery)
Donkey and Creels Rosapenna, NW Donegall - young boy with donkey and creels outside thatched cottage. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Rosapenna). Date: circa early 1900s
Elgars BirthplaceSIR EDWARD ELGAR This small cottage in Broadheath, Worcestershire was the birthplace of Elgar. He was born here in June 1887. Date: 1857 - 1934
Nath Hawthorne / WaysideNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (originally Hathorne) American writers cottage, Wayside Date: 1804 - 1864
Port-na-Craig Tearooms Pitlochry, ScotlandPort-na-Craig Tearooms, Ferry Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Still (wonderfully!) still open as a Tea House although they have also diversified into (gasp...) Modern European Cuisine!
Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Sidcup, KentAerial 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
A Mountain Farm in the Mournes - a view of a thatched cottage in the Mournes. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Mournes). Date: circa early 1900s
Dyeing Wool and Yarn for Donegal Homespun, InishowenDyeing Wool and Yarn forDonegal Homespun, Inishowen - a view of two men outside a thatched cottage sorting wool and yarn. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Inishowen)
A Turf Seller, Co. Donegal - a view of a boy and a donkey with creels of turf at the door of a thatched cottage, with a woman there. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal)
The Bunnies Father Christmas. circa 1910s