The bobby in the lower picture seems a bit out of place as well for 1603.
I've said it before, with all the love for BGW a heart can muster, but the hamlets were clearly designed by someone who has never been to any of these countries. They are so stereotypical and almost a caricature of real places.
Still fun and beautiful, but about as culturally accurate as Outback Steakhouse.
The time period that each hamlet is set in hasn't been a permanent fixture. Just like with some TV shows, movies, and media some things are left intentionally vague. One example is Riverdale. You can't pin down the exact time period and intentionally so. It gives the story more personality. I personally believe this gives the villages their identities inside the park and not just based off real life locations. I think it can be used for good story telling.
While there are some more caricature type features, originally I would say things were actually more accurate. Over time and especially in the park's more recent years, they have decided to 'dumb down' the park's complexities and make it more caricature-like. Some examples would be the ditching of village names in favor of the generic country names. Banbury Cross is no longer the unique Banbury Cross as it was envisioned by the original designers. It is now just England .. a cheap knock off of what the real England is. The only reason some places have kept their village names is likely to identify the separate villages. For example, Octoberfest and Germany. Two separate areas, but it is all still Germany.
There are other examples of the park's recent changes such as the odd colored paint scheme that Oktoberfest went through. The bright colors are definitely not indicative of what Oktoberfest was originally designed to be. They were a cheap method of re-theming and revamping an entire village on the cheap. Same with the flags in England. A cheap way to re-theme an area into something it wasn't meant to be.
Each village had its own identity that was more in tune with its themed location. However, in a desperate effort to cheaply re-theme and update, many of these villages have lost their identity.