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Heavy traffic on the A30 now streams through this highway village on its way between Penzance and Hayle; the traffic sometimes comes to a standstill during the busiest summer periods.

In the days when the village had two MPs (before the Reform Act of 1832), election day was something to behold.

The village's name was originally spelt Cranley.

A plaque over the main door reads: 'Kingsclere Village Club, given by their children under deed of trust to the people of Kingsclere in memory of William and Mary Alice Holding of Elm

Petham is a small village set in a valley just off the Roman Stane Street that runs from Canterbury to Lympne. There are remains of entrenchments here, constructed during the Roman invasion.

There are no vehicles in sight; it was a quiet village.

The ivy-clad cottages facing the village green were built in the 19th century for agricultural workers, and are an example of the general improvement in housing for estate workers.

The spire of the parish church watches over this bustling village, which was founded in the 15th century; it once had thriving corn and bobbin mills on the River Rothay.

The building to the left is the village shop, which we see in photograph S241002.

Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.

The village is set on the hilly north side of the young River Nene. Little has changed. Here we look up School Hill, past New Cottage (new in 1716 when built) to Stone House.

In walking country, the village, although undistinguished, is associated by local people with Newton Linford, Bradgate Park and Beacon Hill, or just as being on the back route from Leicester to Shepshed

Hope Cove was a simple fishing village cut off from the world until it was 'discovered' in the 20th century.

Despite some garish modern buildings and the large golf course nearby, Thurlestone remains the attractive village we see here in 1918.

The odd thing is that there are no banks in the village today.

As well as the parish church and the village cross there are a couple of interesting memorials in the churchyard.

Cadnam, or Cadenham, stands at an important road junction at the north-western corner of the New Forest; sooner or later every traveller in the locality is bound to pass through the village.

Horsforth is now not much more than a suburb of nearby Leeds, but when this photograph was taken, it still retained its separate, village character.

One of the larger villages of Sussex, Billingshurst may get its name from the Saxon 'Billings', or perhaps from the Roman engineer Belinus who was responsible for Stane Street, the Roman road linking

Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.

Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.

With the decline in industries such as iron, steel and coal, many villages such as this went into steep decline. There are still signs of life, however!

As this village is at the far north of the Rhondda it is not too far from the Brecon National Park, famous for its rivers and waterfalls, carving out the limestone country.

Many modern-day artists now live in the village.