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As with picture No B561032 (below), this is looking east along the village.

There were few Cornish villages without a chapel; this one is typical of many, situated near the top end of old Polgooth.

It is difficult to imagine that the village was once a prosperous agricultural centre. The ground floor, on the far side of the building, once housed old hand-operated fire engines.

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.The two cyclists meandering down the middle

Here we have a view of the church steeple from the opposite end of the village. The church has a Tudor pulpit. The house on the right was once an inn called the Perserverance.

In late morning sunshine, the boys of the village head for the newsagents, possibly to collect their wages for the daily delivery run.

The village itself is a mix of stone and local brick, as in the terrace on the right.

Thatched cottages line the main street, and the village stores on the right has signs in the window for Brooke Bond Tea, as well as Kodak and Ilford photographic stock.

Here we have a quiet village scene, little changed by time. The weatherboarded building on the right has served as the post office for many years, and the white building on the left is the Blue Boar.

Running between the church and Nutfield Road, this narrow cobbled alley, with red tile-hung Tudor buildings approached by red brick steps, was once the High Street of the village.

The road from the village leads to Lodge Park, some two miles away from the spot photographed here.

In 1885 Solihull was described as a ‘very pleasant village, but a few miles distant’.

They consist of possibly the oldest known Neolithic village in England, and are dated about 3700BC.

This placid village hangs at the skirts of Bodmin moor, and is noted for its antiquities.

Originally a village, Eastleigh expanded rapidly around Bishopstoke Junction after the London and South Western Railway Company's carriage works moved here in 1889-90, followed by the locomotive workshops

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

The village Post Office on the right has a small sign attached to the wall which reads 'Post Office for money orders, savings bank, parcel post, telegraph, insurance and annuity business'.

The last building on the right was originally the village bakery and next to it, as seen in this picture, was an off-licence.

The church stands proudly above the village, which used to be totally separated from Dorchester.

When W H N Nithersdale wrote his book on the Highlands of Staffordshire, he was impressed by the number of public houses in the village, all of which did a roaring trade during the summer months and at

We are looking towards the village from across the Trent. All the way across the bridge are pedestrian refuges built atop each of the bridge's triangular- section cutwaters.

Once at the heart of King John's hunting ground of Cranborne Chase, the village of Cranborne is rich in history.

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

The village is still celebrated on Easter Monday as the home of the Maids of Biddenden, Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst, two Tudor Siamese twins joined at the shoulders and hips, who lived for thirty-four