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There is still a pub in the village, however. The White Lion, the white building we can see on the left of the road, stands overlooking the road junction.

Up to the Second World War about 250 people from the village were employed in the herring and mackerel industry. From the late 1940s, the emphasis of business turned towards tourism.

Hollybush Lane lies in the southern part of the Garden City, and its tree-lined footpath and grassy triangular area typify Ebenezer Howard's vision of a ordered village atmosphere.

It is not so quiet during one weekend in August each year, when the village plays host to a music festival called the Fairport Convention.

The Ribblesdale village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale is dominated by the stepped profile of Pen-y-Ghent, 2,277 feet high and one of Yorkshire's famous Three Peaks, seen here in the background of this view

This view shows the approach to the village from the south, with the open space of Ellerthwaite Square having no shortage of motor traffic even at this early time, including an omnibus (right).

Every village throughout England in the 1950s found an increase in population, and council estates were built on the green countryside. Minster was no exception, as we can see in this photograph.

In common with many other public buildings in the village, the gabled exterior hides an ornate interior.

Banks Road and The Crescent (W170049) form the heart of the original village. There is a wide-ranging array of shops, many of them tucked away beneath the arcades.

Aylesford is a perfectly sited village by the River Medway and the scene of many battles in ancient times.

Until the late 18th century, the village of Raby and the hamlet of Keverstone lay close to the castle, but they were demolished during improvements that created 270 acres of parkland.

At the time when this photograph was taken, the village green at Malham was the scene of regular sheep sales attended by farmers from the surrounding fells.

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

A sandstone quarry above the village is the source of the stone for Scarborough Castle.

Doddington, west of Lincoln, is a delightful small village, very much focussed around its Hall, a large late Elizabethan mansion built for Thomas Taylor, Recorder to the Bishop of Lincoln.

This is St Cleer's Holy Well in the village named after him. The well is protected by the picturesque 15th-century baptistry erected over it.

Horses have given way to the ubiquitous motor car, and the village is catering for the car-borne tourist.

It is said their patron saint put on a curse on the village, having been treated with disrespect here. The tower is a well-known day-mark for mariners.

Perhaps the fisherman is yarning to the children about the hob (a Yorkshire goblin) who is said to live in the hollows to the south of the village.

Inside the church is a bone: according to legend, it is a rib from a cow that provided all the milk for the village!

Close to the county's southern boundary, the village of Yardley Gobion is flanked by the Grand Union Canal and the River Tove.

South of Kettering, the village of Isham's best parts lie east of the main Wellingborough Road. Here we look along Middle Street with Little Thatches on the left, its windows now painted white.

Perhaps the fisherman is yarning to the children about the hob (a Yorkshire goblin) who is said to live in the hollows to the south of the village.

During the 1830s this pretty village was the scene of a major uprising among farm labourers, with angry mobs burn- ing hayricks and destroying machinery.