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Once a village in its own right, standing on the slopes above the River Bredy, Bothenhampton has now become a suburb of Bridport.

On the east side of the village, this is an undernourished Non- conformist chapel, in a sense a poor relation of the Methodist church in Castle Donington.

Gutted by fire in 1966, and since reduced to a single- storey shell, the Rectory in Tyneham village was built in 1853 for Rev Nathaniel Bond of Creech Grange.

Close to the village of Nettleden is one of the most beautiful places in the county.

Bottled milk was delivered to villagers' doorsteps by Mr Souter, the milkman.

Woolhampton is one of many pretty villages found along this historic waterway.

The streets of the village still echo to the sounds of racing horses on their way to the moors for training and a good hearty run.

It still shows many of the signs of a country village, and is complete with its Market Square, as our photograph shows. Longridge takes its name from being at the end of Longridge Fell.

At this time the road to Mardale village ran along the west side of the lake.

The village has long associations with fine craftsmanship - Gordon Russell established his world-famous furniture making business in Broadway.

Such a photograph could never have been very successful as a postcard had it been sold in the village, but it serves to remind us of the use of the Francis Frith photographic collection as an archive

The Bell (left) was 'well-situated for trade in the populous and respectable village of Woodham Walter', said one advertisement.

The hotel gradually gained a low reputation, and it was where the village poor came to collect their dole.

Cuckfield Park is still a landmark from the A272, the road that leads to the village of Bolney.

There is another village in Bisley - that of the clubhouses and mobile homes found at the National Rifle Association's ranges.

His story 'The Fox' was first published in 1923 and is set at Bailey Farm, which Lawrence based on Grimsbury Farm just outside the village.

The village of Northchapel, which is situated 5 miles north of Petworth, was formerly a chapelry of Petworth, and only became a parish in its own right after an Act of Parliament in 1693.

In this relatively unspoilt village the buildings are of various materials, including brick, flint, clunch (chalk) and sandstone, which reflects its location on the border between the South Downs and the

Perhaps it will carry a passenger who had just arrived off one of the steam trains to pass through this attractive village on its way to Ashford.

The village sits at the confluence of a number of ancient routes, the most important of which is the Fosse Way.

The main A59 road from Liverpool to Preston runs through the centre of the village, and at the far end, rises over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Flitwick is a village that has been the subject of substantial population growth during the 1980s and 90s, tripling its physical coverage with ease.

This road makes its way down to a bridge over the River Colne, from which this village also takes its name.

Port Isaac made front page news in 1999 when local farmer Robert Sloman's Landrover went out of control on the steep hill behind the village.