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The centre of this picturesque north Hampshire village has changed little since the 1950s, though today there are usually more cars seen in the vicinity of the church.

A few miles from the old port of Pwllheli, this small village on the side of the river Erch would seem to offer little to the passer-through; but a few houses, a church and a small shop offering anything

The village was developed by Mr McDougall of the flour company at the end of the 19th century as part of his estate, and Fairbourne has become a popular destination for holidaymakers from the Midlands

Nestled in the rear slopes of the North Downs, the village derives its ancient name from the Saxon word 'wudmeresthorn', meaning 'thornbush by the boundary of the wood', and was mentioned in the Domesday

The church of All Saints at the east end of the village began as a chapel in 1847, increasing in size fifty years later.

New bungalows pronounce the village's popularity as a place to retire or commute from, but the tolls charged by Shard Bridge Company to cross the river were a sore point.

The castle is unusual in that it was built in the lower part of the village; it is now overlooked by the church at Kirby Hill.

Barnoldswick is pronounced 'Barlick' by the locals.This is another village that has moved with boundary changes.

Tylers Green merges to the east with the older village of Penn, mainly along Church Road.

The Village 1894 Frith's photographer paused a mile or so west of Storrington in the hamlet of Cootham.

Three hundred years ago, Bothwell was a strategically important village, its bridge being the only one over the Clyde apart from Glasgow Bridge.

The village is said to have begun as a result of a shipwreck, when the survivors from a French ship scrambled ashore and decided to stay.

Left alone, the buildings in Melton Road could have reverted to a village atmosphere, but the Council in its usual insensitive manner authorised the demolition of the cottages on the

The Gower Heritage Centre in Parkmill village has the 12th-century water mill at its centre.

St Nicholas' Church and the village are now bypassed from the busy A52 that thunders along towards Mablethorpe. Locally the church is known as 'the Queen of the Marsh'.

The village water was still probably obtained from the roadside tap on the left.

Left alone, the buildings in Melton Road could have reverted to a village atmosphere, but the Council in its usual insensitive manner authorised the demolition of the cottages on the

George Gilbert Scott certainly transformed the village, 'restoring' the church, rebuilding the manor house and building the school.

Despite the fact that most of our towns and villages were founded in Saxon times, few have any reminders of their Saxonhistory left other than perhaps their names.

By 1928, modern tarmac was carrying the motor traffic past the village shops on the extreme right.

The village is renowned as the scene of a notorious Elizabethan witch hunt, when 80 year old Alice Samuel called on a neighbour whose child was ill.

The village green, the King's Head and the parish church lie at the heart of present-day Lanchester.

This is perhaps the largest village green in Lancashire, although the duck pond seems to be diminishing. Cottages, the Grapes Inn, the church and the school are facing or clustered round the green.

This important monument has now been relocated close to the centre of the village.