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Situated six miles northwest of Barnard Castle, the village takes its name from St Romald, the son of a Northumbrian king; he was born in Buckingham in about 800, his mother having taken refuge there during

Also in the village, at the foot of a hill where the little River Wey rises, is the celebrated English's wishing well and tea gardens.

Once a fishing village, Brighton was rescued by the late 18th-century fashion for sea air and sea bathing.

Coal mining was a major employer: Doncaster was ringed with pit villages. The first sod was cut at Brodsworth Colliery in 1905 and at Hatfield Main in 1911.

However, it still manages to retain much of its village atmosphere. Its church is at least 13th-century in origin, though the larger part is later medieval.

Ealing had been a modest village in Middlesex with a population of 7000 at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign.

The famous church at Hawkshead sits on a little knoll above the village. William Wordsworth's 'snow white church upon her hill' lost its white rendering in 1876.

Holker is very much an estate village for workers on the estate of the Cavendish family, who have been here since 1756.

Folkestone's prosperity during the 19th century, these packet boats conveying passengers across the Channel to the coast of France some twenty-six miles away transformed Folkestone from a small fishing village

Today, it is the river and the lime works which are the village's most valuable assets. The lime produced here is considered to be of the finest quality.

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

He said that the land at Uphusband (the former village name) was dry except when it rained. Flocks of sheep added beauty and and in wet weather never injured the land, even when feeding off turnips.

A secluded village in the middle of the Downs near the Hampshire border, south of Harting. There is a fine Neolithic long barrow on Telegraph Hill, which is 534 feet high.

St Michael's stands on the east side of Melton Road in the centre of the village.

The gabled building to the right was the Village Hall, replaced in the early 1960s by the present hall.

Delamere, originally called 'foresta de la mare', is a very scattered community with no real village centre.

Folkestone's prosperity during the 19th century, these packet boats conveying passengers across the Channel to the coast of France some twenty-six miles away transformed Folkestone from a small fishing village

Set on the high ground about 115ft above sea level, inland from the main village, St Nicholas's Church was erected and enlarged from the 13th century by the medieval wool traders of the area.

The shop with the Hovis sign is the Crossways Churt shop, which includes the village post office, while Phippards on the right is still a newsagent and confectioner (now Churt News).

With only a few of the original cottages remaining on the right-hand side of this picture, we can see that this village is undergoing a population explosion, with many families moving from

The village street shown in this picture is now a busy part of the town.The two cars, a motor cycle and one bicycle reflect a slower pace of life.The bank, with its solid door, is half hidden by

Dogs are at play in this photograph of a peaceful West Sussex village.

The nearby village of Smallhythe was home to the great Victorian actress, Dame Ellen Terry. A small canal runs through the back of the town on its way to the River Stour.

An unusual sculpture of its 16th-century priest, Macobus Kasey, still attracts many visitors to this busy village which has three pubs, a butcher, a baker, a school and a health centre.