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Previously known as Chich, the village of St Osyth (generally pronounced 'Toosey'), takes its name from an East Anglian princess. She established a nunnery here.

Here we see the villagers enjoying a sunny day. The blinds are up over the shop windows.

We are south-west of the village centre, and the photograph exudes a strange feeling of well- cared-for neglect.

Roy's, 'the biggest village shop in the world' has plumped itself over two corners.

West Street is quieter than the High Street and this view looks south-west past the village hall with its somewhat ungainly porch 'perched' on the roof.

The church is on the outskirts of the village, and is more related to the countryside beyond it rather than to the built-up area.

This village's name means 'a ford only available in summer'; the church stands above the Bristol Avon. The tall west tower, which has battlements and pinnacles, is early Perpendicular.

The old village centre is separated from the seaside expansion. Church Street, in typical Sussex brick and flint, runs from the medieval church to The Lamb Inn.

The ancient Market Cross and village pump are watched over by the Cavendish Arms (left). Note Mr Overend's tiny one-up-one-down draper's shop to the right.

Here we see it from Wallasey Road looking up what has always been known as Liscard Village, even though it is a road.

The village was named after the bridges crossing the River Mole.The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office.

The 13th-century church of St Mary is on a knoll in the centre of the village. The Lychgate, c1520, is a half-timbered cottage by the churchyard with an upper floor extending above.

A scattered village on a hilltop in the centre of Sussex.

The parish church is a survivor, standing defiantly against the changes that have affected the village. It is the oldest building in Corby, parts of it dating to the 12th century.

When the row of houses next door to it was built in the 1860s, it must have almost doubled the population of the village.

A Celtic cross was chosen by the village for their war memorial.

This is a pleasant enough small church, set as a church should be in grassy surroundings, well-populated by recumbent villagers.

Main Street crosses Church Street, the A612, to become Station Road as far as the railway line, which runs between the village and the river.

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

Pegwell village overlooks a large bay, which has in the past been named Hope Bay, Greystone Bay, and Courtstairs Bay, and today is simply known as Pegwell Bay.

The eastern part of the village is more modern. Bramley Road to the south has an avenue of horse chestnut trees.

Once a busy market until the plague forced customers away, the village was then eclipsed by Leyburn.

Next to the bridge is a house dated 1762, and the Bridge Inn next door still offers hospitality to travellers through this delightful village.

Many buildings in the village date from the 17th century, including Damside House (1681) and the Old Vicarage (1647).