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The river Sow surrounds Stafford on three sides. This is the Green Bridge, over which traffic had to pass before entering through the Green Gate in the medi- eval walls.

About a mile south, along the B3411, is Frimley Green.

At 42 acres, Great Bentley's village green is the largest in England. In its time, it has held tea parties, dancing, football, cricket, flower shows, horse-races and prize-fights.

We are looking from the start of the High Street towards the green. A

In the distance is the church, partly obscured by the Hospital of the Holy Trinity founded in 1573 by Sir William Cordell of Long Melford Hall.

The Green Congregational Chapel replaced an earlier one near to the Kings Mills.

Moving down the lane away from the green there is a row of architecturally more mixed houses, some 1840s Estate houses, others older before the Estate went into picturesque Tudor mode.

Houses from different eras mix well around the greens. Adjoining the village today, a huge distribution centre is developing on the former air crew training base.

Looking down the street to the green hills of County Tyrone beyond. Note the kerbside petrol pumps on the right, a common Irish feature until recent times.

The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.

A view looking east along the green to Trinity College, with the Bank of Ireland on the left. This bustling scene shows a horse-tram snaking over the cobbled street.

The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.

Compared to photograph 57007(overleaf), we can see that Tice and Son are still in business, but the old steam bakery, which was next door, has been demolished. The green is now fenced.

Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.

The trees on the green in the estate village of Bolton Abbey at the entrance to Wharfedale had just been subjected to a severe pollarding when the Frith photographer called to take this photograph.

The precincts have two closes.

The precincts have two closes.

This estate village, now owned by the Downshire family, was established around a wide green in the 17th century on land previously part of the Jervaulx and Coverham monasteries, abandoned in 1539.

The Green is now tidied up, but it retains the signpost of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

When suggestions were made in the early 1960s to convert this village green into a formal crossroads, the local Women's Institute galvanised villagers into action and turfed the whole area

As a lady opens her gate to enter the grounds of the attractive house, she turns to watch the little tot on his tricycle about to ride over the green, perhaps to make sure he is being supervised.

The Green is now tidied up, but it retains the signpost of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

Further along the Great North Road we find the Wheatsheaf pub facing the green, and the obelisk of the war memorial. In the distance are a number of shops, including the Eskimo.

Several grand Georgian houses on the Green were probably built for the master clothiers who marketed the famous Uley Blue cloth, which was used for the superfine uniform of the British Navy