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In the late 1940s and early 50s caravan and camping sites saw the village embrace the holiday trade with an amusement arcade and new shops like Sea View Café, which were conveniently sited

Only the central rump of this row of cottages survives today in the village, and is barely recognizable from the photograph.

A small village, built to house Parham Estate employees, Cootham is situated near to the foot of the downs.

The photographer is looking towards the village and the church from the junction with Desborough Road.

The village probably dates from Saxon times, and it was a royal manor of King Athelstan, Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror.

More road signs and traffic markings have since been installed along this stretch of the village.

The Red Lion sign, dominating this picture, was a familiar sight to many villagers who enjoyed the pub's selection of local ales.

This village was so called because from here it was easy to wade across the Wantsum, the stretch of sea that created the Isle of Thanet.

This sprawling riverside village lies between the beech-clad hills of the Chilterns and the windswept slopes of the Berkshire Downs.

Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.

Another iron-making village, situated on a tributary of the River Mole, Leigh (pronounced 'Lye') is centred on this demure, triangular village green with its covered pump.

Another classic English village, Nether Wallop assumed a 1950s feel during the 1980s when it was chosen as one of the key locations in the BBC series Miss Marple.

Hutton was known as the 'Model Village' or the 'Alpine Village' one hundred years ago.

The village lost its medieval church to bombs in World War II and has expanded much since the War, partly due to Lincoln's proximity and partly to the RAF.

The name of this village is actually pronounced 'Beeley', and presumably honey production was once important here.

The village had a large brick works, and its products helped to build Swindon and many other towns and villages.

The village church was far larger than the local population could support.

In October 1644, during the Civil War, Cromwell's men camped in the fields surrounding the village of Chieveley before doing battle at Newbury the following day.

The village lies on the banks of the Oxford Canal and the river Cherwell. A bloody Civil War battle took place near here in 1644.

A classic village scene with heavy thatched roofs and brick and timber cot- tages.

Ockley is a very fine village along the course of the Roman road from London to Chichester, which has been known from Anglo-Saxon times as Stane Street.

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.

Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills.

Situated amongst beautiful woodland, the inland village of Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite excur- sions on the Isle of Wight.