Search Results

This view up Parish Road affords a glimpse of what was a centre of communication for the village.

Village life carried on much as it always had done, even though not many miles away the industrial revolution was in full swing.

Like Geddington, the village of Hardingstone is famous for its Queen Eleanor Cross, erected by Edward I in memory of his wife. The funeral procession rested here en route to London in 1290.

Milton Malsor is a charming, typically English village to the south of Northampton and the M1. This picture shows the village post office, delightfully housed in a picturesque thatched cottage.

In 1902 the railway came to the village, with the opening of a line to Skipton. At 42 acres, Great Bentley's village green is the largest in England.

A tragedy struck the village in August 1944 when an American bomber fell on the village school. The death toll was high.

Peaslake is a small village west of Holmbury St Mary, separated from it by a ridge of wooded hills.

Polgooth grew up in the 19th century as a mining village to the south west of St Austell.

This view encompasses the whole village looking across the extensive salt marshes, which are a haven for birds of every description, especially wild-fowl and migrating birds.

Down in this very picturesque village, the cottage beyond the lych gate has the village hall attached at the far end, all beneath a continuous thatched roof.

Originally it linked Great Haywood to the old village of Shugborough; the village was later removed by the Ansons as it spoiled their view.

In 1999 Weobley was named the 'National Village of the Year' and, in order to celebrate both this and the Millennium that followed, a sculpture was erected in the garden area in the foreground of this

Henry I gave the village and living of Burton Bradstock to the great Normandy abbey at Caen in exchange for the royal regalia of William the Conqueror, which the monks claimed had been gifted to them by

East Anglian villages, built on cleared common land, so often enjoy a handsome central space, echoing the broad skies overhead. The village has a watermill alongside the River Bure.

Henry I gave the village and living of Burton Bradstock to the great Normandy abbey at Caen in exchange for the royal regalia of William the Conqueror, which the monks claimed had been gifted to them by

Wootton Courtenay's stores, now a villagers' co-operative, lies opposite the one in this picture - at the end of the middle block on the left.

The old village lies to the east of the Banbury road, and the magnificent 15th-century church spire is visible from miles around.

In the days when supermarkets were uncommon, Canterton Stores would have provided villagers with almost everything they required. In the middle of Preston Candover is the Victorian church, St Mary's.

The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

With its long winding street and fine houses, Long Melford is one Suffolk's most celebrated villages.

Beside him stands the post donkey, who was vital to efficient and regular deliveries in this isolated village in North Devon.

The village is more well-known for its much-visited stately home, Penshurst Place - its entrance arch can be seen at the bottom of the lane.

Haddenham was one of the chief breeding areas for the Aylesbury duck; its network of streams and ponds was of immense value to this industry, even if the village was famously foul-smellling in a hot summer

The village gets its name from a Barton (or Berton), the old word for a rickyard.The village church of St James was remarkable for its time in that it was built all at once, and not over a couple