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Known today for the nearby open prison situated on an old RAF camp, Eastchurch's claim to fame in earlier days was that it was the site of the first British airfield.

This is a small village beside an old Roman route through the Worth Forest.The Church of All Saints was built in 1843.

Nearby is the Cwm Spring supplying mineral water which is bottled in the village. Until recently, local householders even used the water for bathing.

This village lies just to the north of Market Weighton. Up the bank on the right is the parish church, and the road also leads to the Old Hall.

The entire complex comprises an outer circular bank with an inner ditch. Inside was a great stone circle enclosing two smaller circles.

Christ Church is where Lord Leverhulme and his wife, Elizabeth, are buried, as well as their son, the 2nd Viscount, and his wife.

In the distance a lorry is being loaded with milk churns from Old Post Office Farm. In 1900 there were twelve farms in the village, all with dairy herds. Now just three are left.

In the distance a lorry is being loaded with milk churns from Old Post Office Farm. In 1900 there were twelve farms in the village, all with dairy herds. Now just three are left.

On the edge of Bodmin Moor, near Liskeard, are several important archaeological sites with Celtic remains. This is St Cleer's Holy Well in the village named after him.

A row of mainly Georgian houses gives a gracious air to the village.

This picture shows the River Ebble and the A354 Blandford Road running side- by-side through the village of Coombe Bissett, a couple of miles south of Salisbury.

The Saxons and the Danes fought two battles near to Charmouth, though the village's history recalls a later defeat, for Charles II passed this way as a fugitive after the Battle of Worcester.

Here, Allithwaite is decorated for the Coronation of 1953. This broader area by the village pub is The Square. Street lighting has not yet arrived here.

Here, Allithwaite is decorated for the Coronation of 1953. This broader area by the village pub is The Square. Street lighting has not yet arrived here.

Penny Bridge was named after the local Penny family, who built the bridge in Elizabethan times. The village had an iron foundry, which closed in 1742.

The village pump, situated at the junction of Park Street and Grove Road, is over 300 years old and a listed structure.

The shingly and sandy beaches of Bonchurch have always drawn a great number of bathers, and can get crowded on hot summer days.

Winster Rocks, also known as Wyns Tor, are an outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the south of the village, on what is now a long distance footpath known as the Limestone Way.

A solitary car is parked outside the New Inn on the left in Aislaby, a small village near Whitby, just off the road that leads to Middlesbrough.

The next sequence of photographs looks at the picturesque village of Geddington.

Broadway is a tempting village for tourists, full of antique and craft shops.

The village is blessed with fine country houses as well as more modest cottages, built from locally quarried stone that has mellowed to the colour of honey on butter.

The Village 1906. Litton Cheney has a charming collection of Stuart and Georgian cottages strung out along its winding streets.

Much of Banstead High Street was rebuilt during the 1920s with a series of shopping parades.