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Only the feet of the carter are visible, as his horse stands patiently waiting while he unloads part of his wares from the back of his wagon for delivery to the creeper-festooned cottages in this village

Bolney is a quiet village, located just off the main London to Brighton trunk road.

An entire colliery village was laid out east of the Tickhill to Blyth road after 1922, and named Bircotes.

Continuing south-west, the route reaches North Curry, a village on the low ridge that separates West Sedge Moor from the Tone valley.

Winsford's granite cross commemorates the dead of both World Wars.

North-east of Northampton, Overstone is a linear village dating back to the 18th century.

Meonstoke is one of those villages that has expanded and developed over the years to become part of a chain of local communities, including Brockbridge and Corhampton.

Haverthwaite village is in two parts, but they are quite close together. The village pump on the left, by Pump Cottage, is dated 1765 and bears the initials BB.

Bexhill had been a fishing village before 1884, when the words 'on-Sea' were added to its name. Thereafter the resort expanded on to the low-lying ground between the old hillside village and the sea.

Sad to relate, this restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development

Only minor changes would be noticed in this small village from the beginning of the last century to this day.

Dalgleish Way is part of the later 1950s and early 1960s village expansion.

In this charming photograph, a collie sheepdog marshals a flock of white-nosed Swaledale sheep past the village green at Buckden.

The village pub was, and often still is, the heart of the community. Whilst The Red Lion is still a pub, its appearance is changed—its porch is now a solid one.

Nearby Hampton Court became the home of the Arkwright family, the well-known cotton spinning industrialists. The family were great benefactors to the village, hence the name of these almshouses.

Since the 1960s Earls Barton has doubled in size; now the new housing estates in the village attract commuters who travel daily to Northampton, Wellingborough and elsewhere.

Rockingham stands on a steep hill above the River Welland; from the summit you can look out over five counties. Many picturesque thatched cottages and flintstone houses line the street.

This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.

Beyond the terraced streets of the village is Woodchester Mansion, set in a remote valley and keeping its secrets within an unfinished masterpiece of Victorian architecture; mysteries and

Frogmore Pond provides one of the best shots in the Frith archive.

Brassington lies in the heart of the White Peak lead mining country, and there are many reminders of the work of 't'owd man' – as the lead miners were called – in the surrounding fields.

Monzie stands to the north-west of Crieff near the village of Gilmerton.

The DuCane family, merchants of Huguenot descent, bought a large estate near the village in 1751. Their house, built in 1670, underwent extensive alterations in 1752-56.

Continuing through the village, we come to The Black Bull public house (centre); the parish church stands in the background.