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This beautiful Thames-side village was once a palace of the Bishops of Salisbury.

In days gone by, the lake at Cranham was the local swimming pool for children in such neighbouring villages as Sheepscombe, Birdlip and Brimpsfield.

In the 12th century Gweek was a significant tin-streaming centre and had its own merchant guild. Ancient tin moulds have been found built into the walls of the quay.

Cookham will forever be associated with the artist Stanley Spencer, who died in 1959. The former Methodist chapel is now a gallery devoted to his work.

Grassington was at one time a centre for lead mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, athough there was still some quarrying in the locality.

At the time when this photograph was taken, the village green at Malham was the scene of regular sheep sales attended by farmers from the surrounding fells.

At the time when this photograph was taken the village green at Malham was the scene of regular sheep sales attended by farmers from the surrounding fells.

The Village 1909 A handsome farm cart stands in the yard of a timber-framed two-storey building, in this small hamlet on the road between Tenterden and Hythe.

The Victorian poet Horace Smith wrote these lines on leaving the village: 'Farewell, sweet Binstead!

The quiet street scene gives no hint of an industrial past. All we can see in this photograph are cottages and the village shop. It had a weekly market from 1253 until it was closed in 1982.

The parade of shops remains, but with 21st- century changes. Today the chimney has gone, and the windows have recently been replaced.

The name of this small settlement on the slopes of Wansfell Pike between Windermere and the Kirkstone Pass means exactly what it says - 'the trout stream' - and it stands above a stream with the same name

The blue-grey slate walls of Coniston parish church looks down on a memorial to one of England's greatest writers and social reformers, John Ruskin.

This photograph was taken outside the 13th-century church of St Dubricius, and shows Isaac Burgess standing beside a horse and trap outside his bakery.

Now known as the Weston Rhyn Primary School, the school was built in 1924. Today there are around 160 pupils here drawn from quite a large area.

Along the street on the left stand St Stephen's Institute and the village school; beyond, on Ralph's Wife's Lane, is the church of St Stephen in the Banks.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

The rocky knoll of Biskey Howe, rising abruptly above the built-up area of Bowness, has long been a favourite viewpoint – from here a large proportion of the lake is visible.

The name of this small settlement on the slopes of Wansfell Pike between Windermere and the Kirkstone Pass means exactly what it says - 'the trout stream' - and it stands above a stream with the same name

As we move further west, we can identify the van on the left as a Mackeson Stout delivery van. Just beyond it, the half- timbered house is believed to be the oldest building in Braunston.

The New Inn, on the edge of the village, is on the Daventry to Warwick turnpike, and the name suggests it may have been opened because of the turnpike traffic.

The large building in the centre was erected in 1879 on the site of an earlier small shop.

Mention Catterick to most people and they will immediately think of the great army garrison, which is actually situated four miles from the village itself.

The road leads down through the village of Lealholm to the bridge over the River Esk in the background.