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Children pose near the small bridge over Downham Beck, a brook which runs through the heart of the village.

When this picture was taken there had been a Blue Bell inn in the village for over 140 years. In the early 1820s the village had three inns.

Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire; with its village green next to the church, and an old inn across the road, it is just how we all imagine an old English village ought to look

The ivy-clad Red Lion Hotel is the main hostelry in Burnsall, standing adjacent to the village green in the heart of the village. Note the neat, gritstone cottages with their slabbed, gritstone roofs.

This view of the village is now much more densely overgrown. There are also many more buildings in this area of the village now, but the buildings pictured here still exist.

Many village children will remember this school; the bell rang from the small gable bell turret calling them to lessons. The school was built on part of the village green in the late 19th century.

Older residents of Yardley Gobion will remember when this village had four pubs and five shops.

Slapton was one of the villages evacuated during the war. Villagers were given only a few days to pack up their belongings and move away.

Upton is an ancient Viking village just three miles from the Irish Sea.

The Vine Hotel was certainly the largest building in the village; it was built before the Second World War. The writer seems to recall it being more of a very popular pub than a busy hotel.

A wide green provides a focal point for this traditional Yorkshire village. In this picture we see, left, the old school, in use until 1967, now the village hall.

Without through traffic, this 1000-year-old village retains its rural traditions and sense of history. A century ago, West Burton was a lively farming village with a market and many shops.

This village stands alongside the River?Stour, two miles south-west of Chilham. In the main street of the village, we see a nice picket fence and some typically ivy-clad buildings.

'The village of Big Budworth! You may travel England round, There is not such a village in the kingdom to be found.'

Perhaps this villager is heading towards O J Hinwood, to fill up his petrol can. You do not see petrol pumps like the ones outside the shop any more.

The village lies some nine miles from Hull. Near the centre of the village is the base of an ancient cross, consisting of the lower part of the shaft and elevated on three steps.

This photograph shows a quintessential English village scene in summer. The village cottages and houses crowd down to the river, surrounded by luxuriant vegetation.

The village is only two miles from Richmond, but it retains its rural charm. The White Swan Inn on the left is 300 years old; the third house from the right is the old Gilling Club for working men.

The large very attractive Saxon village on the road from Oakham to Stamford now overlooks the modern dam on the north-east angle of Rutland Water formed in the valley of the River Gwash,

Also, the High Streets have the quaint name 'the Village', so we have a road named Liskard Village, Upton Village etc.

The Plaiting School in the village employed village ladies and children who supplemented the low agricultural wages by weaving strips of straw, called plait, to the hat-making trade in Luton.

Overlooking the fascinating village green from the direction of Dakyn House (1678), we see the parish church of St Peter and St Felix, which itself looks out over the remains of Ravensworth Castle.

Here we have a grand view of the railway arches heading out of Whalley.The railway arrived in the village in 1850, and the 600yd- long viaduct carries the Blackburn to Clitheroe line at a height of

This village was once known as Clandon Abbots, for its manor, as in many other Surrey villages, was owned by the local abbey. Here, Chertsey Abbey owned the manor from about 666 AD.