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Beyond the cottages stands the village school, which served the community between 1881 and 1946.

In the 1960s this New Forest village was home to a white witch who roamed around with a crow. A man is hunched over his parked car (right), no doubt tinkering with the engine.

An isolated village of flint and brick cottages, to the west of Chichester. In the village are Adsdean, a gabled Tudor style house of around 1850, and the parish church of St Mary, built in 1859.

Often referred to as 'the Alpine village' because of its sylvan setting at the head of a wooded valley, the cluster of houses known as Hutton Village dates from the mid 19th century, when Mr Thomas

On this bright summer's day, the car park in the heart of the village is packed full of cars.

William Wordsworth lived with his sister, Dorothy, at Dove Cottage, just outside the village, from 1799 to 1813. Here he wrote some of his best known poetry.

Narrow streets, pretty cottages (some of them thatched), fishing boats on the beach, and all in a beautiful setting on the Lizard peninsula, put Cadgwith on the list of places to visit once road transport

It is some 50 years after photograph 59345 was taken, and we are looking up the lane with the village shop and the Falcon Inn on the left.

Travellers from Taunton to the Quantock Hills usually go by way of Kingston - and a very picturesque route it is.

The village of Sea Palling was changed irrevocably by the east coast floods of 1953.

This picture of the village is typical of rural Wales in the 1960s. A small number of houses still manages to support a pub and grocery store - this one is part of the Mace chain.

Cranborne Church, at the heart of the ancient hunting Chase, is one of the largest churches in Dorset.

Overlooking colourful Chichester Harbour, Itchenor lies at the confluence of the Bosham and Chichester channels of the estuary and was originally named Icenor.

The King's Head c1955. The village of Rudgwick stands hard by the Surrey border, its church literally just a few yards from the county boundary.

In the early 20th century, when Beoley was still completely rural, The Village Inn used to be a popular destination for people venturing out of town by horse-drawn carriage or by bicycle.

Taken from Station Approach, looking towards the village centre, this view is much the same today.

The village is famous for being the centre of the worsted cloth trade. The manufacture of this material started in the 13th century and finished 600 years later.

Tylers Green was the centre of a major medieval tile-making industry whose decorated floor tiles were used at Windsor Castle in the 14th century and for paving numerous Chiltern churches.

The inn is now closed; at one time there was a bowling green nearby from which it may have taken its name. Outside stands an AA patrol van.

In the early 20th century, when Beoley was still completely rural, The Village Inn used to be a popular destination for people venturing out of town by horse-drawn carriage or by bicycle.

Crampton the printers and the Co-op face the cross that in 1919 became the village war memorial. It bears the names of those who died in two World Wars and the Korean War of 1950-51.

It has two large villas and a Methodist Chapel built by the well-known architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, most famous as the designer of the city of New Delhi.

Amberley church lies between the castle and the village at the western end of a ridge of high ground, which is about one mile north of Houghton Bridge.

Here we see the village post office and shop, which sells toys and gifts. A well-maintained semi-circular bed of roses has been planted on the forecourt - oh for a dash of colour!