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The curving railway line in the near distance suggests that the photographer was looking east from the B3074.

Here we see an image of disappearing Britain: the village pond, many of which have been removed since the time of this photograph, with a backdrop of cottages.

Hurtisberie, Berry Narbert, Berry-in-Herber, Bury Nerber - the village has had many names, but the constant component of all of them has been Berry, the name of the family who built their manor

The Old Forge dates from c1500; note the blocked mullion window on the side, the double-jettied front and the octagonal 16th-century chimney stacks.

Weston's church, dedicated to St John the Evangelist, was built in the 1890s using money entirely raised from donations. Nearby is the village hall.

It is oak built and stands in the shade of an ancient yew tree. An inscription on the memorial says 'Sons of this place let this of you be said that you who live are worthy of your dead.'

This is a lovely environment for children to go to school; here they have been photographed during their break.

Upper Stroud is in the distance, with Park Road below, still at this period containing only a few large private houses.

South-east of Crewkerne, past its factories and over the railway, is the village of Misterton, which lies along the A356 Dorchester road.

The village is the highest in Surrey at 750ft above sea level; it is situated on the east side of Leith Hill.

The village stands at the foot of the Hog's Back close to Aldershot, but it is actually in the parish of Guildford.

The village takes it name from Smallfield Place, an estate given to John de Burstow in the reign of Edward III for services rendered during the French wars.

What wonderful examples of 1950s fashion are being sported by the middle-aged couple, right.

In the distance is the late 15th-century church, partly obscured by the Holy Trinity Hospital founded in 1573 by Sir Willlam Cordell.

Looking north-west past the village cross, we see the church with its curiously plain tower and mean spire.

On the road to Pickering, we pass through the two sides of Ayton. A Norman castle was established here by the De Aton family. High Hall, to the left, dates from the 18th century.

The core of the old village lies at the north end of Central Avenue, where the road becomes Bridgford Road.

The Shepherd & Dog (right) is a 300-year-old pub at the top of the hill. The petrol station still exists in an expanded form.

The village street at Bothenhampton (middle distance, left to right), with suburbia beyond, seen from the vicinity of Quarry Farm with an apple orchard and thatched cottages above the stream

Note the unfenced playground equipment, and the little box on old pram wheels that so many children made, so typical of the time.

Winding around the village is the Bridgewater Canal.

George Lynn advertises his wares with considerable vigour on the south side of the triangular square, originally called Cross Bank.

West of the village centre is Wadhurst Castle.

An overview of Ludham from the tower of St Catherine's Church shows the well-wooded, rich agricultural land surrounding the village before many of the hedges had been removed.