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The hotel takes its name from the local village name and that of Robert de Banastre, who acquired the estate in the 12th century.

Tucked away in the hills of Hindhead and Blackdown, and close to the edge of the county, this little village was the home of the novelist George Eliot, who wrote much of 'Middlemarch' here in 1871

The Village Green c1955.

The village was once an important port on the River Adur. However, large scale silting set in when the sea level dropped and soon the port became redundant through lack of trade.

Cuckfield, pronounced Cookfield, is a 13th-century village standing on a ridge 400 feet above sea level. There are many notable buildings in the High Street and in South Street.

A pretty village with various Georgian houses, Slinfold lies in the countryside to the west of Horsham.

Designed by Nash in 1809 and rebuilt to look exactly the same after a fire at the beginning of the 20th century, Knepp Castle stands between the villages of West Grinstead and Shipley.

Kimbolton was voted Best Kept Village in 1989.

The busy A21 road goes right through the village, and the demand for a bypass is still ongoing.

writer Francis Bickley described Kilmington thus: 'its branching streets, its old cottages with their bright gardens, the clear waters of its streamlet, all these go to the making of a gem among villages

Note also the pavement is already surfaced - not the most common sight in a Devon village at the start of the 20th century.

The village lay on the A4 Bath road, but it is now a by- passed backwater with the roar of the M4 within quarter of a mile. Traffic levels are almost back to those of the 1950s.

In the village is a 13th-century Norman church.

In the valley he built Waddesdon, an estate village. On the left is the Five Arrows Hotel, a splendid Arts and Crafts building with elaborate moulded brick chimneys, built in 1887.

In the background is the 16th-century five-arched stone bridge which gave the village its name.

The Vale of Glamorgan used to grow a great deal of corn, ensuring ample straw for thatching, and the pretty village of Merthyr Mawr is entirely made up of whitewashed, thatched houses.

Certainly by the early 19th century this was a village in decline.

The village stands on the skyline above the approach to the popular golden sand of Crantock Beach.

The village of Lower Penn was once owned by Lady Godiva, and was formerly known as Nether Penn.

There is now on the left a Summerlands Road turning into the old Eastleigh Road to commemorate a long-standing association with the village. The garage is still there, but under new ownership.

There is an additional poignant plaque at its foot commemorating an air raid on 20th May 1941, in which nine villagers were killed. Beyond are 1890s houses, now unpleasantly re-windowed.

This view is in the heart of the village, where Green Street meets the High Street at a small green with a 1920s War Memorial cross.

Now within the village, Frith's photographer looks down one of the estate roads, with their undistinguished 'Anywheresville' modern houses, towards the High Street.

The village main street is little changed, although Bel and the Dragon on the right is no longer also a garage.