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Springtime daffodils adorn the bank in front of the battlemented, mostly 15th-century parish church of St Cuthbert at Crayke, a lovely village overlooking the Vale of York.

Exford is one of the few Exmoor villages with a green. This scene has little changed, with the Exmoor Stores and the Crown Hotel surviving and still relying on trade from hunting.

Farleigh Hungerford's post office closed in the 1990s, but the village retains a school, a church and a pub.

Ilchester's triangular 'village green' is faced by Georgian houses and the Town Hall. The Ham stone market cross, now restored, was erected in 1795.

The village store faces the war memorial on the green, which appears to have been fenced off. Surely this was not protection from vandals!

The village's thatched former schoolhouse is now home to the West Somerset Museum of Rural Life, which gives a fascinating insight into the daily lives of people in the area not that long

Notice the charming cottage draped with creeper opposite the churchyard with its unusual porch, and the village shop next to it.

Lullington Church stands a short walk away from Alfriston village, across the White Bridge over the Cuckmere. It is one of the smallest churches in England - it seats about 20 people.

The village is home to both the College and the Shuttleworth Trust.

I wonder how many villagers had televisions in 1950 - note the number of aerials in this picture.

This small village, set amongst the Clwyddian Range of hills, once boasted seven pubs; the shop we see here is a grocer and butcher.

Here we see a quaint corner of this little village near Malton.

Some farm cottages date back to 1659 in this pretty village just east of Skipton.

Mock Tudor villas were just beginning to spread out from the suburbs of Sheffield on to the former green fields of Hathersage when this photograph was taken.

The Swan Hotel 1926 The Swan Hotel stands on the outskirts of the village of Grasmere, on the A591, and was formerly a coaching inn on the main road between Windermere and Keswick.

Whereas Harrow School occupies buildings spread out along the main village streets, Uppingham takes on the qualities of a university, being, in the main, laid out around quadrangles.

The village was the birthplace of Sir Bartle Frere (1815-84), the first High Commissioner of South Africa (1877). This view remains much the same today.

Winforton has been described as a typical 'farm village' and this building would once have been the home of a very well-to-do farmer.

Omnibus and bicycle opened up the outside world to many Cotswold villages. For the first time it was possible for shoppers to go into towns like Stroud on a regular basis.

The village takes its name from a corruption of the words 'Frome Town'. This graceful arched bridge over the River Frome has wooden rails, which still guard the road.

Situated to the south of the village, close to the Trent, this hotel was convenient for Repton School, 1½ miles away across the river.

This scattered village is situated in the heart of the Weald. It is an old centre with a 15th- century church, which has many fine treasures.

The 'Black Boys', with its multi-paned windows and pantiled roof, is a classic village inn, small and intimate.

A guide book for 1886 states that the village had no special feature of interest to the tourist, though its situation was pleasant and that the church with its stumpy spire was charmingly placed amid a