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A century after his visit, the town had been transformed from a quiet village to a vibrant part of the textile industry.

Some of the visitors who enjoyed a stroll through the village streets came from the nearby Morecambe Bay Holiday Camp.

Near to the village are the extensive grounds of Brockenhurst Park, the home of the Morant family until well into the last century.

The church and Clergy House lie closer to the river, while the village, completely unspoilt, runs north-south along higher ground.

Of the five pubs that used to be found in the village, only the Fountain Inn, pictured here, survives today.

Burton is considered by many to be one of the most picturesque villages in the Wirral, and it is enhanced by the wonderful panorama over the Dee Estuary to the hills of Wales.

The white house just past them is known as the Penthouse - a name connected with the fact that the village pound (or 'pent') for stray cattle once stood here.

Looking North-West This part of the village is known as Lower Wanborough, and lies 3 miles east of Swindon.

The road to Brynmawr winds around the hillside from the village of Gellifelyn, on the right.

The River Brett curves around the farmhouse, now at the blocked end of the village street nearest to Monks Eleigh.

The Baker Street to Rickmansworth line had already been electrified using the London Transport Underground network in January 1925 as part of the programme to promote the new villages and towns of Metroland

This village today has a population of 5,000. It retains a distinctly rural character, yet also has the attributes of a small town with shops on either sideof the road.

Bath Road is an extension of the village, which grew with the wool trade in the 17th and 18th centuries. Until a by-pass came in 1990, it carried both the A36 and A361.

The village is much higher up from the scene of this photograph, and includes the newer St Matthew's parish church.

The view looks north across this attractive village that is grouped around a small green. To the far left is Elstead Mill, once a worsted factory.

It was once one of Farnham's hop- growing villages, and poles for the bines can be seen on the far left.

Hermitage, about three miles to the north of Newbury, is one of Berkshire's larger villages, comprising houses and bungalows built between the wars and then later in the 1950s and 1960s,

Storrington never appears to have been very large, and far from being a centre of wealth, was probably no more prosperous than its neighbouring downland villages.

The summer of this year is on record as being suffocatingly hot, and this village, like most in Kent, suffered from a completely rainless June and July.

The house dates from 1591, and stands on the site of a pre-Norman manor held by Dodo, a royal forester under Edward the Confessor and from whom the village takes its name.

St Luke's is a fine church in an equally well-proportioned village.

In the village stands a fine 17th-century house, The Cross, and the magnificent All Saints' Church (centre left).

The quiet village of Hillam lies just to the south of Monk Fryston, with its old Manor House, now a popular hotel and restaurant.

It is one of two bridges in the village - the other one at Bridge End dates from the 17th century, and features a tiny toll house with a 3½ ft (1m) high doorway.