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The Village c1955 Buried in the churchyard lies the poet and intellectual rebel Algernon Charles Swinburne, who died in 1909.

The village's scenic Thames-side setting made it a popular haunt of the Victorians and the Edwardians, and it continues to be favoured by visitors today.

By 1921, the now well-established resort of Bexhill-on-Sea had expanded southwards from the ancient fishing village known as the Old Town.

Marsh's Stores, shown on the right, is currently the village's general store and post office, while a modern building fills the gap to the left of the stores.

The Parker family of Browsholme, who have been connected with the village since the 16th century, are buried at Waddington.

Quarrying and textile industries are still carried on here, but for centuries the villagers were mainly workers on the land. Chatburn ran a Friendly Society, or Blanket Club, in about 1750.

The small school (note the bell in the bell-cote) has been replaced with three other larger establishments, which gives us some idea of the growth the village has experienced.

We are looking down on the village from the site of a Roman camp. The old Roman road drops steeply down onto the green, via a bridge over the short river from Semer Water, two miles away.

Today, this village is larger and a good deal busier than it was in the Edwardian era.

The Boteler Grammar School was built in Bag Lane, off Church Street, on the outskirts of the medieval village of Warrington.

Bypassed by the Bridgewater canal, the cobbled village centre has retained much of its quaint atmosphere. Perhaps Frith's photographer sought refreshment at the imposing sandstone Ram's Head Hotel.

Dunk's Green 1901 Some fine stone and brick cottages and an oast house stand along the road leading towards Mereworth Woods near the village centre of Plaxtol, on the edge of the Ragstone Ridge

The village is known far and wide to Brownies, Cubs, Guides and Scouts, because the Scouts' Association has had a fieldcraft and camp site here for many years.

Once Cromer and Sheringham became popular as holiday destinations, the Runtons (the villages between the towns) enjoyed the benefits of the overflowing holiday trade.

Once Cromer and Sheringham became popular as holiday destinations, the Runtons (the villages between the towns) enjoyed the benefits of the overflowing holiday trade.

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 stores and post office, right, were once an essential part of this village.

To reach this village one can cross a medieval ragstone bridge across the River Medway.

On the edge of Romney Marsh, this village, with its broad street, was once a flourishing seaport and shipbuilding centre; it was captured by the Danes with a fleet of 250 ships in the 9th century.

Percival's Swaledale Motor Services run buses (left) between Richmond and the Swaledale villages. The few people with motor cars park them at will.

The mill is just south of the village on the Birkey Burn. The miller's house is dated 1728, and the three-storey mill building is also 18th-century.

This 'Tudor' house may not be all it seems, as many houses in this pretty village were built in this style as recently as 1860.

The village flourmill was powered by two overshot waterwheels. The mill is pictured when it was still in working order.

As late as 1840 Llandudno was little more than a small village, frequented by a few stalwart visitors.