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The ruins of Corfe Castle dominate the parish and village to which it has given its name. The original Saxon fortification was succeeded by the extensive Norman castle seen today.

On the left are two buildings, now one, with the village stores which were refurbished in 1990. The bus has stopped outside the Crown to pick up passengers.

In this view the church seems to close the end of the village green. The three groups of cottages are timber-framed and date from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The coastal village of Keyhaven was at the centre of a controversial debate before the First World War, when plans were drawn up to create a tunnel between here and the Isle of Wight.

Just off the main road through unspoilt Bilsdale is the northern part of the village of Chop Gate. Bilsdale Hall is hidden behind the trees (centre).

Although Great Clacton was long-established as a medieval market village, the seaside town did not really develop until late in the 19th century.

In 1960 it was still a small village alehouse.

We can see the village of Clun in the valley, with the keep of its old castle standing guard. Actually this castle was less a military stronghold than a centre for hunting.

The taller rooftops and chimneys deep in Evershot village (right) are those of the Summer Lodge Hotel, the elegant former home of Lord Stavordale, heir to the Ilchester earldom.

Nearby there is a village school and a couple of hotels, Moorhill House Hotel and Burley Manor Hotel.

Some of the village shops were built from corrugated iron before modernisation in the early 1960s. Richard Eurich RA, the official war artist to the Admiralty from 1941, lived here.

The village takes its name from this stream that joins the River Wey at Neatham.

The large village of Heckington has two great buildings, the mill and the church of St Andrew, which is most unusual in that it was totally built in the same architectural style, Decorated, in a very few

The gaunt ruins of the Neville's castle built in the early 1380s dominate the skyline of the village of Sheriff Hutton, nine miles north of York.

Witchampton was best known for its paper mill at the other end of the village, which dated back to at least 1786 and closed only a few years ago.

This is a view of the real centre of the village looking up Oakham Lane.

This Edwardian view shows the footpath to Pegwell village; on the extreme left are the coastguard cottages, built to prevent the extensive smuggling activities that were then carried out at this isolated

Spanning the narrow street of this hilltop village, which rests high on the chalk uplands overlooking the River Nar, is this monumental arch, the ancient gateway to the castle, which lies in ruins close

The different styles of houses reflect years of developing architecture, from village to holiday resort.

The nearest this long, straggling village has to a market square is a broadening of the Norwich to North Walsham road, beside which the War Memorial stands under chestnut trees.

A small brass recalls that in 1899 five sons of the village carved the splendid pulpit 'for the love of the church'.

This photograph shows this Domesday village, now much consumed by the tentacles of Market Harborough's suburbs, with its large irregular green and attractive houses, some dating back to 1567 and 1664,

Situated eleven miles north of Bridlington, Filey was for many years a working fishing village, but became a popular place in the 1890s for those seeking a quiet holiday.

The character of the area has been kept intact through the dedicated work of the Village Preservation Society, which was founded in 1943.