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The village was rebuilt in brick after a disastrous fire; shops, chapels and the school all have slate roofs.

This small inn stands at the edge of the village on the main London route into Cambridge where it crosses the River Granta. The road on the right leads to the famous Gog Magog Hills.

The village of Wargrave has an Edwardian feel to it, but its origins date back many centuries. The Bull, seen on the left, was once a popular coaching inn, close to the busy Bath Road.

The ridgetop village of Bolsterstone stands at nearly 1,000 feet above the sea on the edge of the Peak District moors north-west of Sheffield.

An early tractor makes its way past the church. The village lies along the line of Fleam Dyke, an ancient defensive earthwork.

This photograph shows a quintessential English village scene in summer. The village cottages and houses crowd down to the river, surrounded by luxuriant vegetation.

The village of Theydon Bois Green has existed since the 18th century; it constituted the parish's only real settlement.

The creation of an official long-distance footpath along the Dorset coastline has brought many walkers to Burton Bradstock.

This photograph shows Bridge Street in the centre of Caversham, at the point where it crosses the Thames.

This is All Saints' Church, situated on an elevated position looking over the village. It dates from medieval times.

The relief bus makes its way through Eastchurch High Street. In the village there is a memorial to two pioneers of aviation, Lord Brabazon and Charles Stewart Rolls.

The post office stores stands on a corner in the centre of the village near the church, and is still trading today.

These old buildings give a typical view of the village as it was then - and as it is today. Indeed, little has changed, save the re-routing of the main road that ran through the centre.

The name of the village comes from 'Hudemanebi', a Scandinavian word meaning 'the farm of dog keepers'.

The Fishpond has been a central feature of Matlock Bath since the village became an important resort and spa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The village, 3 miles east of Bedale, grew up around Scruton Hall, and contains a church, a rectory and a manor house. Scruton Hall was built in the Queen Anne style; it was demolished in 1956.

In the early years of this century the village included an apothecary, a butcher's shop with traditional glazed tiles, a forge, dairy, a shoe-maker and an undertaker's.

The cobbled Main Street, with The Sun Inn at the top, remains very much the same today.

Pronounced Slaffham, this quiet village lies close to the A23 London to Brighton road. Note the row of houses on the right - a varied mix of stone houses and tile-hung properties.

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but now relied on agriculture and quarrying. In 1902 the railway finally came to Grassington with the opening of a line to Skipton.

Two men, a young child and a dog outside the Half Moon Inn provide the only sign of life in the village centre.

Many a year has passed since Mrs Gillam ran a small general shop in the village, stocking all manner of things from mops and buckets to sugar and sweets.

This is a charming photograph of the area outside the churchyard entrance.

Located at the western extremity of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English village.