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It looks for all the world as if someone has chopped the spire off a church and deposited it in the middle of the village. This is, however, the village cross, which was erected in 1820.

The village is built up around the church, which had its 800th anniversary in 1990. Many of the villagers celebrated by taking part in a play written by Sheila Yeger, the famous playwright.

A cart delivers fresh water around the village of Puncknowle. The water came gushing from a grotto in the middle of the village.

A tractor, without a cab for the driver, hauls its trailer through the centre of the village. The houses are mostly thatched and built of stone.

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, though there was still some quarrying carried out in the locality.

This fine seven-arch Grecian-style bridge over the River Don was built in 1850; it linked the village to Warmsworth, and replaced the ferry service.

Here we see motorists in the village - they are probably touring the area. The 'burn' part of the name comes from the stream which runs through the village.

From Crowborough the route heads back nearer to Hailsham's environs and to the village of East Hoathly, a village now much more peaceful than a few years ago.

Here we see the junction of the Hathersage road and the road leading down to the bridge over the Derwent.

Cigarettes, films and ice cream are among the heavily advertised items stocked at the village stores.

The growth of the village can be traced back to the second half of the 19th century. Road and rail links (it has two railway stations) make it ideal commuter country.

The village post office often doubled as a general store, as the window-dressing here shows. The church was built in 1846, and is still a well-used and much-loved building.

Two white-collared Edwardian lads stand behind a trap outside the village smithy in the village which gave its name to the Hope Valley.

At 700ft above sea-level, Tilton-on-the-Hill is one of the highest villages in High Leicestershire.

Two young lads play hide-and-seek with the photographer behind a tree in the centre left of the village green. The village stores stand in the centre background across the white-railed green.

This photograph shows the village of Streatley on the left bank of the Thames. An old wooden bridge linked the village with Goring on the opposite bank until it was replaced in the 1920s.

We are looking west over the village pond into Manor Road; the house on the left is The Beeches.

The Village c1955 The two principal churches in the village at this time were the Roman Catholic Our Blessed Lady Immaculate, which dated from the late 1870s, and Holy Trinity, which had been

In front of the Mitre Tavern stands this memorial to the 13 men of the village who fell in the Great War. Cottages here date from the mid 18th century.

The green, on the far side of the village from the church and overlooked by the village school, is now enclosed with a low wooden fence.

The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.

The River Anker flows slowly by St Peter's, which has served the village since 1173. From this placid view, only the middle cottage survives today.

A little further upstream we come to the village of Otterton, built around one long main street.

Nestling just under the hills surrounding the North York Moors is the old settlement of Ampleforth, built around the early abbey of St Lawrence.