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Now quieter, thanks to a bypass, it once had a wharf on the Grand Junction Canal which passed a quarter of a mile north of the village.

He at once embarked on a programme of rebuilding and extension, doubling the size of the house, and moved the entire village of More Crichel except for St Mary`s Church, a mile away to the south in

Firmly back in Bedfordshire and heading south, our route passes through Blunham, a most attractive village, where the poet John Donne was rector from 1622 until his death in 1632, although he was also

Pevsner likened Hamble to a West Country fishing village, and he was right to make the comparison.

The village has acquired international fame as the home of the Quorn Hunt; its founder Hugo Meynell took residence in 1753 at Quorn Hall (now an educational centre).

The photographer has now moved up to the parish church to catch this lovely village scene.

Old Town Lane is the route between the new village centre and the original village.

Around here there were many lead mines, and the village had two pubs to cater for the miners two hundred years ago. Further up the village is High Hall, built by the Craven family.

Crakehall, 1 mile north of Bedale, is two villages in one - this is Little Crakehall, with its race (left) for three corn and flax mills.

The village expanded with the boot and shoe works in the later 19th century, but the original stone village survives.

As we look across toward the village, we can see that the land is rough scrubland, nothing like the fertile valleys which the visitor will come to know.

This is the second public house of the village, and a lot less famous than the Maypole. It was originally a beer house, which was established as the village grew.

Since the Second World War this village has grown.

The village of Emery Down is reached by turning right at Swan Green after leaving Lyndhurst on the A35 Bournemouth road.

We are looking back across the Wye to the village. A quay has been constructed in front of Quay House on the left, where there appears to be a good fire burning in the grate.

Many years before Wargrave grew in popularity as a riverside village, Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor, held the manor, and at that time it was known as 'Weregrave'.

Similar to other heathland villages nearby, it grew in the 19th century as nurserymen came and improved the soil and in turn provided employment for the villagers.

The steep slope of the village street leads to a second group of cottages clustered round the village green. To the right, up three steps, is the entry to St Leonard's churchyard.

A huge green on either side of the road gives breathing space to the village. High House Farm, far right, was the home of the dominant agricultural owner in the 17th century.

The original village used to be up this gated lane higher on the moors.

Three miles inland from Hornsea, Seaton was an estate village surrounding the old manor house. It has two village greens and a pond.

The village children crossed these fields each day to go to the Elementary School, which was built in 1878.

Though now a substantial settlement, it was built on the site of a modest fishing village in the 1700s by the 3rd Duke of Argyll.

This picturesque village is celebrated for the Eleanor Cross, built in 1294 as a memorial to Queen Eleanor, the wife of King Edward I.