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Truly one of the finest small museums in Hertfordshire, Ashwell Village Museum was founded in November 1930 and is based on the collection of Albert Sheldrick and John Bray, made when they were schoolboys

This large village was probably the first settlement in Holderness. The Manor House, far right, dates from 1743; the original owner was Elenor Ellis.

69Southern England HAMPSHIRE CHAWTON, The Village

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).

This is a small hilltop village about a mile to the south east of expanding Fleckney.

The village was created at the turn of the century to house construction workers for the very large brick-built Christ's Hospital school nearby.

The core of the old village lies at the north end of Central Avenue, where the road becomes Bridgford Road.

Behind them, New Road rises to the village centre and to the A40 road to Brecon and Abergavenny. At the top of the hill stands the steeple of the 14th-century parish church of St Edmund.

East of the M25 and the older River Wey Navigation, Byfleet is a suburban village; although it is built along winding lanes, it is architecturally disappointing.

This segment included Stanwell, whose village centre has quite a few good buildings and a church with a strikingly good tower.

The old village of Ealing was south of the Broadway, with the parish church beyond Ealing Green.

Behind them, New Road rises to the village centre and to the A40 road to Brecon and Abergavenny.

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal-y-Llyn and Tywyn.

At the northernmost point away from Hailsham we reach Crowborough, a village that became a health resort in the 1870s when Lord Abergavenny followed the advice of a Dr Prince.

St Teresa's Convent was established in Effinghamhill House, a stucco early 19th- century mansion in the chalk hills two miles south of Effingham village.

Before the Second World War this was regarded as the most remote village in the county, with its cottages and houses straggling along the western side of its long green.

This former fishing village, situated on the south coast of the Lleyn Peninsula, now hosts boats of a much more upmarket kind.

A small village on minor roads near to the Surrey border. The church of St Mary Magdalene has two historic 14th-century brasses.

The small stone village of Beddgelert stands at the confluence of the Colwyn and Glaslyn rivers. It sits in the shadow of Snowdon, and is a favourite tourist spot.

Teas are still being served on the corner of The Village and Arrowe Park Road at the Stone House Café (U36010, right), and the Horse and Jockey Hotel still occupies the junction of Rake Lane

He is remembered in the village for his entrepreneurial and philanthropic activities.

Many refer to this village as the most perfect in Lancashire, with its village green next to the church, and old inn.

St Mary's church, most of which was built in the 14th century, demonstrates the wealth of the village.

CHELFORD is better known as a village that is passed through rather than a destination in itself for it stands on an important crossroads, where the route between Manchester and the Midlands crosses