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A group of young children are seen standing in front of a barrier in Datchet village.

Frampton, 'the settlement on the Frome', is an attractive downland village north-west of Dorchester. The old manor house of Frampton Court was demolished in 1939.

This lovely old picture of the village centre shows the Post Office and a Post Office van outside.

Brook is still a beautiful village, despite being something of a dormitory for the expanding town of Ashford nearby. Here we see a group of picturesque old weatherboarded farm buildings.

A mile or two to the west of Northampton, the village of Duston is steeped in history.

Overlooking the main road through the village is the church of the Holy Trinity. It was built in the 1880s to replace an earlier church dedicated to St Mary.

The village can be reached from a number of directions, but each one is a minor road, and consequently it remains a quiet spot.

The village and salt marshes here have had an uneasy relationship over the years.

Constructed during the 1880s, Vyrnwy was the first of the massive reservoirs of Powys. The village of Llanwddyn was drowned, but it can still be seen in times of drought when the water level drops.

Lamberhurst was an ironworking centre between the 16th and the 18th centuries.

The village lost its medieval church to bombs in World War II and has expanded much since the War, partly due to Lincoln's proximity and partly to the RAF.

The limestone cliffs, crags and scars make the setting for Malham a delight for urban eyes. The beck that flows over the cliff separates the village into western and eastern sections.

A horse and cart trundles along the road spanning East Beck, one of two streams that meander through the village - the other is Sandsend Beck.

Both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell stayed in the village during the Civil War.

Continuing south, cross the Eastbourne to Seaford road into the centre of East Dean village with its steep winding lanes.

The recent history of the ancient village of East Keswick is inextricably linked with the fortunes of the nearby 'big house' of Harewood.

The village is part of the Holnicote Estate, the gift of the Acland family to the National Trust, to which many of the village's thatched cottages now belong. Their preservation is thus assured.

In the manor of Little Askrigg we find this road junction - if we go right, we reach Carperby (4 miles) and Leyburn (12 miles). Behind Woodburn House, left, was the village brewery.

Approaching the village from the west along the Botley Road, we see on the right All Saints' Church, built in 1836 in Early English style. The village war memorial is on the left of the picture.

The village was built around Walkington Hall, and has a charming village pond.

Large open fields surrounded many of the coastal plain settlements, and through the villages passed a solitary narrow street, often named after the village.

The village of Ticehurst is situated on a gentle slope surrounded by fertile valleys and hills, where hops were once extensively grown.

The western suburbs of Bridgwater grew in the late 19th century to incorporate the village of Wembdon, whose church was at the far east end of the village. In 1906 it looks remarkably rural.

The village church was far larger than the local population could support.