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Pinora, recorded in the Feet of Fines in 1232, is a village of considerable beauty and well-manicured charm.

The pump stands outside a workshop - or is this one of the village forges in regular use before the age of the motor car?

In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin.

The school was established by the church in 1842, and its design is typical of others found in villages hereabouts.

Not to be confused with Old Knebworth (which one recent historian described as 'a village still faintly feudal in character'), the village of Knebworth is a busy commercial centre supplying the needs of

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

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.

Situated amongst beautiful woodland, the inland village of Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite excursions on the Isle of Wight.

The village of St Boswells borders the main road from Jedburgh to Edinburgh. The 5th Duke of Buccleuch was just a boy when inherited his title in 1819.

Despite extensive expansion, South Cerney still retains its village heart. It was unusual for a place of its former size to have held three manors.

Much red brick building of the 19th century intruded into the village scene as industry spread from Leicester, including the impressive backdrop of factory buildings we see here.

The leafy High Street rises away from the village to become the main road to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Harcourt is taken from Harcourt in Normandy, and from Roger de Harewecurt, who held the village in 1202.

In the main, this is a large red-brick village, but a few thatched stone cottages remain, as in the photograph - note its superb hedges and simple topiary.

South Luffenham on the river Thater is a 7th-century Saxon settlement with North Luffenham, now adjacent to the A6121 Uppingham to Stamford road to the north, an attractive village of narrow streets and

The village stands under the downs near the source of the Len and has a broad, attractive market square fringed with lime trees, which create a shadowed path over the uneven setts and cobbles.

The leafy High Street rises away from the village to become the main road to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

founded in 1951, and the low building on the extreme right of the picture, next to the three-gabled house, is the Forge Garage - all indications of meeting the demands of an increased village

This is a village in two halves, High Town and Low Town, a quarter mile apart. Land around here was once one of the royal hunting grounds. The White Horse, a chalk hill figure, was carved in 1857.

In the manner of a number of older village churches, All Saints stands clear of the original village and incomers find this rather puzzling, that is until the river floods in winter.

This village is noted for its beautiful woods, a railway tunnel under the Balcombe Forest and a brick viaduct over the Ouse valley. The church of St Mary was built in 1847.

Byworth is a very pretty village with a single winding street a mile east of Petworth; it is set on hilly ground above a small stream flowing in a steep valley towards the Rother.

Harcourt is taken from Harcourt in Normandy, and from Roger de Harewecurt, who held the village in 1202.

In the main, this is a large red-brick village, but a few thatched stone cottages remain, as in the photograph - note its superb hedges and simple topiary.