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The village war memorial (right), on the green in Castleton's Market Place, takes the form of a Celtic cross.

Woodbury is one of Devon's largest parishes, and it occupies the great vale between Woodbury Common and the flood plains of the Exe.

The steeple of the 12th-century church of St Peter and St Paul collapsed in the 17th century. It was never rebuilt, and the tower has been heavily buttressed to prevent it from collapsing.

The stream running through the village was dammed in the 19th century to supply water for Bristol and three local mills.

Here we can see Winsford nestling in the Exe valley below Bye Hill, with the valley of the Winn winding up to the left.

Here the village is seen from the churchyard, which adjoins a beautiful Jacobean manor house. The triangle with the phone box was once a grassy area where there were hustings at election times.

High Street c1965 Famous for its RAF station, Benson grew during the turnpike and coaching era.

Dating from 1220, St Andrew's Church has a commanding view over the village centre.

At the north end of the village is a tall oblong keep set in a neat moat with massive towers at each angle, which was licensed in 1373 for John de la Mare, Sheriff of Somerset.

The village inn was owned by Steward and Patteson, one of the four large breweries of Norwich.

Winchester College has owned much of Sydling for generations, ensuring a continuity of building and landscape conservation missing in so many Dorset villages.

Alkham is an attractive little village nestling in the valley of the river Dour between Folkestone and Dover.

The village's favourable microclimate encourages the profusion of climbing plants up the walls of the houses, which have the steep pitched stone roofs typical of Cotswold villages.

This fine study of a horse and cart at Handley Pond portrays a rural scene that could have been observed at any period during the last several centuries.

The London Inn (left) is well placed to catch passing trade on the main highway through the village.

We can see the tiny River Brennand running down to join the Whitendale River to make the River Dunsop, which gives the town its name.

A horse-drawn omnibus can be seen in the distance in this Edwardian photograph.

It was barred from the outside world by a gate - seen here beside the Thatched Cottage.

The church was restored in the 19th century when part of the roofing was renewed.

The houses nearest us were once commercial premises—a hardware store and a tailor's. To the right of them lies Swan Meadow, once home to the village fair.

To the front of the view is the lifeboat house and boat park. The lifeboat was once crewed by women when the men of the crew were caught in a squall.

In the centre of the village, on Affleck Bridge, is the Independent Wesleyan Chapel built in 1874 to serve the Nonconformist industrial workers of the boot and shoe factories.

The photographer here looks east towards Yelvertoft Road with Hillmorton Lane to the right. Just east of the village the peace is disrupted by Watling Street's successor, the busy M1 motorway.

Viewed from above the River Roeburn, the scene overlooks the roofs of the village cottages, most of which were put up during the 17th and 18th centuries.