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Most villages supported several shops and pubs. Gnosall also had two canal-side pubs, the Boat Inn by Bridge No 34, and the Navigation Inn by Bridge No 35.

Peering over the thatched roof is the battlemented octagon of the village church, rebuilt after two collapses in the 18th century.

In its heyday, Swansea's industrial catchment was vast, easily encompassing the little village of Llansamlet. Overlooking the Tawe Valley, it grew thanks to its tin-plate and spelter works.

Today the three villages of South, Middle and North Littleton all virtually run into each other.

This high village of the Weald looks out on a panoramic view of orchards and hopfields, although the foundation of its prosperity in the Middle Ages was based on weaving and iron-working.

The village stands on the border with the neighbouring county of Sussex. It occupies rising ground and offers fine views across the Weald.

Graffham is a wooded hillside village under the Downs. Pescod's Stores has a Hovis sign on a painted wall.

Exmouth began as a suburb of the nearby villages of Littleham and Withycombe Raleigh, though both have now become suburbs of the newer town.

Estate owner Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie decided to keep it, building his holiday village around it.

A ferry crosses the Exe from here to the village of Starcross on the opposite bank.

Morfa Nefyn is a holiday village on the Lleyn peninsula; it is situated near Porth Dinllaen on Caernarfon Bay. With barely enough wind to keep under way, small craft lie just offshore.

A conversation piece in Kingsdown village. With the First World War still rumbling on the Union flag has been hoisted on its white flagpole, but it hardly stirs in the summer breeze.

The village of Spaldwick lies at the centre of a medieval estate which included most of the neighbouring settlements. The church in the background is known as 'the cathedral of the valley'.

During the 20th century Burley grew considerably in size, with a number of villa-style residences tucked away among the trees and heathlands. It has never lost its village atmosphere.

The railway at Datchet runs between the Thames and the village centre. Datchet is mentioned in Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor' and Jerome K Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat'.

Post-war expansion of Cambridge pushed the suburbs into outlying villages. We can see early signs of the requirement to control traffic flow with the now ubiquitous Keep Left bollards.

This photograph was taken from almost exactly the same viewpoint as one to be seen later taken in 1960; it is very much apparent that at this time the village was a thriving, almost self-sufficient commercial

The memorial was built in 1881 as a protection over the village well. The main benefactor was Granville Dudley Ryder.

The village of Norton dates from the Saxon period. One of the earliest references to Norton is a grant by Offa of Mercia to the monastery at St Albans.

The man with the horse and cart on the left is at the village pump, which is situated in front of the Methodist Chapel.

In this picture the ancient village church looks brand new; it was. The Reverend Edward Hadley had All Saints completely rebuilt between 1886 and 1888, and paid for it himself.

The merging of the village into the borough of Reading was strongly resisted by the residents of Caversham.

Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.

The name means simply 'long street', and the village is spread along the main road, originally the Roman road running from London to Caistor St Edmund, the Roman town just south of Norwich.