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This view from the church tower looks towards the wooded slopes of High Guards and up the valley of the Yewdale Beck.The whitewashed cottages of the village cluster around the church where the

This is a corner of the village green at Hampsthwaite, five miles from Harrogate on the banks of the River Nidd.

The small post office occupies a late 19th-century cottage. Next door is a small thatched cottage similar to a number of others in the village.

Extensive development and infilling has transformed the village into more of a suburb of Hinckley today.

The village church is dedicated to St Mary and St Alkelda, and owes its collegiate status to Richard III.

A few sheep wandering in the road are watched over by a lad sitting on the bridge parapet in this view looking west along what is now the busy A39 through the village.

Clovelly's remarkable state of preservation is due to the philanthropic nature of the Hamlyn family, who acquired the manor in 1740.

Pebbles were once known locally as pobbles, and the ford on the River Otter was full of them - hence the name of the village.

Thatcham has grown and expanded enormously in recent years, though the character of the village centre remains intact.

This red-brick Georgian coaching inn stands at the centre of Great Witley. The village is situated in a pleasant spot just below the Abberley Hills, an outcrop of the Malverns.

The Village c1955 Situated on the high road between Cowes and Ryde, Binstead has views across the Solent to Spithead.

Generally regarded as the prettiest village in Surrey, this delightful picture of two small girls beneath the venerable oak trees, against a backdrop of some of the picturesque cottages at the heart of

The village lies south of Redditch, with Studley and Astwood Bank encroaching from east and west.

Lexden was once a little village a few miles to the west of Colchester, but has now been subsumed as a suburb.

A village on the eastern edge of the St Leonards Forest at a high point on the London to Brighton trunk road. The Red Lion, c1550, is an old coaching inn.

Don't be fooled into thinking that the name of this village suggests a bloodthirsty past.

This picture looks down the village of Wales towards Kiveton Park, both pit villages which boomed from 1867 during the heyday of the South Yorkshire coalfield.

The Village c1955 Despite the steady encroachment of urban and residential development along the shores of Southampton Water, we may be thankful that the quaint lit- tle village of Hamble remains

This village was built around an ancient defence tower, later rebuilt into Bolton Old Hall. In 1603 two residents, John and Kit Wright, were part of the Gunpowder Plot with Guy Fawkes.

Appledore stands on a branch of the River?Rother close by?Romney Marsh. During the 9th century, it was an important Viking base. From here they penetrated far inland on destructive forays.

Blackboys is a small iron industry village. Its name is believed to have come from the appearance of charcoal workers as they emerged from working in the woods.

Broadway is an exceptionally beautiful Worcestershire village, each building in harmony with its neighbour and all constructed from the same warm local stone.

Woodford Halse grew from a small ironstone village in the later 19th century, partly through ironstone working but mostly when the Great Central Railway arrived in 1899.

The village is viewed from the inland side of Burton Cliff, looking north-eastwards from above Dove Inn and Southover, to St Mary's Church (right).