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This small pub on the outskirts of the isolated hamlet of Blackheath, with its shaded canopy and planted tubs, has undergone a name change, and now bears the uninspired title The Villagers.

Originally the site of the village pump, this cross is at the junction of five roads. The George Inn, behind the cross, and the King's Arms (left) are now just houses.

This fine Early English church, set back from the village and behind a narrow green, boasts a raised 13th-century chancel and a tapering, shingled broach spire.

In a field near Lilbourne's All Saints church are the remains of several burial mounds from the Roman encampment.

In the early 18th century the manor passed to Thomas Pitt, an enterprising businessman who made a lot of money by selling a valuable diamond to the Regent of France.

At the beginning of the last millennium, marauding Danes landed on these sandy beaches and put the village of Exmouth to fire and sword.

The Cross Keys (left) dates from the 17th century, though it replaced an earlier structure. Until the 19th century, there was a brewery here too.

St Joseph's Catholic church stands in Arrowe Park Road, just a short step from the main cross-roads in the village. It was designed by Adrian Scott and opened in 1954.

The Village Green c1955.

The houses of Bramber are varied and picturesque. Some are built of brick or flint, and some are creeper-clad. The village was once an important port on the River Adur.

Designed by Nash in 1809 and rebuilt to look exactly the same after a fire at the beginning of the 20th century, Knepp Castle stands between the villages of West Grinstead and Shipley.

The busy A21 road goes right through the village, and the demand for a bypass is still ongoing.

The village lay on the A4 Bath road, but it is now a by- passed backwater with the roar of the M4 within quarter of a mile. Traffic levels are almost back to those of the 1950s.

Downholme, where stone houses slope down to the Swale, lies 5 miles west of Richmond. In the village is a 13th-century Norman church.

This attractive village lies just off the main road, where children sit beside the bus stop. The Blue Bus Company operated services in the area from 1916 until 1946.

When Leland visited Weobley in 1540 he described it as 'a market-town where there is a goodly castle, but somewhat in decay'.

Two inns, the Britannia (left) and the Horse and Groom, still occupy the centre of this extended but fine country village that retains its atmosphere.

Apart from All Saints, little of architectural quality has survived, except for a few rather handsome houses, including the Rectory of 1808 and the Old Hall.

Noss Mayo's church, seen in the middle distance, was built on the orders of Lord Revelstoke in 1882 in a beautiful setting above both the village and river.

This narrow, winding street leads to the Cod and Lobster Inn and the sea.

This really was how the mail was delivered into Clovelly until relatively recently. Everything that was needed in the place was transported by donkeys, and often towed on sleds.

Fawley stands on the western bank of Southampton Water, just where it flows out into the Solent.

By the beginning of the 20th century, Lulworth was already a popular residential area for the better-off, who may have originally fallen in love with the village on a holiday visit.

The Village Pond c1955 A tranquil view of Rottingdean pond, replete with model sailing boats hardly stirring above their reflections on a warm summer's day.