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A spacious green lies at the heart of this charming Sussex village. The church stands on rising ground, and has a distinctive off-centre tower.

East of Ashford, and now subsumed by it, the little village of Willesborough possesses two landmark structures.

Beaminster today is not so very different from the old Dorset village that the dialect poet William Barnes would have known.

The Village 1914 Intentional or unnoticed? The photographer has managed to capture someone either entering or leaving his or her house.

Shaldon remains an unspoiled regency fishing village on the Torquay side of the Teign estuary. A long bridge and foot-ferry lead across to neighbouring Teignmouth.

Tucked away among 'surroundings that are indescribably beautiful', boats nestle in the placid harbour waters of this picturesque village with its long, straggling street.

Too many motorists speed by, missing the best parts of this large village on the confluence of the rivers Frome and Hooke.

Much of Puddletown was rebuilt in 1864, but the area around the church suggests the village that the young Hardy would have known.

The railings of The Redes form the other corner (near right) of the village crossroads.

St Leonard's church is a 12th-century building standing on a small hill to overlook the village.

Luton developed rapidly in the late 1950s and gathered many of the outlying villages into an expanded borough.

The ancient Market Cross and village pump are watched over by the Cavendish Arms (left).

Leading from the old village to the harbour beyond, this 16th-century arch, originally fitted with a portcullis and gates, was built to protect the settlement against pirates and smugglers.

The church is a real oddity, for it is built a mile outside the village; it was probaby a great help to mariners seeking the safety of Plymouth Sound.

During the Middle Ages, Moulsham was a separate village from Chelmsford. On the left is Rankin's, a well-known draper's shop, and between them and the Regent Theatre is Hawke's confectioners.

On the outlying slopes of Exmoor, the village today is charming and, superficially at least, little changed from this photograph.

On the right of the picture is the Victoria Institute, built in 1904, and still very much the centre of village social life.

Situated on the edge of the Fens, Wilingham is a typical example of the 'shoreline' villages that prospered through their access to better grazing for their sheep.

Both the hillside and village are named after the Devon-born churchman who brought Christianity to Germany. The original Saxon church may have been founded by the saint before he went abroad.

A scene that was once familiar in many villages up and down the country. Notice the petrol pump on the right.

It replaced the former village chapel, which had been formed by converting outbuildings at Caldy Manor into a place of worship.

This wide triangle of grass forms the centre of this straggling village, which stretches for almost four miles.

Eype village is a quarter of a mile inland from the seashore, in a combe below the rolling Dorset downlands.

This pretty village has changed little over the years, apart from an increase in traffic - here the Bell Hotel claims to have a large car park.