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In the years that followed, the village became a popular place to visit, with a number of places of refreshment springing up.

Near Broadhaven and amidst unwelcoming military ranges, the village of Bosherston caters for visitors who enjoy walking and touring.

Bransgore, a few miles from Bournemouth, is a beautiful village of considerable antiquity, just outside the present boundary of the New Forest.

It is one of the most isolated villages in the locality; its lonely open road winds across the heart of King William's old hunting territory.

The winding road out of Newlyn rounds Penlee Point then dips down to this celebrated fishing village that nestles within stout stone breakwaters. At its back it is fringed by hills.

Here, country people are awaiting the carriers' carts that will transport them back to their farms and villages. The thatch covering the rubble cottages on the right has seen better days.

Swallowed up by the suburbs of Market Harborough, this little village has managed to salvage some individuality.

A century before, Ilfracombe had been little more than a modest fishing village, though already the haunt of a few discerning visitors.

The car on the left is leaving Village Way, and the bus is heading for the junction with Croydon Road.

From being only a small village, Bollington expanded enormously in the 19th century.

Lasham was not always the peaceful village it appears today. In 1785, there seems to have been a case of riotous assembly at Lasham, including the theft of the maypole!

Seemingly miles from anywhere in the Denbighshire hinterland, Gwytherin still retains a pub, and it has managed to win Best Kept Village accolades in recent years.

On the right is Waterloo Cottage, which until the mid 1970s was the post office and village shop.

The pub and the tea room (right) point to the village's new role. A trader is about to make a sale, but he will not make a fortune from this cart unless all of Walberswick turns out.

The 6th Duke of Devonshire supervised the design of Edensor (pronounced “Ensor”) in 1839 as a model estate village for his workers at nearby Chatsworth.

Knighton is now part of the sprawling village of Wembury which acts as a dormitory for Plymouth, but before 20th-century development it was part of a thriving farming community with many horses.

There are quite a few old, half-timbered buildings still extant in the village, but perhaps the most interesting is the old market house, which can be seen on the left of the picture.

In the 1950s, most of Sidford's cottages were owned by villagers who worked locally. Today's residents are more likely to commute to Sidmouth or Exeter.

Like most of the villages in this area, Amberley played its part in the cloth making industry, but the larger houses built on the higher level of the steep hillside were well away from

Pump Cottage (in the middle of our photo) was—as the name suggests—the source of the village's water-supply. It dates from about 1860. The well pre-dated the cottage by a decade.

Raby Mere lies two miles east of the village of Raby, and has always been a popular Wirral destination, especially with Sunday School outings.

This tucked-away quarter of the village has changed little since this photograph was taken.

This small village is on the busy Diss to Thetford road. It has a number of attractive buildings of knapped flint - the garage is a prime example.

In the simpler days of the 1950s, village post offices across Dorset were places where the whole community might meet and were a vital lifeline to the outside world.