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The cottages of Langton, near Malton, still cluster around the village green, as they did when this photograph was taken.

Some years before this photograph of Pangbourne Weir was taken, someone wrote of the village that it was 'another of those pearls of English landscape which our river threads; no sweeter is, within many

There are several villages in east Norfolk whose names end in '-by': this indicates that they were originally founded by the Vikings.

Archetypal 1930s development swishes around the foot of Harrow on the Hill, with its gasworks tower always visible from the village and on the approach to Northolt Aerodrome.

This site has been in constant habitation since earliest days, and there was a moated village here before the Romans came. In Tudor times, the castle became the home of the Wyatt family.

This is a classic view of the picturesque former lead mining village of Muker in Swaledale, taken from over the Straw Beck from the Rigg Road.

This picture shows the River Ebble and the A354 Blandford Road running side-by-side through the village of Coombe Bissett, a couple of miles south of Salisbury.

This view looks towards the village from the Sheffield road. On the right is the Ordnance Arms, better known to today's tourists as the ivy-covered Hathersage Inn.

The pump at Ashford, on the left, is the site of one of the village's six well-dressings, held annually in early June.

These picturesque and simple weatherboarded cottages were once among many in the old village; they were originally built for workers on the Nonsuch estate.

Carlton Hall and the Tudor House both still dominate the village. The small building, centre, has been tidied up and is no longer adored with ivy.

The parish church of St Helen stands sentinel over the bridge in the village of Stillingfleet, south of York.

The main feature of the village, once dependant upon coal mining, is now Downside Abbey and School.

On the banks of the Little Stour, whose waters flow peacefully under the bridge on the left, the small general stores and post office on the right served this little hidden village with its 18th- and 19th-century

This attractive waterside village was the home of the novelist and poet Sylvia Townsend Warner for over forty years.

This breezy walk is one of the finest in the western counties, and promenaders enjoy broad vistas of the sea and boats plying between the fishing villages of Mounts Bay.

The Parish Well was presented to the village by a resident of nearby Hawkridge in 1903. The well, no longer in use, stands beneath a tiled roof enclosed by wooden palings.

Visitors' cars are sensibly discouraged from entering the narrow lanes of Upper Swell, leaving this lovely village for the pedestrian to enjoy.

The church tower continues to dominate this scene, but the village has grown a lot in the last century, with new schools, new housing and a new surgery.

The village blacksmith was then an important member of the community.

As expected, the village signs have all been updated over the years.

The village name used to be spelt as two separate words - North Chapel. When the roads became negotiable, a brick-built toll house was constructed here.

The village has a timeless feel about it. Near the church lies a quaint old pub known as the Horseguards Inn.

Later housing faces Victorian buildings on the edge of this large village. In days gone by, Sapcote was a centre for cheese-making and the framework knitting industry.