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Devoran developed in the 19th century when a mineral railway was built to carry copper ore from the mines around Redruth down to a port at the head of Restronguet Creek, just visible at

This well was erected opposite the village church by the Rev Samuel Trist, and was later restored to commemorate the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in November 1912.

The village is in a pleasant spot on the road from Esher to Hampton Court. Some fine old cottages and a pond border the large green and common.

This leafy approach to the village of Hermitage remains much the same today as it was in the 1950s.

This view from the fields south-east of Stanion shows the small Northamptonshire village centred on the medieval church, with its fine 15th-century tower with broach spire.

The parish church of St Mary Magdalene is all that remains from the original village centre.

This much-photographed picture-book village rises above a green and a pond, which is fed by a stream - a tributary of the River Pant. On the right is the war memorial.

Walberswick stands at the mouth of the River Blyth just across from the moorings of Southwold, and was once, like so many of these quiet Suffolk coast villages, a thriving port.

Just south of Chipping Norton is the handsome church tower of the appropriately-named village of Churchill; the tower is a copy of the tower at Magdalen College, Oxford.

This sizeable village nestles in a valley close to two notable landmarks: Lewesdon Hill (894 feet) and Pilsdon Pen, at 909 feet, the highest hill in Dorset.

The village's tranquillity even belies its distance of only four miles from Malton. Langton is a centre for the training of racehorses, and has produced many notable winners through the years.

This is a village of two halves, each bisected by fast-running streams rushing towards the sea. Sandsend was once a centre for alum mining, and remains can still be observed along the coast.

As we head north-west, we should find Chobham village to be a relief after the rather drear urban townscape of Woking; but the traffic levels in Chobham prevent a true village atmosphere prevailing

At the junction of Rileys Lane and the A34 are St Philip`s Parish Church and the Alderley Edge village war memorial.

These gates, with agricultural implements incorporated, are situated at the Holly Lodge on the Boughton Road west of the village.

East Blatchington village has changed radically since this view was taken. St Peter's Church is still there.

This picturesque village sits in a beautiful valley between the Rivers Camel and Allen.

Bozeat, now by-passed by the A609, has since regained some of its tranquillity.

This is the view from the tower of the church; we are looking over the village green towards the south-west, with the old elm still in the centre.

The 13th-century church of St Nicholas is one of several of its kind presiding over the villages of east Kent.

As in so many views taken of seaside resorts, Frith's photographer pointed his camera along the sea front from the vantage point of the pier.

Mr and Mrs Raines ran an efficient postal service from this humble shed at the bottom of their garden for many years - there was surely hardly room to swing a mail sack.

Taxal is a small village south of Whaley Bridge, lying in a cul-de-sac overlooking the lovely Goyt Valley.

Robin Hood's Bay is now half the size of the original village - the centre section slid into the sea, taking with it the new road.