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The Village 1959 At the west end of the village, at the junction of Gainsborough Road with the A30, is this former school of the 1880s, built in rock-faced rubble stone and ashlar dressings.

Rode church is at the south-east end of the village, the bulk of which is to the north-west towards the River Frome. This view was taken from the south-west.

TO THE modern visitor, Mobberley appears to be strung out along Town Lane between Alderley and Knutsford, with at least three centres to the village.

The village of Braemar is situated on the banks of Cluny Burn.

This interesting picture of the village street and the post office shows the village postman about to mount his bicycle.

This small village, about three miles to the east of Loughborough, has in recent decades expanded to accommodate country- dwelling commuters.

Only a stone's throw from the historic settlement of Arundel, the village of Burpham is a gem of a place.

The village of Upper Beeding nestles against the hills. Confusingly, Upper Beeding is lower than its namesake Lower Beeding, which lies about 15 miles away near Horsham.

The village sign shown on the right of the photograph depicts a cuckoo, a rebus for Cuckfield, whilst the village stores (left) were a branch of Spar and also housed the local post office

The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten.

The small village of Burnt Yates in Nidderdale is graced by this neat little Victorian sandstone church.

The great house was New Place; it has now been converted into cottages. It was the home of the Palmer family in the time of Henry VIII. Ecclesden Manor is a long, low Tudor-style house built in 1634.

Known as the village of millionaires at the turn of the century (because no less than six lived in the village), Overstrand maintained its exclusivity for many years.

There are two greens in the village and this view shows The Plough Inn nearby. The Old Plough was opposite but closed in 1948, the licence being transferred to the 'new' Plough.

Is the lady on the right expecting the two motorcyclists? Nearby, a Roman Catholic church was built in 1939. Hollands Wood is close to the village, and here there are pleasant ponds.

When this picture was taken there had been a Blue Bell inn in the village for over 140 years.

The village is part of the Holnicote Estate, the gift of the Acland family to the National Trust, to which many of the village's thatched cottages now belong - their preservation is thus assured.

The mechanisation of weaving in the early 19th century robbed the village of both its industry and population, and the hall, the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre, was

All the hustle and bustle of the annual horse and sheep fairs, held in the village of Topcliffe, on the A168 trunk road south of Thirsk, until the late 1960s, are captured in this splendid photograph.

This view up Parish Road affords a glimpse of what was a centre of communication for the village.

Like Geddington, the village of Hardingstone is famous for its Queen Eleanor Cross, erected by Edward I in memory of his wife. The funeral procession rested here en route to London in 1290.

Slapton was one of the villages evacuated during the war. Villagers were given only a few days to pack up their belongings and move away.

The rivers Ribble, Dow and Douglas meet at Freckleton, and were used by the Romans to get supplies to Kirkham.

When the village relied almost entirely on fishing for a living, it would be the women who baited the lines, usually with mussels, or sometimes limpets.