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The Shepherd & Dog (right) is a 300-year-old pub at the top of the hill. The petrol station still exists in an expanded form.

The village features in the story surrounding Wulfhere of Mercia and his two sons Ulfred and Rufin.The two claimed to be going hunting, but came instead to Eccleshall; here they were baptized by

There has been much debate about the age and significance of these four giant stones a mile north of the village of Aylesford.

This exquisite view shows the tall 14th-century tower of St Peter's Church with a small but richly ornamented spire and very tall pinnacles.

The main A177 road south from Shincliffe leads to Coxhoe; it may follow the course of an old Roman road.

This view, taken on the northern edge of the village, is almost unrecognisable, for extensive changes have taken place. Lydford is a place of great antiquity.

This is a well-kept Garden of Remembrance in the centre of this large village; next door is the County Library.

Now merged with Dorking, North Holmwood is one of three small villages along the west side of the large and mostly wooded Holmwood Common - the other two villages are Mid Holmwood and South

Heading south towards Bourne, the route diverts north-east of the town to Edenham, a delightful village on the east bank of the winding East Glen River, whose church has many remarkable monuments to the

The village lies three miles inland along what passes for a ridge in this flat country between the Wolds and the sand dunes.

Castle Combe was originally the site of a Roman villa; the Normans built a castle here, and for centuries the village was a centre for cloth weaving.

Plaxtol is a pleasantly-situated hilltop village, with a long main street. There is a lovely group of cottages near the church, which date from the 17th century.

The River Don flows under Station Lane bridge on the Duke of Norfolk's land. Cottages in the village date from 1845; just to the right was the old Forge Mill.

This Wealden village lies on a Roman road.

This charming village lies within the deep Nidd valley. Here looking down the High Street we see splendid views of Upper Nidderdale.

Between the wars, the five hundred inhabitants of this picturesque village included a wheelwright, saddler, blacksmith and farrier, carpenter, carrier, coalman, thatcher, thresher, shepherd, milkman, baker

The sun is shining on another outstanding Hampshire village with some timeless timber-framed cottages and nicely cut hedges. The broadcaster Sir David Frost is rumoured to live here.

The AA sign on the Amroth Arms beckons as a recommendation in this pleasant Pembrokeshire village.

Now in effect a suburb of Taunton, the village is still distinctly a village architecturally, with its 1586 Elizabethan manor house, recently freshly yellow ochre colourwashed.

The small village is famous for its waterfall and for being the home of William Morgan, vicar of Llanrhaeadr and 16th-century translator of the Bible into Welsh.

The shops, work-shops and brick houses are built on the street edge, while the older cottages and farmhouses are set back, possibly on the line of the original village green.

At this time Warburton was a small village on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles west of Altrincham and twelve miles from Manchester.

The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

The Leicester to Northampton road passes through Welford's High Street, parallel with the much more tranquil West Street.