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Boldre (pronounced Bolder) church stands apart from its village and dates back to the time of the Norman kings.

Arrochar is a picturesque village in the south-west Highlands, at the head of Loch Long.

A tranquil scene in the quiet little village of Bawdsey. Some thirty years later, Bawdsey was to play a vital part in the defence of Britain against the Luftwaffe.

The man in the cart has recently been identified as carpenter and smallholder Alexander ('Billy') Day, who played the double bass in the village band.

The London Inn (left) is well placed to catch passing trade on the main highway through the village.

This interesting mining village, almost a town, developed in the 19th century close to the great copper mines of Consolidated and United Downs.

Its importance is summed up in the words of a nineteenth-century guide - that Glengarriff village is near the Eccles Hotel.

In the background, the tiny village nestles under the slopes of Mount Gabriel.

The Ordnance Survey department has declared Dunsop Bridge to be the village nearest to the exact centre of the British Isles.

One of its customers was George Bernard Shaw, who rented a house in the village.

The Slaughter brook runs down the middle of this village - one of the loveliest in the county, despite its ugly name.

The fields at the rear of the cottage served as a parade ground for troops stationed in the village during the First World War. It was later a sports field.

Each of the pew ends are different, and were carved in the village. The stained glass for the windows was also produced locally.

Since 1968, this village has been officially known as Hoo St Werburgh; it is named after a Saxon princess who became a nun, and who was buried on the site of the present church.

The lake and village of Grasmere can be seen in the distance, while to the right, the 'Lion and Lamb' summit rocks of Helm Crag are seen silhouetted against the skyline.

To the right of them lies Swan Meadow, once home to the village fair. This event survives as Horndon-on-the-Hill Feast & Fayre, which takes place at the end of June, to mark St Peter's Day.

The thatcher's craft is one of the staple industries of broads villages. This photograph shows reeds growing at the edge of a broad, with the cut stalks stacked by the cottage.

It is a delightful village on the northern edge of Ashdown Forest above the river Medway.

Built in a narrow gully in cliffs 400 feet high, this was once a smuggling village.

The lake and village of Grasmere can be seen in the distance, while to the right, the 'Lion and Lamb' summit rocks of Helm Crag are seen silhouetted against the skyline.

Severe weather conditions were still causing problems here at this time, but in 1970 a sea wall was built that will protect the village in the future.

In the centre of the village, on Affleck Bridge, is the Independent Wesleyan Chapel built in 1874 to serve the Nonconformist industrial workers of the boot and shoe factories.

Just east of the village the peace is disrupted by Watling Street's successor, the busy M1 motorway.

A new village, Brookenby, is now located on the old airfield site.