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Just north of Leyburn is this fine village complete with a large green.

Situated at the northern top of the green is the metal sign, showing a tower mill. It was erected by the Westleton Carnival Committee in 1963.

This village has three greens.

Taken east of Bassetsbury, this view looks across the mill pond (now filled in) to Marsh Green Mill, first mentioned in 1759, but probably much earlier.

This post mill ceased working in 1947, but its fabric and machinery are maintained by English Heritage. It is thought that a mill has stood here for 700 years.

The Green Congregational Chapel replaced an earlier one near to the Kings Mills.

The stream ran down from Pen Hill through this pond to provide motive power for the corn mill over the road and below the Heifer Inn.

This photograph shows Little Green with Hall Water Mill on the left side. The name Melford probably derived from 'mill on the ford'.

Around the village green stands this collection of cottages leading back to St Michael's Church (1552). There has been milling here in the village since the 14th century.

The eight daily coaches would have passed the Bull and Horseshoes at Potter Street, the Queen's Head at Churchgate Street, the Green Man at Mulberry Green and the George at the end of the High Street.

Part of this mill's old machinery was transferred to the windmill at Wrea Green.

On the east side of the 5-acre village green, now used for cricket matches, is the Hall, built in 1732. It was the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park in south Yorkshire.

Crakehall, 1 mile north of Bedale, is two villages in one - this is Little Crakehall, with its race (left) for three corn and flax mills.

This is Fort Green Mill. It has a brick tower which once had four patent sails and a fantail. It was converted to a private house in 1902.

The massive mill on the right, part of the Bowling Green complex, still stands, and is now used by Damart.

This is in essence the same building today; it is now painted white and green, with bigger windows and no veranda, surrounded by the car park.

It was only a mile away that George Fox, the Quaker, stood on the 'nick' of Pendle in 1652 and declared himself moved to start a religious order, the Society of Friends.

Adjacent to the former King's Mill, the lane leads via the Green to the ford of the River Whitewater. From there a footpath leads to Odiham Castle.

We are looking upstream, towards St Michael's Church, from the old quay; until the 1950s, Thames barges delivered grain here to Green's Mill.

Chartham occupies a low-lying site about a large green. Here we see the River Stour flowing through the village. The river has at various times proved indispensable to local industry.

The view looks north across this attractive village that is grouped around a small green. To the far left is Elstead Mill, once a worsted factory.

Although yet early, the mill by the roadside is already at work, and the forge of the blacksmith's shop at the Reigate Road corner is in full blast.

Just behind it on the green stands the town's windmill, still a famous landmark. Sited to take full advantage of the winds blowing off the Irish Sea, it was built as a corn mill in about 1805.

What is there more pleasurable than to take a rowing boat out onto a picturesque, well-treed lake, to escape for an afternoon of peace and relaxation away from Leicester's factories and mills?