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This is Post Office Lane, and the village post office was located in the cottage on the left for many years up until 1966.

The Crown is still in business - the only pub left in the village.

After the village school closed in 1955, the building became the village hall. The famous turf maze, some 50 feet in diameter, is right beside the hall.

The Bank c1955 The village of Whitburn lies between South Shields and Sunderland. On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

The village lies at the head of a small creek off the Camel estuary; this narrow lane has become the main road between Wadebridge and Padstow.

This restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans, fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development of the 20th century

At Fulking, 16th-century cottages still lie on either side of the village street that winds its way below the South Downs.

Castle Street is named for a Norman motte-and-bailey earthwork on the wooded hill above the village. The Fleur-de-Lis hotel stands to the right.

Standing outside the village Post Office on the left, the bewiskered elderly man leaning on two sticks and wearing a bowler hat was probably a figure of some status in the village, where there were a

The A12 runs through the village, with Chapel Road (leading to the Congregational chapel of 1778) to the left and Blythburgh Road to the right.

These are the ruins of Bromholm Priory, founded in 1113. It was famous for possessing 'the Holy Rood of Bromholm', said to be part of the true Cross.

A bridge over the River Hull made this village an important crossroads in medieval times - pleasure boats still tie up here.

Today the land around here has been drained and is now excellent farming land.

The village of Aiskew is now almost merged with Bedale. Looking along Storey Terrace, we see in the distance the tower of Bedale's church of St Gregory.

The village is more well-known for its much-visited stately home, Penshurst Place - its entrance arch can be seen at the bottom of the lane.

Haddenham was one of the chief breeding areas for the Aylesbury duck; its network of streams and ponds was of immense value to this industry, even if the village was famously foul-smellling in a hot summer

The village is now a faceless sort of place, apart from one or two buildings; these include a superb but well-disguised hall house of around 1500 in Church Road.

We are entering the village from Flimwell. On the right, note the people waiting for a bus next to the Village Hall, built in 1921.

The local policeman (centre) goes on his daily beat around this peaceful village – a sight not to be seen now. The nearby River Avon attracts anglers.

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.

It is seventy years before filming took place in the village for the James Herriot TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small'.

The Village 1923 Freshwater gets its name from the supply of pure clean water rising so near to the sea.

Just past the Village Green, the Boot (left), one of the oldest pubs in the village, and the Barley Mow beyond, are both still trading, although the General Stores between them has been demolished to make

This was the village school, built in 1881 by John Sheppard. George Ewart Evans came to live in Blaxhall in 1948, when his wife became headmistress.