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Led by the fiddle-player on the right, and probably lubricated by the pub behind him, Morris dancers perform on the village green in the year that ended post-war rationing.

The village of Lower Penn was once owned by Lady Godiva, and was formerly known as Nether Penn.

Now a suburb of Wellington, the village was once known as Rowe Green, but often dubbed 'Rogue Green' because of the unruly behaviour of some of its inhabitants.

The twin-gabled cottages in the centre of this photograph are where the infamous plague first struck in 1665.

The little town of Corfe is older than its castle; it is the Corvergate of the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'.

The school was built on the Green in 1872 at a cost of £700, with accommodation for 70 children. The side windows have gone and have been replaced by six sky-lights in the roof.

The bottom green, seen here, was at one time a pond where ducks and geese would wander freely. It was said to have been drained in 1841 by a Mr George Brown.

Just up river from the bridge and the castle, this would appear to be a view from Wintour`s Leap of the beginning of the great Horseshoe Bend which encompasses the peninsula of Lancaut.

In the village itself, Gregory Gregory's hand is everywhere, as befits an estate village nestling at the gates of a great country house in its park.

Moving west to the county's boundary with Yorkshire, our tour reaches Harworth, an old greatly expanded village lying east of the Tickhill to Blyth road.

In the village itself, Gregory Gregory's hand is everywhere, as befits an estate village nestling at the gates of a great country house in its park.

Between Preston and Clitheroe lies Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley, backed by Longridge fells.

We are looking north, with the White Swan on the left and tall trees near the church in the centre. The grass in the foreground would soon bear a 1914-18 war memorial.

The village features in the story surrounding Wulfhere of Mercia and his two sons Ulfred and Rufin.

This view features the church of St Mary the Virgin.

The village is said to have begun as the result of a shipwreck when survivors from a French ship scrambled ashore and decided to stay.

The village got its red telephone box (centre) listed in 1987. The former post office, called Hunter's, is to its right.

The herd of dairy cattle is making its way to Hall Farm, which included the former tithe barn dating from the 17th century.

Here ducks dabble peacefully in the beck which runs through the centre of the village, while a mother proudly poses with her baby.

The advent of the internal combustion engine saw the demise of the village blacksmith, although the art is making something of a comeback with the demand for decorative railings and gates.

Situated just to the east of Leeds, the village of Kippax was the scene of much coal mining since 1410. The estate surrounding the old Kippax Hall contained many unusual black deer.

Church Street and the roads off to the left are part of a grid of Victorian brick, terraced, straight streets.

The Buttercross is to be found in the centre of the village market place. The railings have gone, as have the brick wall and the trees behind it.

Travellers on the A25 cannot fail to see the scars on the south side of the North Downs that were once the Betchworth quarries.