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The tower was used as a pele tower by villagers, who hid there from marauding Scots.

The nave of the priory is now the parish church for the tiny village, and is dedicated to St Mary Magdelene.

The Red Lion Hotel in the charming village of Armathwaite occupies a beautiful position at the foot of a tree-clad bank above the River Eden.

Beckbury, just a mile or so to the south, can certainly be described as a village, and it still retains its pub, the Seven Stars.

The village has recently grown enormously following the building of a dual carriageway linking the area with Wrexham and Chester, and many people from here now commute to those towns.

Along the street on the left stand St Stephen's Institute and the village school; beyond, on Ralph's Wife's Lane, is the church of St Stephen in the Banks.

Re-set in the bridge opposite the Black Bull Inn, by which the photographer stood, is a hollow plague stone where villagers left money to pay for their goods.

The bridge carries the Padiham road over Sabden Brook into the village.

The clock comes from the stables of the 19th-century farmer and journalist William Cobbett, who lived at Fairthorn Farm and described Botley as 'the most delightful village in the world'.

Here, the old core of the village, clustered around St Martin's parish church, backed by Belle Isle and Claiffe Heights, is being admired by three elegantly dressed ladies.

Pentewan village is on the far side of the beach, and two sailing boats set off from the harbour pier.

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

Further down to the right was the village bakery with a 'Hovis' sign on the façade. This bakery was in business into the 1990s.

The New Inn, on the edge of the village, is on the Daventry to Warwick turnpike, and the name suggests it may have been opened because of the turnpike traffic.

Nestling under the steep southern slope of the Sussex Downs, Funtington is typical of the inland villages of the coastal plain.

To the right is an old house, formerly occupied by the village boot and shoe repairer.

St Mary's Church by the charming village green is home to a famous brass dating back to 1306 of Robert de Setvans portraying a military knight.

Many hikers have strolled into this pretty village to see its cliffs and cottages.

The survival of the green helps Tettenhall retain just a hint of its village character, though it is very much part of Wolverhampton now.

In 1905 the world opened up to isolated villagers when a motor bus service from Stroud to Painswick was started by the Great Western Railway.

Village lanes and woodlands can be discovered and explored within a short distance from many moorings on the river Waveney, which separates Norfolk from Suffolk.

Villagers bound for a day trip to Great Yarmouth are being collected by coach outside the pub.

Eling still remains a village, while neighbouring areas like Totton and Copythorne do not.

Mention Catterick to most people and they will immediately think of the great army garrison, which is actually situated four miles from the village itself.