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A lone farm wagon trundles between the houses in a village built of local slate. Only some chimneys and window surrounds are finished in brick.

A scene of a typical village pub: quiet, unassuming and somewhat down-at-heel, but an essential part of the fabric of English rural life.

Little girls pose for the cameraman on the ford across the Tillingbourne stream, alongside the old mill. This attractive village sits on the winding road between Guildford and Dorking.

Once a village, Chandlers Ford has now been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Southampton and Eastleigh.

Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.

Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.

This development is known as Galleywood Village Shops. The shops have changed little with the passing years, and at least two still have these distinctively styled awnings.

Mudeford is a pleasant fishing village at the mouth of Christchurch harbour, though the waters around are now full of leisure sailors.

Like so many little Kent villages, with its cottages and houses clustered around a small green, Saltwood epitomises the rural atmosphere of the county at the turn of the last century.

This small village, now subsumed into Faversham, was originally the site of a Roman settlement and subsequently of a hospital and pilgrim hostel founded in 1234 by Henry III.

A pub and a church always seem to be intertwined in village life. Members of the Bronte family are certain to have imbibed here, and the 17th-century hotel traded heavily on this association.

As with several other fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast, Staithes clings alpine-like to the sides of steep cliffs and ravines.

Low Brook was built in the middle of the 20th century as an overspill housing estate just to the south-east of Rockbeare village.

Smarden is one of Kent's most beautiful villages; its name derives from the Saxon 'smeredaenne', meaning 'butter valley and pasture'.

The original town was built around a six acre lake called the Mere, its southern edge bordered by a large village green.

The Post Office and stores, now painted white, is still a lifeline in this village south-west of St Austell.

A peaceful scene looking towards the 2,204 ft high Slievemore. Achill is separated from the Mayo coast by a narrow strait, crossed by a swing bridge built in 1888.

Shaldon remains an unspoiled regency fishing village on the Torquay side of the Teign estuary. A long bridge and foot-ferry lead across to neighbouring Teignmouth.

Bradpole is another ancient West Dorset village, now overshadowed by its larger neighbour Bridport.

The ancient art of the thatcher has been caught in this interesting photograph. Many Essex villages have fine examples of thatched buildings.

Milford on Sea's church, along with the one at Brockenhurst, was a survivor of the forest clearances and receives a mention in the Domesday Book.

Passengers disembark for their holiday on the Isle of Wight. Many return - as Queen Victoria did - year after year.

Bothenhampton was once an important village in its own right, but within the memory of the oldest residents it has become a suburb of Bridport.

Wisbech's five mile-long canal once connected the villages of Outwell and Upwell with the River Nene at Wisbech. It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens.