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Yet another clothier's church, St Mary's at Steeple Ashton had a steeple, as the village name implies, but it was blown down in 1670. Stone vaulting in the nave has been replaced with wood.

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

A 17th-century house built of ironstone and Collyweston slates, facing the large green but spoilt by an odd door.

This is the small village green at North End - note the pump. The entrance to the Meldreth Training School, run by the Spastics Society, is on the left.

This little group is a fine example of grand architecture on a small scale, typical of estate villages where uniformity in building style blends in so well with the landscape.

The watermill at Crumplehorne, in the valley just above Polperro village, is a good example of an overshot waterwheel and its launder.

Branscombe is strung out down a deep valley running from the Devon downlands to the sea at Branscombe Mouth.

Branscombe is strung out down a deep valley running from the Devon downlands to the sea at Branscombe Mouth.

Rayne is still a charming village with a long history, little changed from this photograph.

This delightful traditional English village scene of the ford and the church in the background has changed very little since the photograph was taken.

Liphook expanded as a village thanks to the London-Portsmouth road and the arrival of the railway in 1859.

The shops in the centre of Hawkshead are waiting for the tourists to arrive. The grey slate walls of the buildings and cobbled streets are typical of many Lakeland villages.

The Old Ouse river runs through both Upwell and Outwell, the next village downstream.

This hilltop village overlooks the head of Gillan Creek at the northern edges of the Lizard, close by the Helford River.

This distant view was taken from the north of the linear village of Darley Dale, which spreads along the A6 north of Matlock on the road to Bakewell.

Little Ann Village C1955 Ann or Anna was originally the name for the shining stream now known as the Pillhill Brook, a tributary of the River Anton.

The thatched house north of the crossroads no longer has a village shop. The outbuilding on the right is now The Cat's Whiskers, a hairdresser's whose name wittily puns on the road name.

The circuitous narrow road that leads up from the Swaledale village of Keld is being negotiated by an early motorcar.

St Mary's Parish Church c1960 The 15th-century stone tower of this Perpendicular church situated in the heart of the old village, with its 17th- century cupola on the stair turret, was heavily

Locals pronounce Slaithwaite 'Slawit', and this bustling village in the valley of the River Calder four miles south-west of Huddersfield is another one with Norse origins.

The pretty little village of Barton Mills, and the Bull Inn. In the 13th century, the local retor, Jacobus de Scabellis, became a cardinal, and ultimately, Pope Honorius IV.

Situated on the high road between Cowes and Ryde, Binstead has views across the Solent to Spithead.

Children from Yew Tree Farm pose outside their gate for the photographer - a major event in this quiet village, well off the main Leyburn road.

Bridport remains the capital of west Dorset, attracting weekly shoppers from a number of local villages.