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The Cloth Mills 1907 A mile west of Wellington, Westford was a mill village with large cloth mills along the River Tone.

They were moved to this site around the village green just over a century later.

Motorists heading out of Cornwall from Callington must descend a steep hill through the old mining village of Gunnislake, which is situated in the Tamar valley close to the Devon border.

To reach our final village, Pilton, we must leave our straight route at East Pennard and travel almost due north for a couple of miles or so.

The great elm in the Square presides over village activity.

The church is away from the present centre of the village and relates more to Latimer Park.

Robin Hood's Bay is one of many beautiful villages which cluster around the steep-sided coves where the North York Moors reach the North Sea.

This is the old heart of the village. The old King's Arms opened in 1749, and opposite is the Black Bull, dating back to 1758.

The Great Western Railway found Newquay a small and almost inaccessible Cornish fishing village, and have transformed it into quite a fashionable seaside resort.

The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses.

Despite its name, Newhaven is anything but new, for it dates from Henry VIII's time when the River Ouse was canalised into its present course, and the town absorbed the old village of Meeching.

The parish itself included the outlying villages of Bickerstaffe, Burscough, Lathom, Scarisbrick and Skelmersdale; the population of Ormskirk itself grew from 2,554 in 1801 to 3,838 in 1821.

This village of scattered houses on a steep hillside some seven hundred feet above sea level has two noted literary associations.

This beautiful village of brick and tile-hung cottages clusters about its small green. On the extreme left we see cottage walls constructed in the popular Flemish bond.

This scattered village is situated in the heart of the Weald. It is an old centre with a 15th-century church, which has many fine treasures. Weatherboarded cottages surround the tree-lined green.

Down below at the foot of the hill, the wind blowing off the summit on a cold day can make the village of Clee seem bleak.

The village expanded after World War II and this view along Moorend Road is an interesting example.

This photograph was taken from the village hall looking towards the Street. The man on the left is standing in front of Leys, a medieval hall-house with a jettied wing.

In the distance a lorry heads for the village, with more ease than today.

Barn End is a timber-framed cruck house (made from trees split and shaped to form the frame for both wall and roof of a building) and is thought to be the oldest in the village.

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

A scattered hillside village on a minor road in a wooded area near the Surrey border. Mushroom growing, brick making and fullers earth extraction were local industries.

The canal arrived here in 1797, and transformed the village into a town.

Built in St Mary`s churchyard in the late 17th century with an endowment from Thomas Deane de Parke, this building educated the village boys until early last century.