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Behind the village on the northern part of the Dale is this seemingly endless stretch of fields and craggy hilltops.

Growth has seen Leicester all but engulf this large commuter village on the city's north-west outskirts. The small Co-op has given way to a superstore nearby.

This peaceful village developed as a group of farmhouses around a village green, which until recently was rectangular in shape.

Ewyas Harold is a small village, miles from anywhere. However, in the 14th century it caused some disquiet.

This village lies around a green, and here the church of St Peter and St Paul can be found. At the first house on the right, a window beside the front door has been bricked up.

When the Anglo-Saxons settled in their village of 'Longetuna', meaning 'long village', it was cut off from the world by bogs and marshland.

This village is just one mile from Boston Spa and even less from the Great North Road.

At about this time, Rutland villages began to acquire small housing estates, usually on the edges. At first they were council houses, and later private developers came in.

This railway viaduct crossed the peaceful estuary of the River Leven. It was demolished in the 1970s to make way for the A590, which bypasses the village of Greenodd.

This railway viaduct crossed the peaceful estuary of the River Leven. It was demolished in the 1970s to make way for the A590, which bypassed the village of Greenodd.

Dedicated to St Peter the parish church stands approximately at the northern entrance to the village. Originating in the 13th century, the six-bell toer was rebuilt in 1877.

This thatched cottage sits at the northern end of the village and was once a pub whose custom came from those travelling to and from Shropshire.

Here is an unusual mix: the older thatched inn is attached to a three-storey Victorian block at Churchtown in the village.

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.

Strawberry Hill, above the village, was the site of an Iron Age fort. A boat is being beached to the right beyond the slipway and other boats in the centre.

Several years after this photograph was taken, the East Berkshire village of Holyport became the setting for a First World War PoW camp and German soldiers were regularly seen marching through

Saltford's original village lies on a hillside tunnelled underneath by the Great Western Railway.

On our way into the village, we can see a chapel on the left. Note the unmarked road.

The steep descent to the quay at Polruan has never been kind to traffic, and is better suited to pedestrians. Ice creams and postcards are for sale at the village shop.

In 1801 the village of Wallasey had 663 inhabitants. By 1851 the number had risen to 8,339, and by 1951 it was 101,369, making Wallasey the third largest town in Cheshire.

Here we see the white-washed walls of the Willington Hotel. Willington is today overshadowed by the massive cooling towers of the huge power station to the east of the village.

Here we see Washington village about ten years before the area was designated a New Town.

Here we see the south Lakeland village from the hill of Charity High, just outside the village.

In this carefully composed picture we see the lower part of the village. The two men, one holding the horse and one with his dog, are everything a photographer could want in a village scene.