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The village owes its present wide, open main streets' layout to the original fence lines of the dirt tracks that existed in 1856.

The winding main street of this conservation village passes many cottages built for those who worked the land.

This is a relatively modern development, while a mile and half away is the older village of Headley. There are still plenty of trees here.

Waddington is now noted more for its large Royal Air Force station to the east of the village, but it grew up on a diversion of Ermine Street to the western scarp of the limestone ridge.

From the 13th century, the village was part of the huge 3000-acre manor estate of the de Bellerbys. Rievaulx Abbey also farmed some 43 acres of land near the village.

The villagers of Coltishall were favoured by Henry III: The local lords of the manor could not order the locals to do anything, or dispose of them, settle their quarrels or disputes or force them into

This photograph of the village of Byfield, on the old turnpike road midway between Daventry and Banbury, shows plenty of pedestrians, but no traffic.

The road is still the A52, with a few bends in the village centre. Skegness is to the right.

The village lies on the north side of the Isle of Sheppey. In 1895 it comprised over 7,000 acres of land and 950 of tidal water and foreshore. The population was 854.

The little village of Loose, pronounced 'Luse', is pleasantly situated on the little river of the same name just to the south of Maidstone.

This is a small village beside an old Roman route through the Worth Forest.The Church of All Saints was built in 1843.

Standing on a plateau overlooking the Arun Valley, Amberley is often described as 'the pearl of Sussex' and 'the loveliest village in Sussex'.

The apparent planned layout of the streets in Langham has been attributed to the monks of Westminster Abbey, who owned the village. There is now a modern vicarage elsewhere in the village.

A heavily-laden horse- drawn cart makes its way through the village, completing an idyllic scene which was created more by design than by accident.

This pretty village has a number of attractive houses. This picture shows the varied building materials used in Norfolk: flint, clay-lump and the famous Norfolk Red brick.

The limestone village of Conistone in Wharfedale is more correctly known as Conistone-with-Kilnsey, with its twin hamlet sheltering under the impressive overhang of Kilnsey Crag across the river.

Bethesda, a village born of slate and the workings of the Penrhyn Quarry, has always had a vibrant community.

The village inn was owned by Steward and Patteson, one of the four large breweries of Norwich.

Outwell and Upwell together make up one large village running for four miles along the old course of the river Nene.

The next sequence of photographs looks at the picturesque village of Geddington.

The Winged Spur (in the background, on the right) in the village centre is still a traditional country pub with a warm welcome for local residents and visitors.

Just north of Leyburn is this fine village complete with a large green.

Just north of Leyburn is this fine village complete with a large green.

This view, taken from the fields beyond the village, shows the broach spire of the church of St John the Baptist, rebuilt in 1861, rising above the very attractive slate and stone roofscape of a village