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During the Second World War villagers were evacuated from many villages around the South Hams so that the district could become a D-Day training ground for American troops, who would practise landings

West Bank winds up the hill towards the significantly-named Miners' Standard public house on the hill above the village.

Buxted 'new' village - on the main A272 road - was built in the Victorian era close to the railway by Lord Liverpool, who moved the tenants from the old village in Buxted park.

This beautiful Thames-side village was once a palace of the Bishops of Salisbury.

In days gone by, the lake at Cranham was the local swimming pool for children in such neighbouring villages as Sheepscombe, Birdlip and Brimpsfield.

This is All Saints' Church, situated on an elevated position looking over the village. It dates from medieval times.

Until they acquired their own church, Garstang villagers had to walk to Churchtown. This explains references in Bulmer's directory to 'the village of Garstang, Churchtown'.

The Post Office C1960 Bransgore, north of Christchurch, grew over the years as a sprawling residential village.

This charming village on the river Derwent is dominated by the grounds of Chatsworth House. This section of the area is the old village known as Nether End.

When the village relied almost entirely on fishing for a living, it would be the women who baited the lines, usually with mussels, or sometimes limpets.

The Portland villages of Castleton, Fortuneswell and Chesil now form the largest urban settlement where the Isle meets the causeway from the mainland.

Farm buildings in the heart of the village bear testimony to a time when most villagers worked on the land.

This is Post Office Lane, and the village post office was located in the cottage on the left for many years up until 1966.

Two lads enjoy the view from the hillside above Newby Bridge, the small village at the southern end of Windermere, with the low south Lakeland hills in the background.

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

This attractive village lies just off the main road, where children sit beside the bus stop. The Blue Bus Company operated services in the area from 1916 until 1946.

The Crown is still in business - the only pub left in the village.

The castle has now gone but the village is quite, quite beautiful and ranks as one of the best black and white villages anywhere in the country.

After the village school closed in 1955, the building became the village hall. The famous turf maze, some 50 feet in diameter, is right beside the hall.

The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten.

The red brick village, which has expanded to become interesting rather than beautiful, has excellent examples of Leicestershire vernacular, from the 17th-century Stuart House in Station Street to the

Whitchurch is a long village with many fine houses and cottages, and also the remains of Hugh of Bolbec's early 12th-century earthwork castle.

Standing outside the village Post Office on the left, the bewiskered elderly man leaning on two sticks and wearing a bowler hat was probably a figure of some status in the village, where there were a

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