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From medieval times until the early 19th century, Meldreth consisted of several small communities scattered along a two-mile stretch of winding road.

St John's Chapel straddles the A689 between Daddry Shield and Ireshopeburn.

The village's name derives from a long bank along the river Ouse, on the right of the photograph, defending the low-lying land from flooding.

Here on Main Street the Institute still provides recreation facilities for the village. A foundation stone for it was laid in July 1909.

For nearly a hundred years, the Holwell ironworks were an important focus for the village.

This photograph shows W H Smith & Son on the left of the picture, a few yards from the road bridge crossing the River Pang in the centre of the village.

The bridge in the foreground of this photograph leads over the River Leven to a car park designated for the use of patrons of Suggitts ice cream parlour, something of an institution in

It is five years after photograph 75706 was taken, and the green is still attractive for the villagers.

When this photograph was taken, Sheringham was a small fishing village on the north Norfolk coast, noted for its crabs.

The stone-mullioned windows and sturdy, stone-built construction mark the Bay Horse Inn in the tiny North Yorkshire village of Gayles, north of Richmond, as a building of some antiquity.

This village is on Watling Street at the junction with the Northampton to Warwick Road. The older village, Lower Weedon, is to the south-west of Watling Street.

If, as has been reported, it is not the most beautiful village in Hertfordshire, Westmill is certainly among the most photographed.

Over Kellet is a village on the road from Carnforth to Arkholme. Here we see the two monuments in the village centre.

Haverthwaite village consists of two parts, but they are close together. The village pump on the left, by Pump Cottage, is dated 1765 and bears the initials BB.

The beautiful village of Bredon stands at the foot of Bredon Hill, and is deservedly on everyone's list of favourite English villages.

Mr Burden's shop and Post Office is the centre of village life. Here we see the local bobby returning to his beat—his cycle is parked under the signpost.

This lovely, leafy village is situated near Southport.

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.

Set in the heart of Charnwood Forest, this pretty village was a favourite destination for Edwardian trippers, and features on many postcards.

Pictured from the junction with the main road, the lane leads down past the cottages towards the village school.

For decades, just as in this picture, people have sun bathed along the sea wall.

This, the main part of the village, is built far enough inland to be safe from the ravages of the sea.

These two photographs of the village High Street give some indication of the constantly-flowing stream of traffic which passes the small, half-timbered Black Horse pub with its adjacent wine merchant

This part of Yelverton, separated from the rest of the village by the main road, goes by the curious name of Leg O'Mutton.