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Here we see the entrance to the charming little village of Wass, which lies in a shallow valley under the wooded southern escarpment of the Hambleton Hills, seen in the background.

The older houses of this charming little village, like many others on this coast, are built hanging precariously onto a cliff. The villagers once relied almost solely on fishing.

The pub and the tea room (right) point to the village's new role. A trader is about to make a sale, but he will not make a fortune from this cart unless all of Walberswick turns out.

There are quite a few old, half-timbered buildings still extant in the village, but perhaps the most interesting is the old market house, which can be seen on the left of the picture.

Like most of the villages in this area, Amberley played its part in the cloth making industry, but the larger houses built on the higher level of the steep hillside were well away from

Pump Cottage (in the middle of our photo) was—as the name suggests—the source of the village's water-supply. It dates from about 1860. The well pre-dated the cottage by a decade.

Raby Mere lies two miles east of the village of Raby, and has always been a popular Wirral destination, especially with Sunday School outings.

The word 'burgage' is an old legal term referring to a plot of land in a town for which a tenant paid a yearly rent in money or service to the landlord.

The ivy-clad inn on the left of the photograph is the Miller of Mansfield, a famous pub in the Thames Valley.

Boscastle's steep, narrow roads with their tricky hairpins have reduced the impact of development; Old Hill looks much the same today as it did in 1906.

Garsington derives its name from the Anglo Saxon 'gaerse dun', which means 'grassy hill'.

The duck pond, a typical feature of many Oxfordshire villages, has changed very little since this photograph was taken.

This village is near the mouth of the river Thaw, twelve miles from Cardiff. The car on the left is an Austin, and behind it is an MG.

Finedon is a large, scattered village with many houses and cottages built by the last squire of the village who tragically lost all three of his sons.

This flint and brick village on the downs north of Brighton is now severed in two by the main A27. The village pond is an old dewpond; it is surrounded by sarsen stones found on the downs.

The poet Rupert Brooke died in the Dardanelles in 1915. In the years that followed, the village became a popular place to visit, with a number of places of refreshment springing up.

Winster Rocks, also known as Wyns Tor, is an outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the south of the village, on what is now a long distance footpath known as the Limestone Way.

Winster Rocks, also known as Wyns Tor, is an outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the south of the village, on what is now a long distance footpath known as the Limestone Way.

Both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell stayed in the village during the Civil War. This tumble-down cottage had probably changed little since those stirring times.

Unfortunately, when the bypass was built it actually went right through the village, cutting off the original settlement on the hill with its church from the later roadside settlement.

This view and view No 79002 show how Staithes nestles in the shadow of the two mighty cliffs.

Located at the western extremity of the South Downs, Buriton captures the essence of the traditional English vil- lage.

The gable end of the lifeboat house is seen in the background, almost at the end of the road through the village.

The fishing village of Runswick Bay is set on a sheer cliff. It is also one of the most attractive harbourless villages along the Yorkshire coast.