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The view across the village from the tower of the parish church of St Nicholas.

This village must qualify for having had one of the most short-lived halts in railway history.

Looking up the main street in Prestbury, the view 100 years ago seems to reveal a very similar dapper look to the one the village has today, although then there was no need for the extensive traffic

A Morris 8 Series E waits patiently outside the church of All Saints in the village of Whitwell, which, with Bendish, forms the parish of St Paul's Walden.

Yetminster rather resembles one of those lovely stone built villages in the Cotswolds, and has an unusual look for a Dorset settlement.

The village lies in the shadow of Chanctonbury Ring, one of the most famous landmarks on the South Downs.

Further along is Jubilee Barn, the original tithe barn of the village.

The nearer is a war memorial and the other is a massive stone cross, erected on the base of the original village cross.

Blackboys is a small iron industry village. Its name is believed to have come from the appearance of charcoal workers as they emerged from working in the woods.

This quiet village is tucked away in the Essex lanes about four miles north of Brentwood.

This lovely view shows the upper reaches of Nidderdale above the village of Lofthouse, between Ramsgill and Middlesmoor.

Fine sea views can be obtained from the regular summer open-top bus service which runs from Brighton to Rottingdean, a picturesque village situated in a dene, or valley in the downs.

This thatched cottage stands between Bouncers Lane and Blacksmith's Lane, and is one of many half-timbered buildings in the village.

In the 18th century, fast flowing streams powered a variety of mills around the village, and many of its cottages date from this period, built to house an expanding work force.

The River Meon rises only a mile to the south of this village and flows prettily through the High Street.

Stilton is a small village south of Peterborough, with a reputation from ages past for a cheese which it has never actually produced.

Seen from its modern bypass on the A168 trunk road south of Thirsk, Topcliffe looks like a modern village of new housing estates.

A workman (centre) scythes the grass on the village green at Wensley.

South of Fareham, Stubbington has some attractive areas of modern housing, and the village shopping centre, the Parade, is built around a small green.

The general store, seen here on the right, was usually the hub of the village, where news and gossip were exchanged and most household goods bought and sold.

The village had a large brick works, and its products helped to build Swindon and many other towns and villages.

Back inthe Chess Valley we reach Latimer, a very pretty village with a triangular green and, uphill to the west, Latimer House.

Robertsbridge is a medieval village near the Kent border. There is no church in the village, the nearest being at Salehurst.

This former slate-mining village lies below Cadair Idris, cupped in the Dysynni valley between Tal y Llyn and Tywyn.