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This deceptively simple photograph captures the spirit of Moore in 1955: the road curving out of the village; the essential Post Office; and an absence of menfolk, who were probably hard at work on the

The village is still celebrated on Easter Monday as the home of the Maids of Biddenden, Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst, two Tudor Siamese twins joined at the shoulders and hips, who lived for thirty-four

The post office is on the left with its sign outside.

The Abbey was dissolved in 1539. Its lands were sold to John Bellow and John Bloxham, though they later passed into the hands of the Forsters of Bamburgh.

On the right is the half-timbered Priest's House, which is thought to date from the 14th century.

Contrast and compare this photograph with the 1950s images of Geddington, and you can see that the village has hardly changed at all in the intervening years.

The village of Rushton is mentioned as Riston or Risetone in the Domesday Book.

At the west end of the village there is a small green along the Badby Road.

This view shows R E Attwell's to the right, which was the village newsagent's and tobacconist's; the proprietor was Chairman of Minster Parish Council.

At the west end of the village, the antiques business is no more, but the building survives intact. It carries the plaque: 'Ye Olde Tolle House 1758'.

The lonely grandeur of the Snowdonia mountains is emphasised in stark monochrome in this lake set high above the village on the flank of the Conwy Valley.

The name 'Leece' refers to a woodland clearing; in the Domesday Book it is recorded as land held for the king.

When the Flitch ceremony still took place in Little Dunmow, successful claimants were paraded through the village in the Flitch Chair.

The village of Chaddesley Corbett sits just beside, but off, the main road linking Kidderminster and Bromsgrove, and so retains its charm; it has numerous delightful Tudor and Georgian buildings.

As Walden Beck cascades towards the Ure, it crosses under the Blue Bridge; it used to power the old mill downstream. We can still walk up to the Cauldron Falls and on to Hudson Quarry.

On the right is the half-timbered Priest's House, which is thought to date from the 14th century.

Just visible in this photograph is the church of St Mary Magdalene, which has a large and striking tower. Inside are various old brasses, together with the royal arms of George I.

Again we see the village centre, with another of the special seaside shops that sold everything needed for a seaside holiday.

The grocery shop here on the left, popular for children's sweets, was run until 1952 by Misses Gambol and 'Sniffy' Baker.

The white plastered cottages clustered around the tiny village green and its war memorial date from the 17th century onwards.

Here we see an exceptionally pretty village green, lined on all sides with trees.

When the first Earl of Dorchester purchased Milton Abbey in 1752, he had the entire village dismantled and rebuilt further away from his new home.

Combe Martin (or Combmartin as it was known until the 1890s) takes its name from Robert FitzMartin, the first lord of the manor, whose family retained the title until the 14th century.

Combe Martin (or Combmartin as it was known until the 1890s) takes its name from Robert FitzMartin, the first lord of the manor, whose family retained the title until the 14th century.