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A marvellous view looking west from an old farmstead across the bay to the village. In the distance, clouds are enveloping the Menawn. On the left, turf is stacked drying in the sun for the winter.

Originally the village was known as Thorpe St Andrew; the name was changed to Bishopthorpe because of the archbishop's palace being built here.

Osmington is an ancient manor founded by the Saxon King Athelstan, though most visitors pass through the village to see the chalk figure of a later king, George III, carved on the downlands to the north

The base of the granite cross and crucifix is inscribed 'Behold your King' and was erected in 1909 by parishioners .

In the early years of this century the village included an apothecary, a butcher's shop with traditional glazed tiles, a forge, dairy, a shoe-maker and an undertaker's.

This village lies close to the River Crouch. We can see the sign for the Black Lion hotel on the last building in the row. The weatherboarded cottages nearby are known as Black Lion Cottages.

This Wiltshire village is known locally as the village of four crosses, all medieval.

This quiet scene was taken from across the small village green. In the foreground, on the left, is the village hall.

Close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, the unusually-named village of Bozeat was at the heart of a thriving weaving industry 600 years ago; the Weavers' Guild donated a rich

Four heavy stone posts standing on a tall base decorated with quatrefoils carry timber beams and support the roof of the Market Cross.

Parked cars dating from the 1960s fill the cobbled square at Grassington, the pretty Wharfedale village whose wealth was founded on lead mining in the nearby limestone hills.

A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.

The parish church of this re-modelled village dates back to Norman times and has a 13th-century font.

This gem of a village is situated between the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge.

An old village on the Cheshire side of the Manchester Ship Canal, Flixton was developed as a residential suburb of Manchester.

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.

This village green looks very overgrown. We are in the centre of the linear village of Long Preston, which is bisected by the busy A65 Skipton to Kirkby Lonsdale road.

A number of Dorset villages take their name from the River Piddle, or Puddle, as it is sometimes known.

The name Souldern derives from 'Sulthorn', meaning 'thorn bush in a gully'. Most of the houses are built with grey stone, and some are fairly large, as we see here.

This is the main street through the village, which is apparently absolutely deserted - the photograph was taken in much quieter times.

This is a leisurely view typical of many to be seen on the rivers Trent and Soar. The need to protect the crossing of this river provided the initial raison d'etre for the castle and the village.

This view looking east down Colne Road in the main street of the village of Cowling, near Keighley, shows the prominent monuments of Wainman's Pinnacle and Lund's Tower on the escarpment of Earl Crag on

Lloyd George once described the Ceiriog Valley as a 'little bit of heaven on earth', despite the small Wynne slate mine in the village.

The Village 1901 This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and