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A railway tunnel near the village has an ornate northern entrance. Two windmills, Jack and Jill, are located on the top of the Downs overlooking the village far below.

It was originally built as a chapel in the 12th century; the present commanding building on its hill overlooking the village mainly dates from the 15th century.

To the west of Jervaulx lies this pretty village, nestling around the spacious green.

Straddling an unclassified road between Hayfield and Marple, the village of Mellor is noted for its church, which is dedicated to St Thomas.

This tranquil scene shows the village green in this attractive coastal village. Some thirty years later, Bawdsey was to play a vital part in the defence of Britain.

From industrial Desborough we move three miles east to the quiet village of Rushton.

It is a sunny day in this quiet village that stands between the water meadows of the River Wey and Alice Holt Forest.

This village, archaeologists believe, is the 'Cloveshoo' of Saxon times - known then as a big town with several ancient councils. Its full name is Cliffe-at-Hoo.

One advantage its fishermen enjoy over many other villages along this part of the Cornish coast is that the harbour faces east, away from the prevailing south-westerly gales.

The main road (A4136) skirts Longhope, and consequently the village remains a peaceful backwater.

Moving north-east of Waddesdon, the last two villages on this tour, Oving and Whitchurch, are on the Quainton- Whitchurch Hills, a ridge of Portland limestone that gives fine views over the Vale of Aylesbury

The village has a wealth of old houses, including a row of Kentish weatherboard cottages flanking the side of the parish church.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

Prior to the development of the coastal resort at Colwyn Bay in Victorian times, the old village, lying to the east and just inland from the coast, was known merely as Colwyn.

Wadhurst, a village about six miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells, was a centre of the iron industry during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Village 1908 Of the houses and cottages in this view, only the slate- roofed row with the chimney smoke survives.

Long Wittenham village is noted for its large number of late medieval cruck buildings - crucks are massive curved timbers that go from ground to ridge in one piece.

A view of the village of Whitekirk.

The village, which in parochial terms was originally bracketed together with Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt, which share the mother church of St Wilfred, lies some eight miles to the south

The village sits astride an ancient, pre-Roman trackway which ran from Burrough Camp, some six miles south of Melton Mowbray, into Nottinghamshire, with to its south the escarpment of the Wolds

Very close to Junction 19 on the M1 motorway, the village is unremarkable.

A small village at the western edge of St Leonards Forest, on the main road and railway line between Horsham and Crawley. Local legends say that dragons and serpents inhabited the forest.

Those built for the poor of Saltwood can be seen stretching back from the unusual and attractive village hall. This view is from the village green.

The village church is hidden behind the trees on the right. During the war the aerodrome was under the command of Bomber Command, and 101 Squadron was stationed there for several years.