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Peeping above the rooftops of the village is the sturdy medieval tower of Headley's All Saints' church (left).

Chawton is relatively quiet today, but at one time the A31 ran through the centre of the village, with traffic thundering past Jane Austen's home.

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece'; its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated ter- raced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

Older buildings in the High Street date from the 15th to the 17th centuries.

The Butter Cross in the centre of Kirkby Malzeard, north west of Ripon, was the traditional venue for the village's famous Sword Dance, now rarely performed.

This photograph looks from the Old School down the A359 to the bridge over the Yeo, where a muddy ford once gave the village its name; this scene has little changed.

The Village 1908 This view of quarrymen's cottages is an echo of a long-gone past for this area. It is now very much a tourist mecca.

'The Square' seems rather a grand name for this scene. Only the central rump of this row of cottages survives today in the village, and is barely recognizable from the photograph.

Another iron-making village, situated on a tributary of the River Mole, Leigh (pronounced 'Lye') is centred on this demure, triangular village green with its covered pump.

The name of this village is actually pronounced 'Beeley', and presumably honey production was once important here.

Purton was a small settlement to the west of Swindon.

Bransgore, north of Christchurch, grew over the years as a sprawling residential village.

From Saxon times Feckenham was the administrative centre for the Forest of Feckenham, which once covered most of north Worcestershire.

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

The area just to the side of Staithes Harbour is known as Seaton Garth. Note the high sea defence wall.

Non-conformist places of worship, such as this Baptist chapel erected in 1876 at Cononley, just south of Skipton in Airedale, are common in the villages of the Yorkshire Dales, reflecting the stubbornly

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

The village's assets attract visitors and shoppers, whilst the River Soar brings in canal cruisers. Of its sizeable population, many commute to surrounding East Midland towns.

This village was so called because from here it was easy to wade across the Wantsum, the stretch of sea that created the Isle of Thanet.

Five bridges span the River Windrush in the village. The most recent commemorates the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

Picturesque stone cottages line the main street through the village, which climbs from a bridge over Downham Beck to St Leonard's Church.

This photograph shows the village end of the Beach Road, with two general stores, both carrying many advertisement signs.

This footbridge is still to be found in the village. The young man may be delivering post, judging by his bag.

The Greg family lived nearby at Norcliffe Hall, which was built in the Elizabethan style.