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Prees is a small village that sits beside the road linking Shrewsbury and Whitchurch.

The Village Sweet Shop and Hailey's have gone, and this very pretty building, which hides a 17th-century timber frame behind its brick skin, is now a restaurant, to which has been added a not very beautiful

This is a very busy part of the village, which is not surprising - it was possible to purchase so many essential and varied items here.

Although Laughton Common is a 19th-century mining village, its neighbour has a medieval feel. In the Domesday Book, the village is reported to have 33 villeins.

In contrast with the western side of the Wirral Peninsula, the towns and villages of the east have become one continuous conurbation because of their proximity to the River Mersey and Liverpool.

Teffont, 10 miles west of Salisbury, is the combination of the villages of Teffont Evias and Teffont Magna; both have small churches maintained and still in use by the whole combined parish of

The spire of St Mary's dominates the village and the surrounding countryside. It has overlooked pleasure, tragedy and, it is said, the supernatural.

In the summer time and on Bank Holidays, you could be an hour just getting through this mile-long village.

Tollesbury is a large maritime village whose green has long since become a grassless square.

The Norman church of St Giles is at the north end of the village. Along a footpath nearby is a well-restored watermill with a wooden overshot waterwheel.

The church has no accompanying village, for Lord Liverpool, who owned the estate in the 1830s, eventually succeeded in removing the village in the interests of his privacy, rebuilding it near the railway

East of Crowborough the tour reaches Wadhurst, once a village of importance in the Wealden iron industry and now a quiet and typical High Weald village.

The village of Hampstead Norris nestles in a shallow valley, the buildings dominated by the short broad tower of St Mary's church in the background.

Miss Matilda Talbot donated Lacock Abbey, together with most of the village, Manor Farm and Bewley Common, to the National Trust between 1944 and 1946.

From suburban West Bridgford we move east along the A52 to Radcliffe, its village centre some 300 yards south of the River Trent.

The village lies just off the old Great North Road, whose dual carriageway successor passes it half a mile to the west.

This beautiful house would seem to be such an important asset to the village, but like so many others, all trace of it has now gone.

I first visited the village many years ago for its superb Norman parish church.

It is still busy, of course, but much more endurable, and the village has regained much of its quality of life.

The River Thames curves eastward north of the village and then converges towards Church Street, some of whose gardens have a water frontage.

This village of great beauty is said to be the most photographed in Hertfordshire.

Much of the village lies on the north bank of the Thames, in the vicinity of the Henley road.

This elevated village stands at 1000ft above sea level a mile and a half from the steel town of Stocksbridge. A medieval manor overlooked the deep valley; its porter's lodge and archway remain.

East Blatchington village has changed radically since this view was taken. St Peter's Church is still there.