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The influx of mine workers brought with it an expansion of the village. New Houses was built in 1788, and Fawside Green and Dudley Place in 1790.

Poltross Burn, which flows through the middle of the village, marks the border between Northumberland and Cumbria.

Monton had been a separate village until the incorporation of Eccles, when it was taken under the new council's wing. Monton Green is also the name of the road in our photograph.

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.

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

East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs.

East of Camberley, the route moves on to the villages between Bagshot and Guildford along the A322 on the east side of the sandy heathland of the Bagshot Sands; on the map we see army firing

Moving west, the route passes through Merstham, a village of two parts: the older part lies west of the railway, and to its east is a large former London County Council housing estate of the 1950s

This photograph is unfortunate in that it makes the village look a lit- tle ramshackle, but in fact it was rather smart.

The flax mill at Cod Beck is now a Youth Hostel, while the old School Room of 1836 is now the Village Hall. Lady Chapel, above the village, is 600 years old.

An expansive village, it sits on the River Devon, about a mile north of the Grantham Canal of 1797. This view looks south, away from the church.

The busy A428 Northampton to Bedford Road winds through the village from west to east, curving round the parish churchyard's rubblestone retaining walls.

This chapter's tour finishes with an architectural flourish in Albury, a village still blighted by the A25.

Another of the surrounding parishes into which Bridport borough expanded, Bothenhampton lies to the south-east, with a deep-cut village street which has left a dense cluster of terraces standing

The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten. Here we see the main street.

Moorsholm's one village shop is shown here on the right. The High Street becomes Freebrough Road and leads out on to the

Although the base of the building may be older, the village pound, or lock-up, was certainly in use during Victorian times.

The half-timbered village hall, with its adjacent rows of almshouses, overlooks this peaceful scene with its curiously maternal architecture.

Fittleworth is a picturesque village of fine old houses, commons and fir woods. On the left of the picture is the Swan, a 14th-century coaching inn with a sign spanning the main road.

In the 1950s a new and busy road separated the two villages of Little and Great Eccleston.

So often forgotten by travellers through Hertfordshire, Wareside is one of the county's prettiest villages.

Chailey (thought to mean `clearing in the gorse`) is a village that straddles the A272.

In the background (centre) is the Methodist chapel, a common feature of most former lead mining villages in the White Peak.

Located in a remote region north of Petworth, the village was originally formed in a clearing in the woods. The local wealden clay district is remarkable for large oak trees.