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This view shows the village spread out on the Fylde plain, an area prone to flooding. On the hill stood Preesall village school.

Outside the Higher Clovelly post office, postman Roy Fisher accepts the sacks of local post from the Bideford van.

This Cotswold stone hostelry takes its name from the nearby village of Amberley, which boasts a number of literary associations.

Ramblers (right) head for the hills, striding purposefully out past the Rayburne Hotel and Cafe in the centre of Coniston village.

Perhaps the best-known feature of Burnsall is its magnificent, five-arched stone bridge across the River Wharfe, seen here from the river.

Its accessibility from the towns and cities of the Midlands has made Bourton a favourite day out. The village scarcely seems despoiled by having so many admirers.

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

To the east of the village, we see a timeless view of an industry wiped out by the growth of the national railway system.

Though Fawkham was given a station on the LC & DR railway in the late 19th century it has retained its unspoilt charm and tranquillity.

The small area of ground in the fork in the road was donated to the village by Major Anthony Buxton DSO, JP of Horsey Hall.

The east end of Brimington's 19th-century parish church is just visible behind the trees in this view of the centre of the village, between Chesterfield and Staveley.

Littleham became fashionable during the Georgian period when such notables as Lady Nelson, who was estranged from her naval hero husband, came to live in the village.

The view from the roof of Bent's Brewery. In the 12th century there was an Augustinian priory in the village.

The Post Office had occupied these premises since the 1930s. The brick building on the other side of the road was the school, which had been in the adjacent white house until 1851.

To the left, children cycle in the road; others sit on benches or the pavement. A cyclist makes his way to Mid Hants Supply Stores in the centre of the village.

The whitewashed façade of the Rose and Crown Hotel is a landmark on the main road through Wensleydale in the village of Bainbridge, once the 'capital' of Upper Wensleydale, which was known in the 12th

The focus of Cutcombe is now Wheddon Cross. Here in the old part of the village were once shops, a school and a pub. A Victorian post box sits in the wall on the right, out of view.

Heading north-east we come to Wisbech St Mary, which is built alongside the New River, which takes the water of the Nene to the huge pumping station at Denver Sluice.

This unusual view is taken through the east window of the south aisle, with the chancel to the right.

Looking down the hill from above the station, we see the bridge carrying the Settle- Carlisle railway line running along the edge of the village.

The village of Longdon lies on the western edge of some high ground, separating Longdon Marsh from the River Severn.

A fair that used to be held every August (to mark St Peter's Day) lapsed during the Great War. The small dark shed on the left is in fact a 19th-century lock-up.

This pleasant village on the Trent & Mersey Canal was a popular stop-off point for old boatmen: the pubs in the village were the main attraction. The church is mainly 13th- and 14th-century.

Cosby brook runs through the centre of this pleasant village, which is a doorstep to the city; the village was the first in the county to have a conservation area.