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Before the coming of tourism, Torquay was an obscure fishing hamlet, its villagers scratching a living from the sea, smuggling and lime burning.

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but now relied on agriculture and quarrying. In 1902 the railway finally came to Grassington with the opening of a line to Skipton.

At the other end of the extended village of Gronant, before the area was given over to holiday accommodation and caravans, the post office not only sold stamps but also petrol and paraffin.

Youngsters enjoy the sunshine and calm just before the outbreak of war in this quiet village 8 miles from Leyburn. Little has changed over the years.

This is the old part of the village close to the church. Despite post Second World War development, several thatched cottages have survived to the present day.

Boot and shoe repairs are undertaken in these premises in one of the back yards in the cramped village of Mousehole. Perhaps it is Mr Jeffery himself who is posing at the steps in the foreground.

The post office stores stands on a corner in the centre of the village near the church, and is still trading today.

These old buildings give a typical view of the village as it was then - and as it is today. Indeed, little has changed, save the re-routing of the main road that ran through the centre.

Here the old village lock-up is pictured with two boys. The building, whose simple Doric doorcase we see here, stands near the council offices at the end of Glynne Way, and dates from the 1740s.

The name of the village comes from 'Hudemanebi', a Scandinavian word meaning 'the farm of dog keepers'.

The Fishpond has been a central feature of Matlock Bath since the village became an important resort and spa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The village, 3 miles east of Bedale, grew up around Scruton Hall, and contains a church, a rectory and a manor house. Scruton Hall was built in the Queen Anne style; it was demolished in 1956.

Painswick was a market centre for the smaller villages along the valley.

In the early years of this century the village included an apothecary, a butcher's shop with traditional glazed tiles, a forge, dairy, a shoe-maker and an undertaker's.

Two men, a young child and a dog outside the Half Moon Inn provide the only sign of life in the village centre.

Despite the fact that the railway which brought the village resort status in 1898 closed in 1959, Mundesley's quiet popularity has remained.

Thatched cottages abound in this view; at this time, Trumpington was a village separate from Cambridge.

Port Isaac is one of Cornwall's least spoilt fishing villages; it grew up around the head of the sheltered harbour. There is a trading boat on the beach, either discharging coal or loading slate.

As a holiday village, what we see here has to be one of the first examples of parking problems anywhere!

North of Leyburn is the manorial village of Bellerby. Here the stream runs through the broad green in the centre. Around it are farm cottages, and in the middle distance stands the Old Hall.

Every town, village and hamlet had its market place; Pocklington market is still held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The attraction of Studland is not only the attractive beach and picturesque coastal scenery, but also the wild heathland around the village.

Here the expanding village can be seen from the Llangattock side of the Usk. To the left, a diagonal road of houses rises en route to Llanbedr.

The village slipway, up and down which fishing boats are still hauled to protect them from winter storms, is down the road to the left.