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This tranquil scene shows the village pond with the reflection of the houses on its surface.

By the turn of the century the village was growing very quickly, although it was still far from urban sprawl.

The Post Office and stores, now painted white, is still a lifeline in this village south-west of St Austell.

Puttenham is the location of Surrey's last remaining hop garden, and the village is home to a number of artists and sculptors.

This was the main road through the village, before the advent of by-passes; we are looking back in the direction of Blackwater. This was the A327.

This is one of the six locations in the village where well dressing is carried out. For those interested in this ancient art, the dates coincide with those at Monyash. mentioned elsewhere.

The post office and shop are at the junction with the Haverhill Road and the village green. In the distance is a very fine 17th-century farmhouse with a jettied cross-wing.

Rayne is still a charming village with a long history, little changed from this photograph.

This is another view of Stanifield Lane, but further out from the village. The pre-war houses stand neat and square on the lane. Farington is a parish in South Ribble Borough.

Modern cleanliness - how different from the days when animals were driven or wandered through villages. Chalfont Cottage still had its thatch, but not for much longer after 1955.

A closer view of the church showing, in the foreground, the war memorial commemorating those men of the village who fell in the First and Second World Wars.

Alderholt was an ancient settlement even before the Saxons came to live here and gave the village a name.

As a coastal village it survived the worst excesses of William the Conqueror's reign.

Pantasaph was known for the large number of Roman Catholic institutions built in and around the village.

Only a mile or so from Petworth, the village of Byworth typifies the rural community in this Edwardian photograph.

Once on the high road between Axminster and Bridport, Charmouth has now been bypassed, but even so the traffic up the steep hill out of the village will never be as quiet as on the peaceful day

Many of the buildings in the village date from the 17th and 18th centuries. Here we see two old 17th-century thatched cottages in Church Street.

It is still the village post office.

Bridport remains the capital of west Dorset, attracting weekly shoppers from a number of local villages.

What could be more English than the stocks (now restored) on the village green, with the manor house in the background?

The site of the village has moved several times over the centuries, and the name means 'smooth' or 'level'.

The site of the village has moved several times over the centuries, and the name means 'smooth' or 'level'.

A local woman once had her own special coinage for use only in the village, and a framed specimen of a half token still survives today.

The George, built in 1598, was situated at the junction between the High Street, Market Street, and Fore Street, and was the main focal point of the village.