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Helsby Hill totally dominates all views of the village that sits below.

This is a close-up of the statue of St Hubert on the post office.

Occupying a hill-top, Preesall grew as a small market around a corn mill and two pubs, both of which are shown here, the Black Bull and the Saracen's Head.

Axmouth's harbour, a mile from the heart of the village, is as picturesque as when the Frith photographers took this series of photographs.

The old Mill House (centre) was demolished in 1966.

St Lawrence's stands on Meriden Hill, aloof from most of the community it serves, but close to a small cluster of old houses and with views towards Coventry.

The origins of this rambling building, which overlooks the main street, lie in a 15th-century farmhouse, and until the New Inn was built in the 1640s, it also served the village as its ale-house.

Here we see the 19th-century cottages of the village; the older part is well inland, and the newer development stretches from the old centre towards the sea.

This was definitely a traffic-free zone when the photographer called! The village shop (right) stands slightly higher than the terraced houses on either side, and all are built in local stone.

To the right is the fresh new Triumph Herald 1200 coupe. It had a 25-foot turning circle. The A31 runs through the village, which stands between Farnham and Alton.

Two lads enjoy the view from the hillside above Newby Bridge, the small village at the southern end of Windermere, with the low south Lakeland hills in the background.

Moving east, the route passes through Whitchurch on its way back to Aylesbury.

Two miles south east of Rotherham,Whiston was a large village by the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

The Portland villages of Castleton, Fortuneswell and Chesil now form the largest urban settlement where the Isle meets the causeway from the mainland.

We are looking east down the broad, U-shaped valley of Swaledale from the oddly-named village of Low Row.

The Post Office C1960 Bransgore, north of Christchurch, grew over the years as a sprawling residential village.

Ollerton village was at the crossroads of three major routes, and its inns catered for the coaching trade, but now, mercifully, it is by-passed and tranquil.

This village, described in the 19th century as 'hamlet of beggarly cottages', was built around a castle. All that remains is an earth mound.

During the Second World War villagers were evacuated from many villages around the South Hams so that the district could become a D-Day training ground for American troops, who would practise landings

This charming village on the river Derwent is dominated by the grounds of Chatsworth House. This section of the area is the old village known as Nether End.

Farm buildings in the heart of the village bear testimony to a time when most villagers worked on the land.

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

The Civic Restaurant was also the village hall.

This 15th-century market cross stands in the centre of the village. The right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair was granted in 1227. These continued to be held until the 1960s.