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The war memorial stands on the triangular village green in the area within the railings, (far left).

The photographer has captured a sleepy Thames-side village just on the point of modernising to meet new demands from the middle classes, who were building along the river and around the villages.

Here we have a panoramic view of this lovely village, whose handloom weavers produced some of England's finest broadcloth in the 18th century.

Totton, Eling's larger neighbour, once claimed the title of the 'largest village in Hampshire' - though it has expanded so much in recent years that by no stretch of the imagination could it still be

Situated at what is now the southern end of this expanded village, the church with its elegant recessed spire dates for the greater part from the earlier 15th century.

In a well-treed setting, the church is seen from the west. This small elevated village lies about a mile to the north-east of Melton Mowbray on the A607 Grantham road.

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.

A little to the north of the Thames and beyond Staines is the village of Stanwell.

Cudworth was never a pit village, although it is surrounded by collieries at Monk Bretton (opened in 1870), Carlton (1879), Grimethorpe (1897), Frickley (1905) and Ferrymoor (1917).

Perched on a steep hill, the photographer has done justice to this picturesque view just off the Heads of the Valleys Road.

The village takes its name from a corruption of the words 'Frome Town'. This graceful arched bridge over the River Frome has wooden rails, which still guard the road.

Situated to the south of the village, close to the Trent, this hotel was convenient for Repton School, 1½ miles away across the river.

Here we see the old bridge and the mill.

Abbotsbury, situated at the western end of Chesil Beach, is most famous for its swannery, the waters of the Fleet often being turned white with hundreds of birds.

The overhanging first-floor jetties of the whitewashed houses add to the medieval charm of the village, which is a favourite of the many visitors to the Lake District.

The village has long been famous for Basing House, a ruined building reduced to rubble by Cromwell and his army during the Civil War.

Thirty years before this photograph was taken, the village had been devastated by a dreadful flood when two dams, the Eigau and the Coedty, broke after a fortnight of torrential rain.

This wooden bridge was built over the River Llugwy so that the miners living in the village of Pentre Du could get to the lead mines of the Gwydir Forest.

The Church 1898. The village of Yapton lies between Bognor Regis and Littlehampton. Note the church's jumble of unusual angles and architectural styles.

Newick is situated halfway between two great Christian centres of worship—Canterbury and Winchester—so the village was used as a resting-place for pilgrims.

The view eastwards from Higher Sea Kabe (left) looks across a pastoral Charmouth before the village extended to the sea.

Viewed from the post office, this memorial to Queen Victoria is known as the Pepperpot because of its shape.

This view northwards along the Mersey shoreline towards Eastham Pier shows one of the Mersey ferries alongside.

Butt's Farmhouse on the green was a medieval open hall. In the 17th century a chimney stack was inserted into the hall, and a cross wing built to the left. The small brick extension was a shop.