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The site of the old village blacksmith's has been developed for the modern needs of visitors to the area with a filling station, motor repairs, teas and guest-house.

Standing on a hilltop, Aynho is Northamptonshire's most southerly village, and one of its most picturesque.

The village church, dedicated to St Nicholas, is Norman in origin and was partially rebuilt during the 13th century.Within a few decades the church was extended; the west tower with its octagonal spire

A delightful picture of Bures, a pleasing collection of villages which straddle the river Stour and the county boundary with Suffolk.This picture shows the type of architecture so common hereabouts

The Rock Hotel still stands in the village of Haytor Vale, providing refreshment for tourists just as it once did for the local writer and eccentric Beatrice Chase.

A later king, Charles II, hid here briefly during his escape from the Battle of Worcester.The heart of the village is the steep main street, lined with some splendid bow-windowed cottages.

This marvellous image encapsulates the changes taking place in Llanfairfechan and similar villages at this time.

Great Bardfield once had market rights, but it is now a quiet village. The fountain in Brook Street (left) was installed in 1861 by Henry Smith of Bardfield Hall.

Situated at the top of a hill, Paul is the mother village for Mousehole down below.

Eric Parker was quite dismissive about Milford, describing it as 'less a village than a road', and having 'some pollarded elms and dusty jasmine'.

New villas sprang up along the front at Kents Bank on the Kent Estuary as the village became popular as a holiday resort.

Although it only has a small population, Clun is always referred to as a town rather than a village.

Peeping above the rooftops of the village is the sturdy medieval tower of Headley's All Saints' church (left).

Chawton is relatively quiet today, but at one time the A31 ran through the centre of the village, with traffic thundering past Jane Austen's home.

This little village on the edge of Ashdown Forest was a centre of the Wealden iron industry. It once had three foundries, the last of which became a gunpowder mill in 1849.

Pevsner described Netley as 'a Victorian period piece'; its streets of neat family villas and rows of renovated ter- raced cottages overlooking Southampton Water are certainly striking.

This attractive thatched building still houses the village post office, except that it has moved to the right, where we can see a pram and a dog.

The Butter Cross in the centre of Kirkby Malzeard, north west of Ripon, was the traditional venue for the village's famous Sword Dance, now rarely performed.

This photograph looks from the Old School down the A359 to the bridge over the Yeo, where a muddy ford once gave the village its name; this scene has little changed.

The Village 1908 This view of quarrymen's cottages is an echo of a long-gone past for this area. It is now very much a tourist mecca.

The forty-five mile route takes the visitor through historic villages and on to Lancaster Castle via the Trough of Bowland.

Here we see the as yet undeveloped village and waterfront from the pier. Behind the cart is the Ship and Castle Hotel: compare it with view No 52230.

Thirteen years before this photograph of Sandhurst was taken, the village police station was completed in memory of some of Sandhurst's older residents.

Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.