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This part of south Derbyshire did not have the abundant stone for its buildings which the north of the county enjoyed, so many villages have a definitely Midlands, rather than northern, feel about them

Taken from outside St Mary of the Angels, the village's Catholic church, this view looks along The Nook past 17th- and early 18th-century houses.

The cottages of the village are shown to the right.

Britford is a tiny village just outside Salisbury to the south east.

Barnt Green is a rare village in this series in that instead of the number of shops on the main street declining, here they have actually increased.

The village school beyond has given way to Waitrose.

Taken at the western end of the village, this photograph shows the Jolly Farmer pub on the right. It was formerly known as the Wheatsheaf.

The farmhouse, now a private house, still stands at the junction of the High Street and Cardigan Road in the centre of the village.

Fewer than six miles from Fowey, Polperro is first recorded as being a fishing village in 1303.

Here we have an early morning scene in a busy little village.

This picture depicts an old watermill in a picturesque setting just outside the village. Over to the right is a horse- drawn mowing machine.

The village of Pyecombe lies close to a long railway tunnel which passengers on the London to Brighton line will know well.

Note the intricately carved screen, the work of the famous Hunstone family of wood-carvers from the village, which is affectionately known locally as 'Tidser'.

The village church is seen here from the Gothic, six-arched river bridge of 1864, which links Clifton Hampden with the Barley Mow inn.

As with many Victorian villages, the station here was a fair distance from the place it purported to serve. Much obscured by the delivery lorry is the Railway Hotel.

Time stands still in this peaceful view of the village; but on 12 March 1470, the Battle of Loscote Field, one of many during the Wars of the Roses, was fought in the parish.

Kimmeridge clay bricks, used to rebuild the village after it was badly damaged by fire in the 19th century, were made behind the Wheatsheaf.

It is another of the village churches built of the limestone from the ridge that acts as a spine all the way through Lincolnshire from Stamford up to the river Humber.

Ampleforth is probably best known for its Roman Catholic boys' school situated to the east of the village, founded by Benedictine monks in 1808 and based on their abbey.

Cheddar Gorge is dry, but here at the end of the village the River Yeo emerges from its subterranean course.

A sylvan charm is certainly evident in this scene, one enhanced by the beck which flows through the village before joining the River.

Livestock including sheep, cattle, poultry as well as agricultural produce were the mainstay of the villages surrounding Penrith until relatively recent times.

It brought new trade to outlying village hostelries such as this one at Tirril.

The excavated undressed stones can be seen with the tower of the village church just behind the trees.