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Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

The various advertisements outside the newsagent's on the right add to the period flavour of this village centre scene.

Unlike Formby village, there is little evidence of homes being converted to shops here.

Viewed from above the River Roeburn, the scene overlooks the roofs of the village cottages, most of which were put up during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Originally a small fishing village renowned for oysters, crabs and lobsters, Hamble was later to become a sprawling community with the accent on leisure and the aircraft industry.

The village is certainly one of Devon's prettiest, not least for its setting, strung in a series of hamlets around the junction of several pastoral and wooded combes.

The horses serve to remind us of the agricultural nature of these villages: Great Easton was entirely engaged in growing cereal crops and soft fruits.

The Ordnance Survey department has declared Dunsop Bridge to be the village nearest to the exact centre of the British Isles.

Nowadays, deemed the prettiest village in England, it relies on tourism for its income.

Interestingly, from the mid-1930s the village had a direct and frequent Green Line Coach link with Aldgate in the City of London.

Earls Colne is a large industrial village on the A604: silk-winding, brick-making, seed-growing, and iron-founding have all taken place here.

When the village policeman Joe England retired from duty he moved here and converted the cottages to one dwelling.

Elmore Cottages still command the High Road opposite the village pond and crossroads but have been extended on the south side where the fence on the flint wall has been removed.

The village sits below the North Downs on the main road between Dorking and Reigate.

Byfleet is the last village that the River Wey passes before it joins the Thames at Weybridge.

Holker is very much an estate village for workers on the estate of the Cavendish family, who have been here since 1756. The Hall was originally built in the early 17th century.

The Village 1909 A handsome farm cart stands in the yard of a timber-framed two-storey building, in this small hamlet on the road between Tenterden and Hythe.

This is the original nucleus of Borth village from which picture No 30253 was taken (page 59).

Nestling in the borough of Maidstone, this village is made up of three main streets.

The village rose to prosperity as a cloth making centre, but when the Industrial Revolution shifted production from weavers' cottages to industrial factories, Uley's fortunes went into decline.

Farmers' markets are not only held in villages! These enterprising retailers are taking advantage of a captive market on the Broads.

The early 18th-century Bell Inn on the Eastbourne Road was one of several important staging inns in this village when Cobbett came here in 1822 and lauded it as being beautiful.

The factory buildings in this picture have gone, and today this sprawling village is popular with those who work in Andover and commute daily to London.

Village residents stare at the camera; over to the left stands the premises of W Wright, draper and outfitter.