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On the village green, the memorial is mounted on to the pedestal of an old cross. The church of St Cuthbert is dedicated to that saint as he is thought to have stayed in the hamlet.

West of the crossroads, Church Street runs north from Frilford Road, behind the camera, to the church, glimpsed to the left of the big tree at the far end.

In the 12th century Friern Barnet belonged to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and the church, notwithstanding extensive mid 19th-century additions, dates from around that time.

The pretty village of Shackleford, west of Godalming, has a mixture of houses in different styles, as evidenced here by the creeper-clad building on the right, the tall-chimneyed cottages with their neatly

Main Street here leads up to Beeford Road in the direction of the 13th-century church of All Saints, with its circular churchyard. This road also leads to the remains of the old castle.

Only the steam train (centre) interrupts the tranquillity of this scene. This view from Grip Wood shows the rear of the Tithe Barn, which defines the southern edge of Barton Manor Farm.

Here we see the river bridges and Nag's Head island, which separates the main river on the right and the back water on its left.

The Six Bells on the right is the last remaining public house in the village. It was built in the 16th century, and over the years is has been renovated, rebuilt and extended.

Still close to the Yorkshire county boundary and south- west of Harworth, Oldcotes village is situated at the crossroads of the A634 and A60; Main Street runs east from the A60 Doncaster Road

This lovely thatched, half-timbered inn has stood on this site, alongside the connecting road from Birkenhead to Neston, since 1611.

Here we see a rural scene in a fold of the Downs - now much more wooded and obscured by trees. A stack yard is in the foreground, with round and rectangular corn ricks.

To the right is Church House, which shortly before this view was taken had ceased to be a farmhouse; the flint walls in front are remnants of its barns, retained as boundary walls.

This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller.

Crossing the River Clun in the valley is the most delightful medieval bridge, which we can see here just beyond the white van.

The Bethesda Baptist Chapel is seen in all its glory on the right.

The much-expanded village rests on an ancient site - the remains of a Roman house were found here, and the church has Saxon foundations.

Three years after William Cobbett rode through this stretch of countryside in August 1823, the Dale family came to Aldhurst Farm.

Sad to say, the fine thatched house and barn have not survived; only the row of Rose Cottages stand today as a reminder of the tiny village of Wyddial.

Here we have another view of the village, with its cottages and barns built in its local sandstone.

On the right, just above the Trustee Savings Bank, is the New Day furniture store; the building is now occupied by the 'Burnley Express'.

Cosby presents a most unusual configuration for a Leicestershire village, which with care and attention over the years could have been described as picturesque.

Note the fine heavy chimney stack. The cottages are now shops, but the timber-framed gabled range adjacent remains in residential use.

By now, the High Street was crammed with houses: all the plots had been filled.

Edwin Chadwick was in charge of the government campaign to sanitize towns and cities by cleaning up the water supply and trying to improve the habits of the growing populace.