Village Collection (page 89)

German Country Dance
Country dance in a German village

French Harvest Festival
In the Touraine, the end of the harvest is the occasion for celebration - a feast for the farmworkers and a ball in the village square

Chinese Shrine
A little rustic pagoda outside a village

Ashdown Forest - 1928
Ashdown Forest in East Sussex

Moustiers Sainte Marie
Picturesque provencal village; the star suspended between two cliffs dates from the Crusades, though it has periodically fallen and been replaced

Church in Shere, Surrey
A lovely corner in the village of Shere, leading to its fine old church

England / Ospinge
Ospinge, a small village in Kent, England, notable for containing a stream flowing down the road, called, most appropriately, Water Lane

England / Eynesford
Boys fishing for tiddlers, watched by a cyclist in plus fours in the village of Eynsford, in the Darent Valley, Kent, England

Cottage Life in Warwickshire: Baking Day
Illustration from 1872 showing a scene in a Warwickshire village with women baking bread. Small rural communities would often have only one bread oven which would be fired up on specific days to bake

Sokotra, Yemen
The village and bay of Tamara, on the island of Sokotra (variously spelt)

Jaffa from the Sea
Jaffa from the sea - hardly more than a village in the mid-nineteenth century !

Two Cute Lambs
Two cute lambs play together on a village green

England / Wroxton 1940S
A little boy in shorts and braces chats to a man on a motorcycle around the pond at Wroxton, a picturesque village full of thatched cottages, in Oxfordshire, England

Kirghiz School Russia
A village school among the Kirghiz nomads of the Ural mountains, Russia

Scotland / Palnachie
A view of the main street in the little village of Palnachie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Ducklington Oxfordshire
VILLAGE SCENE A peaceful scene at Ducklington, Oxfordshire, showing the school-house beside the duckpond

ROBIN HOODs BAY 1940S
Idiosyncratic coastal village in North Yorkshire, with a history of smuggling, but little to prove the myth that Robin Hood kept a boat in the bay to make a quick sea escape

Japanese village street
Cherry trees are in blossom in spring in this Japanese village street

Thatched Cottages 1940S
A row of lovely traditional English thatched cottages in the picturesque village of Ashby St. Ledger, Northamptonshire, with its Gunpowder Plot connections

England / Blockley 1940S
Blockley, Worcestershire, England, a quiet and peaceful village in the stone-built Cotswolds

The Village of Cheddar
The viallge of Cheddar, Somerset, with its lake beside the road leading up to the famous Gorge

Couple on Beach / 1950S
A scene at the little costal village of Moelfre, Isle of Anglesey, Wales. A couple sit and enjoy the view

Chenies Village, Bucks
A man reads a map while his bicycle leans against one of the beech trees in the quiet village of Chenies, Buckinghamshire

Arlington Row, Bibury
These cottages on Arlington Row, Bibury, Gloucestershire, England, are fine examples of Cotswold architecture and were originally a wool store dating back to the 14th century

Old Shanklin Village
Old Shanklin village on the Isle of Wight, England, with its charming thatched cottages, one of the many delightful villages on the island

England / Spaldwick
The pretty village of Spaldwick, Cambridgeshire, England

Village in Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 1875
Engraving of a village in Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, as encountered by the crew of HMS Challenger, 1875. A native canoe, with outrigger float, can be seen in front of the village

Social / Spanish Peasant
A young peasant man decides to leave village life for the city

Hottentot Village 1806
A Hottentot village, South Africa

Racial / Pawnee Village
Riccaree (Pawnee) village on the Upper Missouri river

A Senegal Village
A village in Senegal, West Africa

Benin Village Scene
Village scene in Benin - a high-ranking citizen with his attendants

Hottentot Village
Hottentot village in the Orange Free State

Racial / Russia / Bashkirs
Bashkirs in their village

Village Fencibles or County Recruits
Village Fencibles / or County Recruits

Village Cavalry practising in a farm yard

England / Kegworth
The village of Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, including some derelict and rather run-down buildings

England / Saffron Walden
Timbered and plastered houses which line the streets of Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Dorset Cottages
A quiet byway of Corfe, Dorset, England, the village dominated by the ruins of its famous Castle, which can be seen in the background

Cavalry Horses Drinking
Three cavalrymen stop to water their horses at a drinking trough on the outskirts of a village, during manoeuvres

Cricket Match 1853
A village cricket match. Date: 1853

Japanese Fishermen / Boat
Japanese fishermen at Honamuku, near Yokohama, launch their bulky boat into a river

The South Downs
The rolling South Downs, seen from above the old Sussex village of Alfriston

Boy & Sandbags 1940S
A boy holds his gas mask case outside St. Marks church hall, West Wickham, Kent. The sandbags are to soften the blow of any air raid attacks. (Modern photo, taken in 2000)

England / Bosham
Bosham, near Chichester, Sussex, where King Canute tried (but failed!) to command the tide not to come in. A quaint corner of this old village, once a great sea port

Yorkshire Cottage
A woman on the doorstep of her cottage, in the corner of the old Yorkshire village of Kilburn. Her bicycle, with its shopping basket, is at the garden gate

Sussex Cottages
A charming row of cottages in the pretty village of Cowfold, Sussex, England

Bushmen in Village
A community of Bushmen of South Africa

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