FOR this week's selection of pictures drawn from The Northern Echo's photo-archive, we've looked in the packets that are dedicated to the villages to the west of Northallerton. All the villages have intriguing names, many of them ending in "by", which indicates they were once the homestead of a Viking invader. Then, while looking for something else, we stumbled upon the aerial shot of Croft bridge, which nearly fits the topic so we've included it, as well. If you can provide any information about the pictures, or they trigger any memories, please email chris.lloyd@nne.co.uk