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Hollins Hill was built in 1909 by William Haworth, as a home for himself and his sister Anne.

A panoramic view of the town with the Priory ruins in the foreground and the tower of the church of St Thomas à Becket on the hill to the left. The Castle can be seen in the centre.

Holy Mountain, otherwise known as Skirrid Fawr, is one of the seven hills surrounding Abergavenny. Standing at 1,595ft, the summit offers extensive views across the county.

Looking down the street to the green hills of County Tyrone beyond. Note the kerbside petrol pumps on the right, a common Irish feature until recent times.

This fine view looks across the clock tower and Morton Crescent to the estuary of the River Exe, with Starcross and the Haldon Hills in the distance.

This fine view looks across the clock tower and Morton Crescent to the estuary of the River Exe, with Starcross and the Haldon Hills in the distance.

In the foreground are the buildings of the Royal Institute and the National Gallery, with Princes Street on the left behind the Scott Monument. Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.

Angel Hill was once the site of Bury Fair, but by 1955 it has been relegated to nothing more than a car park. The Angel Hotel gave its name to the square.

In 1919 Worthing had not yet sprawled up the valley below Salvington Hill, and you could look across to Cissbury Ring without the neat, but characterless, housing of Findon Valley in between.

The long straight character of the Shropshire Union canal is plain to see here. The builder, Thomas Telford, believed in cutting through hills and bridging valleys.

This view shows Ley's Avenue seen from the top of the sloping hill, a year after photograph No 75597, which provides a closer view of the large neo-Georgian-style buildings just visible in the previous

Cranham lies on the other side of Coopers Hill. It is a small village that today is located close to Prinknash Abbey, where monks still live and work.

This is an early view of Tunbridge Wells, with a lone cart ascending the hill beside the common, where early visitors like Queen Henrietta Maria had camped. The view is unmistakable, even today.

Bilston had a lock-making industry of sorts in the 16th century but it remained fairly static; along with Pontypool, Bilston was an early centre for japanning—the copying of Japanese goods by English

Yarcombe is situated in a beautiful fold of the Blackdown Hills, one of the least spoiled parts of East Devon.

Formerly named 'Hill of St Thomas' or 'Hilstret', it runs from St Thomas's Green to Market Street. Note the 'parked' carts to the left and the busy traffic!

Set below Pen y Corddyn Mawr, a Romano-British hill fort, these houses and cottages are a more recent addition to the ancient landscape of the North Wales coast.

Looking along Broadway with the statue of Alfred the Great clearly visible, this view shows Winchester Cathedral in all its glory. Notice the army barracks on the hill beyond.

The High Street is Aldeburgh's main area of activity, and from here the Town Steps lead off up a steep hill. Here grand houses enjoy a superb view overlooking the town and coastline below.

With a population of only about 250, Colerne is a small hill village with a superb church that has a slender Perpendicular west tower; it commands a magnificent elevation overlooking the village

Below Church Hill and the main street, Victoria Road provides us with our first glimpse of the sea and of the Moot Hall.

The view from the top of Grange Hill over the Dee Estuary on a summer's day can be quite breathtaking. What more fitting site for the town's war memorial?

South from Aysgarth we travel over the hills to the source of the Wharfe, and nestling below Buckden Pike we find this charming little village.

Fingle Bridge, typical of an old Dartmoor pack bridge, spans the River Teign.