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Henry II's 12th-century keep at Castleton, seen here from Cave Dale with Lose Hill in the background, was an obvious sign of the Norman's dominance of the Peak District.

Much of this lovely valley is now cloaked under a blanket of conifers, as are so many of the Lake District dales.

Low Row is one of several pretty villages which mark the length of Swaledale, many people's favourite among the Yorkshire Dales, with its spectacular scenery and long history of lead mining.

The traffic-free minor road meanders south between drystone walls through the dale, towards Grange and Rosthwaite.

The railed and culverted Thornton Beck runs through the village of Thornton Dale, east of Pickering on the edge of the North York Moors.

The bus is heading for Linton, a scenic village in the Yorkshire Dales.

Dale & Green are still here but have opened new premises nearby. The Vaults now have a large 'Worthington' sign above the door though James Thorpe's name is still highlighted.

Described as the quietest spot in the dale, this is where Benedictine nuns chose to build their priory in 1158. The Dissolution forced closure in 1539, and the chancel now lies in ruins.

Horse-drawn trams, hackney carriages and heavy-wheeled goods carts rattle along the stone setts of Dale Street, passing some of the city's major financial and commercial buildings.

Ingleborough Cave is one of the major show caverns of the Yorkshire Dales. We are in the iron-gated entrance passage, looking out from inside the cave.

Note the building and heaps of lime in the foreground of the picture - Middleton Dale was once the site of many lime-burning kilns.

The mock timbered gables of Red House at Darley Dale are now home to a horse and coaching museum, which runs coach-and-fours through the grounds of nearby Chatsworth House for visitors during

Ingleton is a gateway town to the Dales, and it became a major tourist centre when the railway arrived in 1885.

When this photograph was taken, the pantiled old forge at Thornton Dale on the A170 east of Pickering had already diversified into pottery, postcards and gifts, as well as the more traditional metalwork

By the mid 1950s, tourism was starting to occupy a more important position in the Dales economy, alongside the traditional industries of farming and lead mining.

By now the motorcar and charabanc had put Skipton firmly on the map as the principal southern gateway to the Dales.

This distant view was taken from the north of the linear village of Darley Dale, which spreads along the A6 north of Matlock on the road to Bakewell.

The shop on the extreme right complete with elegant spherical lighting is Dale, Forty & Co Ltd.

In this later view, taken a little further south-west from photograph 26717, Dales' premises, Lindum House, on the corner of Wellington Road, has been rebuilt, but the former hotel beyond, now shops, can

With the High Street to the left, and two little girls (right) posing with all the assurance of modern models outside the villa adjoining Dale's ornamental shop entrance, a cart stands at the beginning

West Witton lies in the shadow of Pen Hill on the southern side of the dale. In the distance on the extreme right we can just see the 16th-century tower of the parish church of St Bartholomew.

Malham is one of the great showplaces of the Yorkshire Dales, with its scenic splendours of Malham Cove and Gordale Scar, carved in limestone.

This small settlement to the south of Bakewell lies between Halldale and Darley Dale and, architecturally at least, has little to commend it.

By this date the motorcar and charabanc had put Skipton firmly on the map as the principal southern gateway to the Dales.