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Looking north into the distance, one can see the oncoming, creeping tide of housing development which now links Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne together.

The Rev W H Thornton, vicar of North Bovey in the latter half of the 19th century, was initially less than impressed with his flock: 'My new parishioners were very turbulent people ... the women were awful

At one time the county boundary, now defined by the River Tamar two miles to the north, ran between the two villages, and the old boundary stone can still be seen beside the road.

The Camel rises north of Camelford on the edge of Bodmin Moor, and is one of Cornwall's best salmon rivers - a 34lb specimen was caught in the twenties.

Continuing north, away from the sea, we reach Southend Airport.This was used during both World Wars. By the early 1960s journeys to the Continent were becoming increasingly popular.

It has achieved popularity with visitors who wish to explore the far north of Dorset and the neighbouring county of Wiltshire.

North of the village lies the site of Sele Priory, established by William de Braose and now occupied by the vicarage.

Garrigill is a typical North Pennine village, clustered defensively around its central green in which stock would be gathered in time of attack.

This hotel sits just to the north of Holmes Chapel on the main road to Knutsford.

Osmotherley on the eastern edge of the North York Moors is perhaps best known to walkers as the usual starting point of the marathon 40-mile Lyke Wake Walk, which crosses the moors by their highest points

The first village settlement was around a huge green beside the Car Dyke, a Roman ditch that connected Cambridge with Peterborough and the north.

Ingoldisthorpe is an open village on the sandy soils of north-west Norfolk.

The area between the south bank of the Tyne and the north bank of the Wear was transformed during the 19th century as coal mines opened and communities grew around them.

Our journey up the Great North Road ends here.

The Walk continues north towards Dawlish for nearly two miles, the sea on one side, the railway on the other.

Two coped stones with round ends, and fragments of crosses from the 9th century, can be found at the west end of the north aisle.

A marvellously peaceful view of Lough Cloon, about eight miles north of Ballinrobe, one of the many lakes in this part of Mayo, of which the largest is Lough Mask.

Eckington is another north-east Derbyshire town which formerly depended on the collieries which surrounded it, but which now is finding a new focus as a commuter town for Chesterfield and Sheffield.

This village lies just to the north of Market Weighton. Up the bank on the right is the parish church, and the road also leads to the Old Hall.

This still stands on the north-east of the town and is the only one of Rye's four gates to survive. It is part of the fortifica- tions authorised by Edward III in the 14th century.

This view is taken from the Elizabeth Street end of the park, and looks north towards the Everard Arms (facing the pathway) and Forest Gate Road.

North Walsham is only 15 miles from Norwich; it prospered when Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century.

Arcades supported by tall granite piers with carved capitals separate the nave from the north and south aisles. The earlier chancel beyond has smaller arcades and is slightly out of alignment.

to the west and Sexton`s Burrow opposite, makes it one of the safer, more sheltered harbours on this inhospitable coast; Watermouth is exposed to the full force of the weather only in north