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This old market town, famed for its manufacture of nails, is situated on the slopes of the Lickey Hills.

Symondsbury lies around the little river Simene, with the conical Colmer's Hill in the background. Its church is a delight, with its compartmented barrel roof and Jacobean pulpit.

Crays Hill lies equidistant between Wickford and Billericay, its crest just above the 150?ft contour.

Here the River Mole cuts into the steep slope of Box Hill near the Burford Bridge Hotel. Lord Nelson spent some time here in 1801, and noted in his diary what a pretty place it was.

This photograph shows the view from Runcorn Hill over the industrial area to the west. The Mersey estuary lies in the background.

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

Where the bus mean- ders westward, the dual carriageway of Balkerne Hill removed a number of buildings on each side of the road on its noisy way to the Southway roundabout, cutting Crouch

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

This tall limestone pillar stands above the quarries on Leckhampton Hill, not far from Cheltenham.

This illustrious town, often called the gateway to Cornwall, crowns the dark hill that rises from the valley of the tiny River Kensey.

Stepcote Hill links Exeter city with the Exe valley, and is unchanged today.

Above Torquay harbour stands Vane Hill, seen here from the Rock Walk.

Boscastle's steep, narrow roads with their tricky hairpins have reduced the impact of development; Old Hill looks much the same today as it did in 1906.

Thishamlet lies at the foot of the hill on which Great Torrington stands. The River Torridge with its 17th-century bridge, is still the main feature here, just as it was when this view was taken.

The winding road out of Newlyn rounds Penlee Point then dips down to this celebrated fishing village that nestles within stout stone breakwaters. At its back it is fringed by hills.

Crays Hill lies equidistant between Wickford and Billericay, its crest just above the 150?ft contour.

Market Drayton stands on a hill-top site overlooking the River Tern, which flows in the foreground of this photograph, and the settlement probably originated in prehistoric times.

St Bartholomew's enjoys an elevated position, possibly the site of a prehistoric fort, at the corner of Church Hill and Vicarage Road.

Earlier in the century, the half-timbered building housed a pair of shops. They are now private dwellings. Like the white house next door, they date from the 16th century.

Known as Shell Beach because of the number of sea shells to be found here, this beach's real name is Barricane Beach.

Henry Hill Hickman was born here and is buried in the church. By the age of 21 he was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

A number of carriages are seen going up Castle Hill towards the Castle. The livery of the coachmen indicate that the occupants were high-ranking, possibly even Royalty.

Few traffic controls are in evidence at the southern end of the shopping area in about 1960.

The car park in front of Selworthy's whitewashed church looks across the Vale of Porlock to the wooded Horner valley and Ley Hill.