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The high walls of Petworth House dominate the west side of the town.

A short distance to the west of the town centre, the stepping stones have long provided a foot crossing of the River Rothay, at least for those with good balance; they link Ambleside with properties

St Andrew's Church stands on the high ground to the west of the River Ash's water meadows. Adjacent, to the north, is the old palace which belonged to the Bishop of London.

The cathedral looks massive, but is in fact relatively small; the central and two western towers are of no great height. The original church built by St Wilfred was destroyed in 950 AD.

In 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having landed at Pevensey to claim the English throne from King Harold, marched here and built a timber castle.

Along with Etal, Ford Castle once formed a second line of defence against the Scots; the front line consisted of the fortresses at Wark, Berwick and Norham.

The church of St Andrew was restored in 1885 and has a shingled broach spire.

Heading due west for two miles, once again the topography shows that we are just outside the Rhondda proper.

St Peter's is a building of some antiquity, and this view of the rear of the parish church does not do justice to its clarity of line or the aesthetic appeal of its architecture.

The chancel was widened and rebuilt when All Saints was granted collegiate status in 1283, and the 15th-century west tower incorporates salvaged Roman stones.

Standing on rising ground on the west bank of the River Gwendraeth, Kidwelly and its fortified town were founded by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury during the reign of Henry I.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

Now we look westwards down the south side of West Street, from Knight and Son, tailors (far left). The next building housed stationer and printer W Frost who published the 'Bridport News'.

Woodham Lane, between New Haw and Woodham, is semi-detached country served by two railway stations: Byfleet and New Haw, and West Byfleet.

The photographer has now moved west down the High Street, a superb long and wide street lined by timber-framed and brick houses - one of the best historic townscapes in Buckinghamshire.

This road formed the old parish boundary between Sutton and Cheam. At its southern extremity and the junction with Cheam Road was the site of East Cheam Manor and a dozen or so houses.

The church and a cluster of old houses are at the top of the hill, and more old buildings are on the river bank, east and west of the Bognor Road river bridge.

Mansfield lies some 14 miles north of Nottingham and to the west of Sherwood Forest.

Situated six miles north-west of Barnard Castle, Romaldkirk in 1898 was not in fact in County Durham but in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

This view shows the prospect as revealed through the west door, seen in the previous photograph.

This view shows the prospect as revealed through the west door, seen in the previous photograph.

In ancient times the Kingdom of Strathclyde, which covered a significant part of south-west Scotland, had its capital at Dumbarton, and Viking raiders continually laid siege to the castle on the Rock.

Built in 1884, its architect was Edward Schroeder Prior (1852-1932), an adherent of the Arts and Crafts movement.

Back in Surrey, the route reaches Haslemere; we look south-west along the High Street into the market place of this small town, with the 1814 Town Hall closing the vista.