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Viewed from the Corn Exchange on Market Hill, Luton's main street on a summer's day just before the turn of the 19th century gives little indication of the importance of this thoroughfare.

The view is eastwards to Stonebarrow Hill and Cain's Folly (top left) and the familiar profile of Golden Cap (central skyline) with Thorncombe Beacon to the east (right).

Geese run loose on the grass at Mannington hamlet, midway between the villages of Holt and Horton in the hills north of Wimborne.

Here Nailsworth is seen from the 'W', the zigzag hill road linking it to Box village. By 1900 the 'Pepperpot Church' has been replaced by St George's as we know it today.

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north-west corner of the Town Hall.

The poet Alfred Tennyson walked across the hills from Bridport in order to see the spot in August 1867.

Eastwards are Long Ledge, Curtis Cove and Broad Ledge, with Stonebarrow Hill in the distance.

The main road (A272) ran through Cuckfield, and turns right at the junction beyond the parked car, whilst the minor northbound road to Whitemans Green continues into the distance up the hill.

Tuesday and Friday, animals were transported all over Lancashire.The origin of the name Clitheroe is surrounded by doubt and mystery.The 'oe' at the end comes from the Old English 'hoh', mean- ing a hill

A small hollow post wind pump for land drainage, the mill had shuttered sails and was turned to the wind by twin tail vanes. The shutters in the sails were set manually, one sail at a time.

The picturesque loch, which is ringed with hills, features in Sir Walter Scott's poem 'The Lady of the Lake'.

Tubber Hill is on the outskirts of Barnoldswick; running alongside it is part of the Roman road which once went from Preston to York.

Its position on a low hill, along with the needle spire, makes it a very prominent landmark for miles around, particularly when the structure is floodlit for special occasions.

It is said that a tunnel ran from the church down the hill to the old monastery opposite.

It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, standing at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.

Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

Quorn ('Querendon' in 1209) means 'the hill from where millstones were obtained'.

walks which serve at once as pier and promenade, and from which are commanded fine views of the bays on either hand … Both on the north and south sands, which are separated from each other by the Castle Hill

walks which serve at once as pier and promenade, and from which are commanded fine views of the bays on either hand … Both on the north and south sands, which are separated from each other by the Castle Hill

It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, which stands at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.

A little north of Horam, on the Heathfield road and up Steelyards Hill, stands Stillyans, an oasthouse converted into a house.

Crawley Hill is in the distance, covered in more spacious suburbs. Much in the middle distance has been rebuilt, but most of the nearer buildings survive.

The single-storey building we can glimpse through the trees is the fire station, which moved in 1970 to Butts Hill.

Behind is half-timbered Leacroft on Tapper's Hill (centre left). The arched windows on Tollgate Cottage (centre right) look out on what was a turnpike toll road.