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Schoolboys from Durnford School used to be marched over the hill each morning after headmaster Thomas Pellatt established the tradition for nude bathing.

The village, seen from Okeford Hill with Piddles Wood beyond (left), was estate-owned until April 1966, when it was auctioned by Sturminster Newton estate agent Arthur Richards.

Another of the small iron-working hamlets in the valley of the Tilling Bourne, Friday Street probably derives its name from the Scandinavian goddess Frigga; it still enjoys its peaceful setting above a

Up here is Bentley Priory, remodelled by Sir John Soane in the late 18th century, where Queen Adelaide died in 1849; here, too, is Stanmore Hall, a remarkable ragstone building which until a great conflagration

High on the hill are the abbey ruins and over to the left, the lovely Norman church of St Mary. The church is reached by a climb of 199 steps that leaves the fittest visitor beathless.

The view is north-westwards to the skyline of Godlingston Hill (centre distance) and Ulwell Gap (top right).

Traffic is parked solidly in the centre of the Market Hill; the sides are reserved for buses, and we can make out two single-deckers and a double-decker.

At the foot of Langho Fells and in sight of Pendle Hill stands the Saxon village of Old Langho; its church, St Leonard's, was built with stone that came from Whalley Abbey in about 1530.

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

In 1908 this view was possible, but Lea Hill is now too tree-covered.

Windmill Hill is near Herstmonceux. It is a post-type windmill where the body is turned to the wind by means of a long tailpole.

Arrested, tried for treason and condemned, Murdoch Stewart died by the axe on Heading Hill, Stirling. Doune was used as a royal residence until 1528 when it was returned to a descendant of Albany.

Around 1855, Charles Veasey built a steam-powered mill manufacturing linseed oil and cattle cake.

Further down the hill, on the corner of Throwley Road, the cupola surmounting the Municipal Offices rises above the surrounding buildings. Beyond is the white stone frontage of the Gaumont Cinema.

Its core collection, gathered together by Philpot's sisters at their home in Silver Street, was moved down the hill in stages, but the Philpot Museum did not open to the general public until

A greensand village, it is slightly off the beaten track and quiet: or at least quiet west of the B3000 Puttenham Hill road, which links the A31 and the A3.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Behind the pub is Evergreen Hill, the home of Henrietta Barnet, the founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb.

This reflects its prominent position on the crown of a hill and at the junction of Upper High Street and High Street.

An ancient village recorded in the Domesday Book as Penictune, it has a stream flowing through it like Downham has, and it also lies at the foot of Pendle Hill.

The waters from the Malvern Hills nearby were then, as now, much better known. Tenbury Wells, The Church 1892 We are just across the border in Worcestershire here.

High on the hill are the abbey ruins and over to the left, the lovely Norman church of St Mary. The church is reached by a climb of 199 steps that leaves the fittest visitor beathless.

We now turn left from the High Street into Sheaf Street and look back down the hill to Brook Street. The scene appears very quiet, with only one car and a cyclist to be seen.

Also known as Piper`s Hill Common, this beautiful nature reserve has developed from wood pasture; that is, rough grazing with a scattering of trees.