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Parked cars fill the cobbled square at Grassington, the pretty Wharfedale village whose wealth was founded on lead mining in the nearby limestone hills.

Beaminster (pronounced Bemmister) is situated in a deep valley, surrounded by a ring of picturesque hills, with a gap broken by the singing waters of the River Brit.

This peaceful view looks up Holywell Hill towards the city centre, as it dips towards the river and the curative spring from which it takes its name, with, on the right, one of the fine Georgian houses

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

This photograph was taken 2 years before the famous statue of King Alfred was erected in the middle of the road, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of his death - albeit belatedly, as he died in

This photograph was taken 2 years before the famous statue of King Alfred was erected in the middle of the road, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of his death - albeit belatedly, as he died in AD 899

The Church of St Mary stands at the top of the hill above the old Cluniac Priory of Prittlewell.

The view looks from Martin`s Hill across the valley of the Ravensbourne River. Ahead we can see the pumping station chimney.

Henry Hills was the first headmaster of Accrington's co-educational technical school, which opened on 28 August 1895.

The absence of traffic allows the children to loiter safely in the street.

St Michael's Church, Pitsea Built in a prominent position on the top of a small hill, St Michael's Church overlooks the peninsula formed by creeks running into the river and the parish of Pitsea, formerly

This photograph shows Llanelly Hill and the old lime kilns. The road on the right had an extremely steep gradient and was the old roadway before the Heads of the Valleys Road.

The Hoad Hill Monument at Ulverston is a replica of the Eddystone Lighthouse, and was built as a memorial to Sir John Barrow, founder of the Royal Geographical Society and for 40 years Secretary to the

In the centre of this picture are the buildings of Monkton Combe School. Beyond can be seen the Limpley Stoke viaduct, built for the Black Dog Turnpike Trust in 1834.

At the Market Street junction, the High Street starts dropping steeply to School Hill. The ornate lamp standard was replaced a few years later by an equally elaborate War Memorial.

Once on the high road between Axminster and Bridport, Charmouth has now been bypassed, but even so the traffic up the steep hill out of the village will never be as quiet as on the peaceful day

Pebbles and sand extend below the Royal Standard; we look eastwards from deck-chairs, boats and canvas shelters to the North Wall of the harbour and the coast from Charmouth and Stonebarrow Hill to Golden

Cromer lighthouse is just over the crest of the hill.

This view at Butt Brow north-west towards Combe Hill across Willingdon Bottom is part of the four thousand acres previously owned by the Duke of Devonshire that the corporation of Eastbourne have managed

The churchyard rails are on the left in this scene in the heart of the old town.

This shows the view from Windmill Hill looking towards St Mary's Parish Church, centre right. There is no indication in this photograph of the dreadful conditions existing in the Queen Street area.

These premises were on Market Hill at the top of George Street, opposite the old Corn Exchange. They made way for Debenhams in 1978.

Development dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries has crept up the hill away from the little fishing harbour on the east side of the Lizard peninsula.

The church, large enough to hold over 1,000 people, was built in the 1840s at a cost of £8,052. It was designed by Anthony Salvin and built using stone from the nearby Runcorn Hill quarries.