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The flag poles on the hill were used for gale warnings, signals for ships and flags for special occasions such as Royal birthdays.

This spacious boulevard is in fact Beast Market Hill, and was just that in years past. On the right is the former Ossington Coffee Palace.

A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.

It was originally built as a chapel in the 12th century; the present commanding building on its hill overlooking the village mainly dates from the 15th century.

The main road from London originally climbed Angel Hill's ridge, but in the early 19th century a cutting was made.

Looking west from the chalk hills east of the town, undeveloped to this day, Chesham nestles in the deep-cut valley of the River Chess.

Horn Hill leads from Whitwell south-westwards to Kimpton.

County Down embraces the scene from the Copeland Islands until the Hollywood Hills merge with White Head. The far view is completed with the full run of the Rhinns of Galloway.

Fortunately Richard Ansdell RA, the world-renowned Victorian painter, chose to build a house, Starr Hills, amongst the sandhills; although his hope was for solitude, he brought fame and expansion to the

This event, staged on a hot June day, marked the acquisition of the sixty acres of Colley Hill, overlooking the town, by the National Trust after a lengthy fund-raising campaign to gather the £5000 needed

On the left, next to the Lloyd's Bank branch, is the fashion shop of Renee Shaw, with Fuller's tea shop, Dewhurst's the butcher's, and John's menswear shop further down the hill.

The fact that is was possible to park on the side of the hill without a problem makes this photograph one to be treasured. The building on the left is K Block, with F Block on the right.

We are looking along Chequer Street towards Honey Hill; the shape of the community has changed little.

This ancient town crowns the steep hill above the valley of the River Kensey. Here we see the broad market place, with its pleasing facades of 17th- and 18th-century slate-roofed buildings.

This panoramic view is very evocative of two major factors in the city's history: the rolling hills which surround it, and the rows of terraced worker's cottages, which testify to the city's once significant

The Main Line of the Stourbridge Canal swung south and then east around Brierley Hill to meet up with the Dudley Canal at Black Delph Locks.The Dudley Canal passed through Round Oak Steel Works and

This picture looks eastwards down Main Street to Quarry Hill (left) and Eype Down (right).

The pub occupies a picturesque setting on the crown of the hill, and is named after the leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs.

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.

Market Hill was the hub of the town; here the stocks held felons two at a time until their crimes had been expiated.

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

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.