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A view showing clearly how Staithes stands on two sides of a beck, that to the right being in Cleveland and that to the left in North Yorkshire.

At that time, the border between those firmly under Norman control and those still willing to fight lay just a few miles to the north.

The gatehouse was then converted to a domestic house, and it is now the city's folk museum.

Carnforth, six miles north of Lancaster, has a place in history as a railway town.

This view of the cathedral from the north side shows sheep grazing in what is now almost the city centre.

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

Its arches to north, south and east are very tall too, and of Decorated style.

This is St Mary's Parish Church, seen from the north-west, showing the two bays of the nave and aisles extended in 1860 (right).

On the western edge of the North York Moors, Osmotherly was a centre for milling, weaving and clog making, and it grew considerably in the hundred years from 1750.

Derwent Reservoir lies to the north of Edmundbyers.

This photograph shows the layout of Beverley well, with North Bar leading to the Market Place.

Once a popular riverside haunt for the locals, Hog Island is now known as Piper's Vale, and is more remarkable today as the north-eastern end of the Orwell Bridge.

North Berwick Law rises 612 ft above the town.

The Deanery on the left and the terrace on the right of the north side of Lower Close both incorporate much medieval work.

There were several warehouses here; they stored domestic items brought by boat, including one called Y Storws Llestri (the Earthenware Warehouse), that contained ceramics from the Buckley potteries in north

The Deanery on the left and the terrace on the right of the north side of Lower Close both incorporate much medieval work.

Here we see manually-operated lock gates in the River Cam at Waterbeach, north of Cambridge.

Staithes beach is being enjoyed to its full in this charming view, and reminds us of the allure of the north east coast before the advent of package holidays to warmer climes!

The original village, Old Langho, lies a mile to the north; the new village grew here alongside the main road after the opening of Spring Mill, whose chimney rises in the background.

Several of them can be seen in this picture: the two in the background with white patches on their bows are North River wherries, which traded to places like North Walsham, but were limited because

Portmadoc handled slate traffic from both south Caernarvon and north Merioneth; the schooners were able to call upon the services of a tug for towing either in or out of the harbour.

The bed level of the North Beck was raised five feet by the accumulation of rubbish.

Even further north along the east side, much has now gone, with the New Town's modern shopping centre reaching the old High Street proper; but some of the spaciousness in the distance remains.

James Atherton, who bought the 170 acres of land on this north-east corner of Wirral, had to modify his original grand plans.