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Well-designed bollards and street signs front a typical road-house at the junction of the Great North Road with the lesser east-west Elstree to Chipping Barnet Road.

Returning to the Great North Road, we come to Buckden.

Kirkbymoorside, on the edge of the North York Moors, still holds its market every Wednesday, just as it has done since medieval times.

Opposite Padstow on the north shore of the Camel estuary, Rock became increasingly popular with dinghy sailors and holidaymakers between the wars.

A charming view of picturesque Doo Lough, situated in the wild mountain scenery on the road north from Connemara to Louisberg.

The cloister lies to the north of the church, with the master's hall to its west.

The Parade, seen here with North Street in the distance, is at the very heart of Taunton.

The typical white-weatherboarded and tile-roofed cottages of the region characterise this ridge-top hamlet north- east of Wadhurst.

This is a well-known beauty spot on the north face of Haytor where the Becka Brook hurtles down to join the River Bovey.

Taken from the north-east, this photograph shows the 16th-century west tower with its pretty Gothick cornice, open quatrefoiled parapets and banded obelisk pinnacles designed by Henry Keene and added

The thatched house north of the crossroads no longer has a village shop.

After 1856, a residence north of the border of not less than three weeks was required before a marriage could take place.

Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road and had no fewer than twenty-two inns.

Designed by William Bell for the North Eastern Railway, this station opened in July 1887, replacing one a short distance to the east.

Inns and restaurants such as the Old Plough and the White Horse (left) served the travelling public on the Great North Road until a bypass was built for the A1 to the west of the village.

By the 19th century the North Gate had suffered from years of neglect (see picture 25412), and was in danger of disappearing altogether.

The thatched house north of the crossroads no longer has a village shop.

Askern is seven miles north of Doncaster.

We have a glimpse of the sea at the entrance to the north coast harbour inlet of Port Gaverne.

She led an army of charioteers to sack Colchester, London and St Albans before heading north through Milton Keynes city area along the high streets of Fenny and Stony Stratford.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Thirsk was one of the posting stations serving the Great North Road; The Fleece was the main coaching inn.

Caversham Heights lies to the north of the Thames and began to expand up the valley slopes when Caversham became a fashionable suburb of Reading.

The modest hotel stands on North Quay Hill with a view over the harbour and bay.

Looking North The main street of Old Swindon was first recorded in 1581.