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The opening of the railway branch line put North Berwick within easy reach of Edinburgh, making it a popular place for people working in Edinburgh to live; it was also a popular place for holidays and

To commemorate 300 years of the regiment in 1935, the north chapel was converted into the Suffolk Chapel, designed by Sir Ninian Comper.

The 775 employees at Wolverton Works in 1851 grew to 2,000 by 1860, with the LNWR the largest single employer in North Bucks; a company engine driver earned nearly four times as much as an agricultural

According to an inscription on one of the octagonal piers, the north aisle was built in 1593, although a church must have existed here much earlier as the font is 13th-century.

Alfington is a tiny village alongside the river Otter, north of Ottery St Mary.

Very much an estate village, Cornwell on the north- eastern periphery of the Cotswolds underwent full-scale modernisation of its cottages in the 1930s, when its American owner commissioned Sir Clough

One of Askrigg's main industries was clockmaking, and it is said that more timepieces were made here than anywhere else in the North Riding.

Here, the Theatre Royal is closing the vista to the north.

The Green Bridge, named because of its proximity to the Green, was built 1788-89 to a design by the North Riding bridgemaster, York architect John Carr, after its medieval predecessor

Lambton Hall is situated to the north-east of Chester-le-Street.

It is cruciform in plan and consists of a nave of five bays with transepts to the north and south.

The scene is unchanged today except for the Mercat Cross on the north side of the square; this was presented to the town in 1902 by Sir James Colquhoun (descendent of the founder) to mark the centenary

A small village to the north of Cuckfield, Whiteman's Green was once on several bus routes - a single-decker bus is just visible at the bottom of the hill.

Queen's College, named after Philippa, wife of Edward III, was originally founded to educate 'Poor Boys' from the north of England.

The church of St Peter, in North Street, has a superb Norman doorway, possibly the best in the county (so the experts say), and the church has further Norman architecture inside.

This narrow street runs north deep into legal London from the beginning of Fleet Street, near Temple Bar.

Taken from the abbey roof, this photograph shows the 15th-century market cross in the centre, situated at the north end of the High Street.

Claimed to be the highest market town in England, Alston commands sweeping views of the North Pennines and the South Tyne Valley.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north west corner of Powys, so far that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and 10 miles from the sea.

Far left is the silhouette of the North Euston Hotel at Fleetwood.

It shows how elevated the church is, facing countryside to the south but opening out onto the Market Place to the north.

Its predecessor stood further north, at the site of the Roman villa.

This view looks north along the Promenade.

Set below Pen y Corddyn Mawr, a Romano-British hill fort, these houses and cottages are a more recent addition to the ancient landscape of the North Wales coast.