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overlooking the River Stour; since the 1700s, it has also overlooked the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which links Stourport and Kidderminster with Wolverhampton and the Black Country to the north

In earlier times, war had only affected the soldiers and sailors directly involved and people who happened to live on or near the battlefield, or the route of the marching army.

On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

The brand-new tower of the Town Hall can be seen above the far shops in North End, which today is a pedestrianised road.

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Note Ye Olde North Gate Teahouse on the corner.

This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city.

This view looks north up Portobello market in Notting Hill's Portobello Road.

Two miles north of Mary Tavy is Wheal Betsy, one of Dartmoor's most famous mines; in the middle of the 19th century it was producing over 1,000 tons of lead and 2,000 ounces of silver annually.

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

This view, taken from the north-west angle of St Wistan's churchyard, shows an uncomfortable blend of small scale 18th- and 19th-century cottages with the more angular, bland 20th-century buildings.

Ever since then the north door (left) of St Andrew's has been known as the Resurgam door.

Filey Bay runs down from the prominent coastal feature of Filey Brig which juts out into the North Sea.

The north aisle has stained glass by Augustus Pugin, who designed the decoration of the Houses of Parliament.

Crockern Tor, a mile to the north, is the site of the Devon Stannary Parliament which sat from 1305 to 1749.

This elegant Elizabethan mansion was originally built for the Secretary of the Council of the North in 1568.The hall changed hands many times over the following centuries before being almost rebuilt

The North Channel provided a navigable stretch of water close to the head, and thus several large steamers and private yachts were able to moor here.

Here we see the North or Marine Lake about ten years after it opened.

We are looking north towards Yarm Bridge, with Stockton beyond.

Originally built as an Anglican church in Milton Road in 1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style

Isolated, as the road now crosses the water to its north, the bridge seems to take about itself an air of romance, probably associated with the image of luxury-laden animals in fact, their loads

This Norman church was heavily restored in 1848-9, though the north doorway is original.

North of Saxmundham, Yoxford was once a coaching stop on the London to Great Yarmouth route.

Externally the church is Perpendicular, except for the west front, which was rebuilt in 1861-62.