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Travellers on the A25 cannot fail to see the scars on the south side of the North Downs that were once the Betchworth quarries.

Half a mile south-east of Dicker we reach Michelham Priory, the buildings set within a large rectangular wet moat fed by the Cuckmere River, which forms the moat's north-west arm.

The north coast of Cornwall is extremely hazardous for shipping; after numerous wrecks and petitions to Trinity House, a new lighthouse was built on the Head in 1847 with a range of over 20 miles.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, being a centre for cod, haddock and mackerel, with enough fish being landed for the North Eastern Railway to run

Members of the Institute were also adventurous, hiring Thomas Cook in June 1840 to organise a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midland Railways.

Situated at the southernmost end of the Isle of Thanet, the bay is bounded by cliffs on the north, and by marshes to the south.

A motor cruiser chugs its way along the north bank.

They are apposite, for Moulton College of Agriculture occupies the land north of Moulton village.

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

The village stands on the north bank of Doulting Water, also known as the River Sheppey. Thus the name of the village may also derive from the words 'dun', meaning 'a hill', and 'dwr', 'water'.

In more modern times the town was a major coaching post on the great North Road, and several fine inns survive here.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

The photographer is positioned on the south-east corner of Mill Meadows Island looking north to Boatslide Weir Bridge with its rustic-style balustrades.

The rest of the church is 15th-century with early 16th- century aisles - the north one was built by the Risdons of Bableigh, and the south by the Giffards of Halsbury.

A mile north-west of here is the Dover's Hill viewpoint, where the famous Cotswold games were formerly held.

Most of the other buildings depicted here in North Street have also all gone, and no local farmer or carter would now ever contemplate bringing a horse-drawn conveyance into the heart of contemporary

We are looking north down the slope to Station Way, and the bridge which dates from the opening of the railway in 1847.

The smaller tower at the north- east angle of the chancel was erected by these same merchants so that a lantern light could be placed in it for the guidance of their ships into the quay.

Further north along Gateford Road, near the Gladstone Street turn, the spire of St John the Evangelist's can be seen on the right behind the tall three-storey terrace of 1870s shops.

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

Today, Worcestershire County Museum is housed in the north wing.

The gigantic white 'golf balls' of the Fylingdales Early Warning System were a landmark on the eastern side of the North York Moors National Park for many years, before being replaced in the 1990s with

This stretch of Evesham Road has hardly changed, except for the constant traffic.