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Crays Hill is a thoroughfare settlement in the parish of Ramsden Crays—the name ultimately coming from the 12th-century de Crei family.

This Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Mary stands on Stow Hill on the site of an earlier, smaller, edifice.

North Hill climbs towards High Street, just beyond St Peter's church tower seen in the distance.

Around AD 870 Tynwald Hill was selected by the Vikings as a suitable location, or 'vollr', to hold their open-air assembly, the 'Thing', held annually on old Midsummer's Day.

In the first letter of his Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White described Selborne as consisting of 'one single straggling street, three-quarters of a mile in length, in a sheltered vale, and running

Beyond the village rises Wetherlam, the most northerly of the Coniston Fells, and over to the left, hidden by cloud, Lancashire's highest peak, the Old Man.

The red sandstone parish church of St Mary was built by Roger Growdon and dedicated in 1450 by Bishop Lacey, whose name can still be seen on pub signs around Devon.

The flatness of the Wolds is interrupted by the hill on which the tiny hamlet of Brigham sits.

Turning left out of Castle Hill, Bailgate follows the course of the Roman Ermine Street towards the old Roman north gate from the city, the Newport Arch.

Until mid-Victorian times, this part of the road, known now as Greenhill, had been called New Well Hill. Here, we are looking towards the Green at the turn of the century.

The flatness of the Wolds is interrupted by the hill on which the tiny hamlet of Brigham sits.

This interesting picture shows the bridge over the Rother at the bottom of Adhurst Hill. The post office on the right superseded the toll house on the turnpike (1711).

This view of the castle grounds looks east from the church tower. Friesian cows are grazing; perhaps they belong to Mr E Ball, who owned property to the right in the Market Place.

Taken from Overton Hill, this view shows the town with the Mersey estuary in the distance beyond the sand dunes. It is from here that the Sandstone Trail now begins.

Perched on a windy hill a mile or two north of Portscatho, Gerrans has been called a 'plain-looking village'.

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.

This attractive village retains its quiet rural atmosphere; it is ranged along its north-south street about a mile to the south of Kibworth Beauchamp.

So called because a moneyer is reputed to have stayed here for a time in the 14th century, this is really part of a medieval merchant's house.

Herrington's window (right) is a treasure-trove of 1960s grocery products: Lyons Swiss Rolls, Brooke Bond Tea, Woodbines, and Bev. It later became the NatWest Bank.

In 1991the junction with London Road (to the left) was realigned in the interest of road safety, and a pedestrian refuge in the High Street was installed.

Shops and private houses of all dates surround the large Market Square.

Bridgnorth has always been divided in two: High Town on a defensive position on the hill, and Low Town for traders by the river.

The signpost does not notify the traveller that Hogscross Lane is in the foreground with High Road running left to right, and White Hill runs downhill towards Mugswell and Kingswood.

Now in the care of the National Trust, Ditchling Beacon was one of a chain of fires lit to warn of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Much earlier than that it was a hill fort.