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Built on a hill, Downham Market has extensive views over the River Ouse and the fens.

Beyond Bosley Reservoir, the Cloud is the name given to the hill in the distance.

In the mid 19th century the wealthy Rev John Lance built himself a large vicarage and replaced the small 15th-century church with one so large that it was nicknamed the 'Cathedral of the Blackdown Hills

These views (below and pages 40-41) up and down Church Street would have been familiar to Dylan Thomas, who lived near New Quay in 1944, and to many visitors, who have to park their cars at the top of

In Roman times a fort stood on nearby Brough Hill, and a garrison was maintained here from about AD 80 to around the end of the 4th century.

Lying near the coast below Bossington Hill, these cottages over- look a stream that once powered a corn mill. Close by is Lynch Chapel, a medieval chapel-of-ease to the church at Selworthy.

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges laden with bales of cloth passing through this now-abandoned lock.

In the past it was once busy with an incessant stream of barges passing through this now-abandoned lock, laden with bales of cloth.

South Devon Railway purchased the first Catholic Church of 1854 for £2000 after deciding to open the rail- way tunnels beneath it.

A local guide points out the stalactite formation known as the Organ in Stump Cross Cavern, one of the Dales' popular show-caves, at Greenhow Hill on the Pateley Bridge to Grassington Road.

This view from the roundabout looks north along Turner's Hill, where the contrast between the modern shopping parade and the smaller old shops can be appreciated.

The church of St Thomas stands in the village, and nearby can be found Byland Abbey and Newburgh Priory. Today the hill is covered by a flourishing forest.

The pretty little village of Barbon, near Kirkby Lonsdale, lies in the hills above the Lune Valley beneath Thorn Moor, on the minor road through Barbondale to Dent.

As we look at this mundane street as it drops down towards Pinner Underground Station, under the railway bridge and on towards Harrow-on-the-Hill, there is little to herald the wonderful surprise of turning

To the right of the picture are the Hall, now the Crown Inn, and the church. Behind the war memorial is Church House, the former Guildhall.

Harry Bebington was the first chairman of Billericay Urban District Council (established 1934). He was also a land-agent, who sold plots at Laindon and Langdon Hills for £5 a time.

The tram lift saves a long, tiring climb to the top of the hill.

This view looks across the ornate, wrought iron gates of the Ladybower Dam towards the newly planted regimented forestry on the slopes of Win Hill.

The delightful mid Victorian house on the right is built in Strawberry Hill Gothic style. The Cottage, as it is known, was built on the site of three cottages by the owner of the adjacent house.

The Bere Stream, seen looking eastwards from Southbrook Bridge, towards Bedford and Jesty's watercress beds with a glimpse of Woodbury Hill (top left).

It is thought that the 'Lud' element in each placename refers to a man of that name. This was the ford by Lud's burial mound (or 'low') which sat on the top of the hill under the present church.

The ironwork suspended cross, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, was removed in the early years of the 20th century, possibly because it was considered to be too 'high church'; it is now in the parish church

Harry Bebington was the first chairman of Billericay Urban District Council (established 1934). He was also a land-agent, who sold plots at Laindon and Langdon Hills for £5 a time.

The bus advertises Fremlins' ales outside the Red Lion, a Style & Winch house of flamboyant grandeur, but now no more, sad to say.