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These two views of the steep high street as it winds up the hill towards Canterbury show some of the rich assortment of buildings built of brick or black-and-white half timbering.

A semi-detached house of little architectural merit dominates the view here, but beyond is a glimpse of the Gumley Hills as the road swings right towards Saddington.

In the centre, we can see Bailey Lane climbing steeply up towards Crown Hill, with the railway crossing keeper's house to its right at the bottom.

The village, thought to date to Saxon times, takes its name from the nearby hill-fort. On the left here is the Maltsters' Arms, still a thriving public house.

On the hill is the monument to Sir John Barrow, which is a replica of the Eddystone lighthouse.

The church of St Peter, standing further up the hill, has a nave and aisles dating from the early 13th century.The town name is believed to have come from the pagan worship of Thunor.

Today, parts of the old building (the arched doorway for example) can still be seen incorporated into the interior decor of a shop on Pride Hill.

Here we can see Winsford nestling in the Exe valley below Bye Hill, with the valley of the Winn winding up to the left.

Joseph Blount from nearby Rookery Farm had a horse called Tinker which could be hired to help carts up Hurstbourne Hill.

Wrotham stands at the foot of chalk hills alongside the Pilgrim's Way, and was once a substantial market centre.

Built in 1575 by Thomas Seckford, Elizabeth I's Master of the Rolls, Woodbridge's Shire Hall stands on an island in the middle of Market Hill.

The 85-ft ornamental chimney stack for Kit Hill United Mine was built in 1858 as a summit landmark to be seen from many miles.

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

The hill, or motte, beneath was of Norman origin, and Henry III used the castle as a garrison. Its underground tunnel network played an essential part in the Second World War.

When this picture was taken, the motor car was a relatively new method of travelling up the hill to the village grocery store, A E Hammond (right).

Standing at the foot of Pendle Hill, which is 1835ft high and just short of being a mountain, the stone-built Pendle Inn is in the centre of Barley, the heart of Pendle Witch country.

It was on the escarpment of Edge Hill (in the background of this photograph) that Charles I unfurled his standard in 1642 before the first major battle of the Civil War.

The original village, however, was at the bottom of the hill, centred on the church of St Peter, with the estuary of the Dee beyond.

Capstone Parade was designed to be `suitable for bath chairs`, as can be seen by its level passage around Capstone Hill.

The Chalford Valley, with former woollen cloth mills every few hundred yards along its length, extends through Brimscombe into the distance.

The stone walls of St Peter's Church, to the north of the forecourt to Doddington Hall, are a marked contrast to the mellow red brick of the Hall, which might be by Robert Smythson, the architect of Hardwick

Again there are houses on the sand hills. The breakwater timbers have a worn look about them, but they still served their purpose, and formed little pools for baby crabs to hide in.

Midhurst is a town of contrasts, with an early medieval core around the church, west of the Norman castle earthworks on St Anne's Hill, and the wide North Street, a later medieval planned market place.

The lane behind Frith's photographer becomes the track up to Leith Hill.