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A rucksack-clad rambler (left) admires Abbot Huby's magnificent north tower at Fountains Abbey, in the valley of the River Skell near Ripon.

Illingworth was at the time of this photograph a village on the edge of the Pennines north of Halifax, but is now a suburb of the city.

It was here in 1569 that the Rising in the North was planned; the intention was to depose Elizabeth I and replace her on the throne with Mary, Queen of Scots.

The carefully-pollarded lime trees along both sides of this north to south street help to shade the frontages of the varied shops and other retail establishments which flourish here.

A little north of the attractive village of Naseby, on the Market Harborough road, this 40 ft high stone obelisk commemorates the Battle of Naseby at which the New Model Army routed the Royalists in 1645

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

Both on the north and south sands there are numerous bathing machines.

Looking away from the church and Quay Meadow, we see the watermill, in 1903 still a functioning one and powered via a leat from a mill pond to the north of the church.

This is on the Norman motte or mound; the castle had two large baileys or walled enclosures, the north one relatively open still, the south one overwhelmed by Buckler's heavy-handed Victorian work.

Situated north-west of Newport, Risca is a typical valley community. There were lime kilns at Dan-y-Graig, where a Roman lead mine was also discovered.

The High Street widens out into the Broadway with Blucher Street merging from the left and the High Street continues north as far as the foot of White Hill.

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.