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The hotel stands on the north bank of the River Leven, by the bridge.

The somewhat interestingly named hamlet of Dirt Pot lies just one mile north of Allenheads.

Continuing north, away from the sea, we reach Southend Airport. This was used during both World Wars. By the early 1960s journeys to the Continent were becoming increasingly popular.

Situated in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes Abbey was founded in 1246.

Ecclesfield lies 5 miles north of Sheffield. The village used to be in Derbyshire. Its industry was based on small engineering and the flour mill.

100 acres was considered enough for a park, and the rest was made available for what was to become Park Road with North and South Parades.

It was in this building that the celebration banquet marking the opening of the York & North Midland Railway was held, followed by a grand ball at the Mansion House.

All this is now reduced to the anonymous, all-purpose architecture of the post office and similar expanding contemporary development, particularly on the north side of the village.

Alderman T Miller presented the land for the park (11 acres) in 1864.

The remoteness of this area led to its being chosen as the location for the branch of the Royal Observatory responsible for carrying out magnetic observations.

This timber-framed Tudor cottage originally occupied a site in Malden Road (now the Broadway) closer to the main crossroads, but it stood in the way of the eventual widening of the street.

The picture looks westwards and shows semi-circular rooms with a flat roof at the north-east corner. Beyond are Buena Vista (right) and Belmont (top).

Known as the 'Windsor of the North', this mansion in the Gothic style was designed for Lord Henry Brougham (1778-1868), by the architects Cottingham and Hussey.

Nork is a suburb that merges south into Burgh Heath in the large triangle between Reigate Road, Brighton Road and Fir Tree Road, the north boundary of Nork. The

This view shows the spot where the south lane curves north to meet the main through east-west lane; the wall to the left to Aldsworth is now reduced in height by half.

This is the north end of Melford Green with the road to Stanstead to the left.

Today it is a restaurant, and stands to the north of the 1960s flyover across the A272, which leads back to Haywards Heath.

The attractive stone built village stands on high undulating ground some four miles north-east of Oakham.

In 1835 it was moved from its position near the Workhouse, but it has now been rebuilt in its original site opposite Pound Cottages in Common Lane to the north east of the town.

As this is a pure limestone area, similar to the Peak District and North Yorkshire, the whole length of the Mellte is a magnificent spectacle of caves and waterfalls.

This view is of the north front, which faces the village, while the south overlooks the River Cherwell valley, across a somewhat mutilated Capability Brown parkland of the 1760s.

A mile and a half north-east of Daventry, the Grand Junction (formerly the Grand Union) Canal cuts through the limestone ridge via the Braunston Tunnel.

This view is from the mile-long north-west drive: the visitor approaches a spectacularly busy mansion encrusted in turrets, bay windows, elaborate chimneys, cupolas and much more.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.