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Four cannons from the War Office were purchased by Henry Parkinson (calling himself 'Accrington Friend and Well Wisher'); two were sited on The Coppice, and two in Oak Hill Park.

Once on the high road between Axminster and Bridport, Charmouth has now been bypassed, but even so the traffic up the steep hill out of the village will never be as quiet as on the peaceful day

Pebbles and sand extend below the Royal Standard; we look eastwards from deck-chairs, boats and canvas shelters to the North Wall of the harbour and the coast from Charmouth and Stonebarrow Hill to Golden

Cromer lighthouse is just over the crest of the hill.

This picture was taken from just outside the parish churchyard looking north towards Sandford Hill. The white building on the left is Jubilee Cottages, built in 1935.

This fountain stood at the top of Monument Hill. It was erected in 1896 in memory of Henry Yool, a local benefactor and Vice-Chairman of the newly-formed Surrey County Council from 1889-92.

Postal Directory of Flintshire, 1886, describes Tremeirchion as a 'considerable parish in the Vale of Clwyd'; near the Jesuit College of St Beuno stands a 'neat little chapel' on the hill

Cossington lies on the Polden Hills, overlooking the Levels. Cottages are grouped around the church and the manor (right), an early 19th-century building with bargeboards carved like lace.

Tavistock, one of Devon's three original Stannary Towns, lies on the banks of the Tavy, which rises high on the moors near Cut Hill and flows into the Tamar upstream of Tamerton.

Perhaps the climb is worth it for another reason: the view over handsome Georgian streets and the vast green bowl of hills around the town.

Further up the hill from the manor is the very fine war memorial, designed by Lutyens in c1920. The central column is crowned by the figure of St George and the Dragon.

The view is westwards from East Cliff to Golden Cap, with Langdon Hill (top right) forming the inland horizon on what is now National Trust land.

Popular belief is that the rowdyism was encouraged by the presence of the nearby Woodbury Hill Fair. Today, Bere Regis is a charming and peaceful village.

In the background is the Lose Hill-Back Tor ridge.

Two lads enjoy the view from the hillside above Newby Bridge, the small village at the southern end of Windermere, with the low south Lakeland hills in the background.

In medieval times Holcombe was built up a hill to escape the plague in the old village below. It prospered thanks to coal mining, and packhorses carried the coal down the street to the Fosse Way.

The extensive dockland area lay out of sight behind the wooded hill and the power station.

Its Anglo-Saxon name means 'wooded hill in the territory of Billa's people'.

The high, windswept Clee Hills would have been an excellent place to light a beacon celebrating Victoria's jubilee, the occasion described in this poem.

Great Malvern village is set against the stunning backdrop of the Malvern Hills, that great range of summits that rises above the surrounding plains of Worcestershire; they form one of the finest ridge

The summit of the hill encloses a stone fort probably associated with the Bronze Age. The work of nature and man sit comfortably together.

In the background we can see the surrounding wooded hills, which within living memory were popularly known as Little Switzerland.

Horner Water winds through a steep, densely- wooded vale, which lies below the abrupt northern slopes of Dunkery Hill, Somerset's highest point.

A horse and cart in the distance is wending its way up the hill. On the left of the picture is the Working Mens' Institute.