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His estates included North Anston, Greasbrough, Wickersley, Ecclesfield, Laughton-en-le-Morthen and Mexborough.

Turning left out of Castle Hill, Bailgate follows the course of the Roman Ermine Street towards the old Roman north gate from the city, the Newport Arch.

There are good views both north and south along the coastline, and on a clear day one can see for miles in both directions and out to sea.

This area, between Victoria Road and Heath Park Road to the north and Brentwood Road to the south, was developed from the latter part of the 19th century until just before the First World War.

With the decline of coking coal as a fuel, benzole production fell, and in 1957 National Benzole was acquired by Shell-Mex & BP Ltd - and Leonard North's garage is now selling Shell petrol

The view looks north across this attractive village that is grouped around a small green. To the far left is Elstead Mill, once a worsted factory.

Hermitage, about three miles to the north of Newbury, is one of Berkshire's larger villages, comprising houses and bungalows built between the wars and then later in the 1950s and 1960s,

The village stands above the estuary of the River Crouch, about three miles north west of Burnham-on-Crouch. The Black Lion serves Trumans beers, the well-known firm of London Brewers.

The North and West gates were demolished in 1832 and 1812 respectively. The Plymouth and Devonport Inn, whose sign can just be seen to the right of the arch, is now the Newmarket.

North of Daventry and close to the border with Warwickshire, Welton stands on a hillside above the Grand Union Canal. Its name comes from the springs and wells in the area.

In the background is the North Pier, with an excursion steamer alongside its landing stage. This picture was taken from the South Jetty.

The next two views were taken around the swimming pool north of Overstone Manor. They are typical scenes from the more hardy 1950s, when the country was dotted with open air pools and lidos.

These are Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal north of Leighton Buzzard. The lady is using the rope over the gate to take the last forward movement off the butty boat.

To the north-east of Masham and three miles south of Bedale, Snape Castle was once the home of Katherine Parr, sixth and last wife of Henry VIII.

The cobble-edged wide Market Place of Kirkbymoorside, on the edge of the North York Moors, is still the setting for a market every Wednesday, just as it has been since medieval times.

Created in the International Art Deco style, its north facing entrance (pictured here) housed the nurses' quarters.

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.

In the past it was an important coaching stop on the roads to the North. The Waverley Cafe, opposite the Cross, advertises Lune Salmon Teas, no doubt freshly caught from the local river.

The road rises up from the south, past the parish church, to enter Ibstock, gateway to industrial north-west Leicestershire.

We are looking north along the A5, with the Town Hall tower on the grey horizon.

Hove's genteel grandeur continued to appeal to those who found Brighton somewhat too lively, and the town expanded north into the Downs in tides of suburban housing.

North of Grantham, set in its seven hundred acre landscaped deer park, Belton House was begun in 1685; it is architecturally conservative for that date with its cupola and balustraded flat roof.

Perched on rocky cliffs five miles north-west of Camelford, Tintagel probably owes its survival to its association with the Arthurian legends.

If you think something is missing amongst the buildings overlooking North Pier you are right, for Blackpool Tower was not begun until 1891.