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In early days Queenhithe on the north bank of the Thames was a significant port for the landing of fish and corn.

In 1900 the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co secured an interest in the Dinnington Main Coal Co, which had been formed to exploit the coalfield to the north of Kiveton Park.

The Irish Sea can be as flat as a mill pond, but when an easterly, south-easterly or north-easterly gale blows up, this is what happens at Douglas.

The curious broach spire - one of three in North Devon - was added in 1389, paid for by the corporation. S.

At a height of 1169 ft, this is one of the highest passes in north Wales accessible by road. Spectacular views of the Snowdon and Glyder mountains rewarded visitors at the top on a clear day.

Swinton and Pendlebury lie to the north-west of Salford. St Peter's is the only church in the Manchester area to have been commissioned from George Edmund Street.

Elham, pronounced 'Eel-am', dates from Saxon times, and stands six miles north-east of Hythe. Along the nearby valley floor runs an intermittent stream, known as the Nailborne.

Great Mitton is on the north bank of the river, and Little, or Lower Mitton on the south bank, with the River Ribble (which we can see here) in between.

This view looks north towards the cross-roads; the London- Holyhead telegraph poles are in situ. Urchins, horses and carts dominate the carriageway.

The Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury was built in the 15th century; it was extended in 1858, when the north aisle was added.

This house was built by the three Medley brothers in c1750 in the grounds of Buxted Park, situated about two miles north of Uckfield.

Woods Corner is a hamlet in the parish of Dallington, about four miles north-east of Herstmonceux.

There has been much debate about the age and significance of these four giant stones a mile north of the village.

A few miles to the north of Chipping Campden lies Mickleton, a small town that displays both the limestone buildings of the Cotswolds and the traditional half-timbered style of the Vale.

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

North Lonsdale Hospital formerly stood by the church until its closure in the 1980s.

We can see why Pevsner described Chigwell as the first true village north east out of London.

If we turn left at the junction and cross the railway line, we find ourselves on the shore, from where stagecoaches began their dangerous crossing of the bay to Lonsdale North of the Sands.

From Saxon times Feckenham was the administrative centre for the Forest of Feckenham, which once covered most of north Worcestershire.

Hanbury sprawls along the B4091, which runs north from the Saltway to Bromsgrove.

Solid sandstone terraced houses line the Main Street of Castleton in Eskdale, on the northern edge of the North York Moors.

We enter the church through a remarkable two-storey porch - inside is a famous window depicting the Tree of Jesse. North of the church the road runs along the medieval sea bank.

This is a classic photograph of a north London suburb around the turn of the century, with a mix of design and scale in the road-side buildings.

Watford Way, running down to the North Circular Road from the M1 motorway, looks definitely under-used in 1960.