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The Main Line of the Stourbridge Canal swung south and then east around Brierley Hill to meet up with the Dudley Canal at Black Delph Locks.The Dudley Canal passed through Round Oak Steel Works and

Windmill Hill is near Herstmonceux.

It sits in one corner of what is thought to be an old hill fort, and was the last castle to be built by a native Welsh prince, Dafydd, brother of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales.

The White Horse, a chalk hill figure, was carved in 1857. It is still a major attraction and can be seen for miles. The church of St Mary, off to the right, dates from 1120, with a tower of 1667.

Further up the hill is Key House, a timber-framed building of some architectural merit, dated 1636.

Standing on a limestone hill, Dudley Castle dominates the town.

Further down the hill, part of Butter Row Methodist Chapel, now a private house, is visible.

Sixty years and two world wars on from the photograph of 1906, the late 18th-century house on Church Hill has been demolished and replaced by the War Memorial Building, designed by Sir Herbert Baker in

Good views can be had of the town from the top of Corbar Hill and of the moorland to the north over Lightwood Reservoir.

Further up the hill is Key House, a timber-framed building of some architectural merit, dated 1636.

Swindon - 'swine down' or 'pig hill' - is Wiltshire's largest settlement; it grew from the two villages of Old and New Swindon of about 2,000 inhabitants in 1900 to its present size of about

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).

One was the gap between the Blackdown and Brendon Hills, and the other was the coastal route, which used the old ford at Axmouth; this was part of the Roman Fosse Way, which ran all the way to Lincoln.

In 1908 this view was possible, but Lea Hill is now too tree-covered.

Further down the hill, on the corner of Throwley Road, the cupola surmounting the Municipal Offices rises above the surrounding buildings. Beyond is the white stone frontage of the Gaumont Cinema.

A greensand village, it is slightly off the beaten track and quiet: or at least quiet west of the B3000 Puttenham Hill road, which links the A31 and the A3.

Around 1855, Charles Veasey built a steam-powered mill manufacturing linseed oil and cattle cake.

Arrested, tried for treason and condemned, Murdoch Stewart died by the axe on Heading Hill, Stirling. Doune was used as a royal residence until 1528 when it was returned to a descendant of Albany.

Its core collection, gathered together by Philpot's sisters at their home in Silver Street, was moved down the hill in stages, but the Philpot Museum did not open to the general public until

Windmill Hill is near Herstmonceux. It is a post-type windmill where the body is turned to the wind by means of a long tailpole.

At the foot of Langho Fells and in sight of Pendle Hill stands the Saxon village of Old Langho; its church, St Leonard's, was built with stone that came from Whalley Abbey in about 1530.

Up here is Bentley Priory, remodelled by Sir John Soane in the late 18th century, where Queen Adelaide died in 1849; here, too, is Stanmore Hall, a remarkable ragstone building which until a great conflagration

The view is north-westwards to the skyline of Godlingston Hill (centre distance) and Ulwell Gap (top right).

Traffic is parked solidly in the centre of the Market Hill; the sides are reserved for buses, and we can make out two single-deckers and a double-decker.