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The church was restored in the 1860s and boasts wall paintings on the north wall of the nave.

Taken from the upper storey of a cottage in Church Street, this view of the north side of the church looks beguilingly medieval.

This landmark, familiar to drivers on the A1, was in the 1950s THE place for film stars to stay on their way north, and most of the cars we see here are in the luxury class.

This part of Sunderland developed into the commercial and civic heart of the town following the opening of Fawcett Street Station by the North Eastern Railway.

The North and South Brinks, sombre rows of mansions and warehouses, look out over each other on opposite sides of the river.

Situated nine miles east of Rotherham on the A361, the village of Tickhill once had one of the most important castles in the North, built on a motte no less than 75ft high and surrounded by a wet moat

This view of Great Gable is unusual, as it is taken from the north. The usual view of the shapeliest mountains in the Lake District is from the head of Wasdale, where it dominates the scene.

Just beyond is the North Eastern Railway's bridge over the Wear.

Robert FitzHamon chose to build his castle within the ruins of the old Roman fortress, raising a motte in the north-west corner.

Although only five miles to the west, it has avoided the expansion of villages such as Skellingthorpe or North Hykeham.

North from St Mary's Street, St John's Street leads past St John's Church into Red Lion Square, the market place.

Another view along the Welland towards Town Bridge, over which the old Great North Road crossed into Lincolnshire.

The view north along High Street is terminated by a white gabled building, now O'Neills pub. The road deviates to the right here, to tackle the climb of 150 feet up The Strait and Steep Hill.

This delightful group of contrasting buildings clusters along the river valley, with the church on higher ground to the north. The Eight Bells (left) closed in the 1980s and is now Peal House.

Further north along the High Street, the photographer looks past the junction with Vicarage Street past a jumble of piecemeal development, mostly late 19th-century small shops.

The view is north-westwards to West Down (top left).

It was built in 1843; for a further ninety years after this photograph was taken, it offered both a warning and guidance for ships passing north along the white cliffs, and for those heading

Yet upriver, above London Bridge, were the more modest colliers, whose simple barges, loaded by man-power, carried consignments on to Thameside towns, for shipment to the Midlands and the north through

Members of the Institute were also adventurous, hiring Thomas Cook in June 1840 to organise a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midland Railways.

Frogmore Street begins near the bank on the right, site of the medieval north gate. The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

This is on the Norman motte or mound; the castle had two large baileys or walled enclosures, the north one relatively open still, the south one overwhelmed by Buckler's heavy-handed Victorian work.

We are on the upper River Medway north of the Ashdown Forest, near the Kent border. The 13th-century church of St Mary is on a knoll in the centre of the village.

North Common has a white smock windmill reckoned to be the exact centre of Sussex.

In June 1840,Thomas Cook arranged a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midlands Railways.The trip was priced at half the normal fare and included tea at York.There