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Looking north, the road runs close to the church whilst a back lane to Yarnacott - in the distance - climbs out of the valley.

This Norman church was heavily restored in 1848-9, though the north doorway is original. It was once paved with medieval tiles, and later the walls were hung with them.

North of Saxmundham, Yoxford was once a coaching stop on the London to Great Yarmouth route.

Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road, and had no less than twenty-two inns.

When the castle was begun, the border between that part of England firmly under Norman control and those still willing to put up a fight lay just a few miles to the north.

In medieval times Tickhill, which lies 4 miles south of Doncaster, was more important than Sheffield; its castle, built about 1130, was one of the most important in the north - we can just

The Marquis, it is true, had no more life outside Dickens's brain than Sam himself, but its counterpart in our everyday world is said to have lain in North Street, the King's Head, a vast establishment

We are looking up Bridge Street past the North Street junction.

Although this view is titled Shottermill, strictly speaking it shows Springhead in Camelsdale just over the Hampshire border on the south bank of the young River Wey - Shottermill is on the north bank

Moving north of the Checker and across Abbey Close and into Abbey Gardens, we reach the site of the abbey church, which was about 300 feet long, and the cloisters and monastic buildings.

But he warned that the 'north-west heaths belong to the soldiers', and that here were 'all the camps, training grounds and rifle-ranges that do not belong to Aldershot'.

Right in the far north-eastern corner of the county, Disley straddles the busy A6.

This view was taken north-eastwards along Marine Parade, below Langmoor Gardens (left), to the Bay Hotel, 1830-built Madeira Cottages and Cobb Gate Jetty (centre).

Ollerton village was at the crossroads of three major routes, and its inns catered for the coaching trade, but now, mercifully, it is by-passed and tranquil.

This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.

With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular.

The YMCA outdoor activities centre is on the western shore of Windermere, a little distance north of Lakeside.

Isolated, as the road now crosses the water to its north, the bridge seems to take about itself an air of romance, probably associated with the image of luxury-laden animals in fact, their loads

The A1 sweeps north between Moat Mound Recreation Ground and Mill Hill Golf Club, and is little changed since it was built, apart from the introduction of high level lighting standards.

This view looks north along Trumpington Street, with Pembroke College on the right, and the Peterhouse Museum on the left.

The north and south wings housed poor women, whilst the central area was a charitable boarding school, later becoming fee-paying.

The effects of the naval blockade by the North on Confederate ports caused severe distress and hardship amongst British mill workers.

There is a Charles I letter over the north door.

Situated in the north-west Cotswolds, Hailes Abbey was founded in 1246.