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In the background, to the south-east, is Ben Nevis. The mountain once boasted a hostel and an observatory on its summit. The observatory lasted from 1883 to 1904, and the hostel closed in 1915.

A train is heading south. The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction.

Two phases of Victorian expansion are shown here in this view along the Brighton Road heading south-east from the town.

The south wall of the tower has an impressive clock, with the figure of Father Time, supposedly paid for out of the profits from the parish farm, which was ostensibly operated for the benefit of the

This view looks south, away from the church.

Situated near the south end of High Street, this is generally regarded as the finest civic building of its period in the country.

Its arches to north, south and east are very tall too, and of Decorated style.

Next door are the offices and showrooms of the South Eastern Electricity Board.

We start in Egham, a town on higher ground south of the River Thames. Unlike Staines on the north bank, the river plays no part in Egham's townscape. This view looks east along the High Street.

Across the A3, Puttenham village lies just south of the narrow chalk ridge of the Hog's Back.

Walton-on-Thames is another suburbanised town south-west of London along the River Thames.

The south wall of the tower has an impressive clock, with the figure of Father Time, supposedly paid for out of the profits from the parish farm, which was ostensibly operated for the benefit of the

The mill, on the south bank of the Great Ouse, later became a hosiery factory, and has now been converted into a prestige housing complex.

The village of Bradpole is shown here from the north-east, looking south-west from above Hole House Farm and the valley of the Mangerton River across to Holy Trinity Parish Church (right) and the fields

The link between London Road and Gallowtree Gate, this short north-south road is visually of the later 19th century.

The projecting section of promenade shown in both photographs is known as the Donkey Stand, because it was possible to take donkey rides along the sands from here as far as South Slip and back.

The South of England agricultural showground is in the locality. Ardingly reservoir caters for the expanding needs of public water supply in the area, and has facilities for watersports.

Inside the church, remnants of a carved Saxon cross depicting a dragon and a priest are built into the south aisle.

Prominent on the south side of the village in 1955, Ruddles Brewery, founded in 1858, was producing fine real ales, but in 1986 it was sold to Watneys, eventually to be absorbed into the Grand Metropolitan

The font (right, through the south arcade arch) is 12th-century, and decorated with rather naive yet animated carvings of dragons, and a sword-wielding St George.

The south porch is 15th-century, but there is evidence of it being moved to its present position when the tower was built in the early 16th century.

Three miles south-east of Southport, Scarisbrick Hall was remodelled by John Foster in 1814 and by Augustus Welby Pugin between 1836 and 1845.

The south aisle or Farnham Chapel contains monuments of interest, particularly one to John Farnham of Quorn Hall attributed to Epiphanius Evesham (1570-c1633), whose superb talent should have ensured

The carving has since been moved to the south ambulatory. However, Reuben tells us that Robert of Normandy was 'as unstable as water, he could not excel, he was ignoble and hopeless'.