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The narrow cobbled streets of Staithes wind down to the North Sea. Cobles (the local fishing boats, based on a Viking design) are pulled up above the Easington Beck as it flows out into the sea.

North Pier and the Tower were great successes.

Wharves and warehouses were built alongside the river to accommodate the trade in cheeses from all parts of Gloucestershire and North Wiltshire.

Local records indicate that the first village school was held in the north transept of the church until an official site was chosen. We can just spot some petrol pumps on the left of the picture.

The tower has buttresses banded with light courses of limestone and darker courses of ironstone; inside there is an interesting spiral stair to the north chapel.

Looking north from New Bond Street, this late 19th-century view captures well the quality of Milsom Street, one of the earlier streets laid out beyond the boundaries of the original walled town.

The north side of George Street is raised above the roadway; at the left is part of Edgar Buildings, completed in 1762, whose centrally-pedimented houses close the vista up Milsom Street.

The village was an important staging point on the Great North Road.

Warnham parish lies mainly on Wealden clay about 2 miles north-west of Horsham.

In the four years since the previous picture was taken some redevelopment of the north side of the street has taken place, though there was more to come.

This fine chapel in Barn Street was erected in 1846 and enlarged in 1862 during the period when the town was experiencing the effects of the mining boom around Caradon just to the north

Two schooners are moored at the North Quay alongside John Hawken's coal store.

In 1839 Christ Church was opened to cater for the spiritual needs of the expanding suburb of shoe workers to the north of the town.

A site in the centre of town was found for the new church which was built in 1866 incorporating some of the old windows. The steeple was added in 1887. The north arcade is said to be special.

The hilly region ends with the valley of the Sulby, to the north of which is a plain'.

On the right Archibald Ramsden's bathing machines offer discreet changing facilities for those ladies wishing to take an invigorating plunge into the North Sea.

We can see a tram climbing North Road. When the trams first ran in 1901, only one had brakes strong enough to use the hill, so passengers had to change at the top.

Lying to the north-east of Iona, the uninhabited island of Staffa is celebrated for its caves and rock formations. Legend has it that the cave was formed when the giant Finn McCoul made the island.

This view is looking north past the keep to the start of the descent from the ramparts to the River Colne below.

North Walsham is only 15 miles from Norwich; it prospered when Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century.

The village is set on the hilly north side of the young River Nene. Little has changed. Here we look up School Hill, past New Cottage (new in 1716 when built) to Stone House.

It is large and imposing, with a north-west porch steeple of Early English style. The crockets of the gable over the porch entrance have remained uncarved.

This tower is on the north-east corner of the fortress's inner wall. The D-shaped tower was much rebuilt in Charles II's reign, when it was made the Jewel Tower.

The North East Counties Convalescent Home for miners and other such workers would only recently have opened at this time, as only Phase One has been built; photograph No 47052 shows the