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This view is of the north front, which faces the village, while the south overlooks the River Cherwell valley, across a somewhat mutilated Capability Brown parkland of the 1760s.

A mile and a half north-east of Daventry, the Grand Junction (formerly the Grand Union) Canal cuts through the limestone ridge via the Braunston Tunnel.

This view is from the mile-long north-west drive: the visitor approaches a spectacularly busy mansion encrusted in turrets, bay windows, elaborate chimneys, cupolas and much more.

The attractive stone built village stands on high undulating ground some four miles north-east of Oakham.

Nork is a suburb that merges south into Burgh Heath in the large triangle between Reigate Road, Brighton Road and Fir Tree Road, the north boundary of Nork. The

This is the north end of Melford Green with the road to Stanstead to the left.

This view shows the spot where the south lane curves north to meet the main through east-west lane; the wall to the left to Aldsworth is now reduced in height by half.

Today it is a restaurant, and stands to the north of the 1960s flyover across the A272, which leads back to Haywards Heath.

As this is a pure limestone area, similar to the Peak District and North Yorkshire, the whole length of the Mellte is a magnificent spectacle of caves and waterfalls.

Alderman T Miller presented the land for the park (11 acres) in 1864.

The remoteness of this area led to its being chosen as the location for the branch of the Royal Observatory responsible for carrying out magnetic observations.

This timber-framed Tudor cottage originally occupied a site in Malden Road (now the Broadway) closer to the main crossroads, but it stood in the way of the eventual widening of the street.

In 1835 it was moved from its position near the Workhouse, but it has now been rebuilt in its original site opposite Pound Cottages in Common Lane to the north east of the town.

The picture looks westwards and shows semi-circular rooms with a flat roof at the north-east corner. Beyond are Buena Vista (right) and Belmont (top).

Known as the 'Windsor of the North', this mansion in the Gothic style was designed for Lord Henry Brougham (1778-1868), by the architects Cottingham and Hussey.

The lower niches to the north contain scenes from the New Testament, and to the south scenes from the Old Testament, while beneath these are angels.

Overlooking the River Asker and Happy Island, north-westwards to Watton Hill (centre) as a Great Western Railway pannier tank engine (right) steams out of Bridport Station (far left) with a goods train

High Street North is a relatively undistinguished and typical London suburban shopping street: the exuberance of the Town Hall complex is forgotten.

On the right is a glimpse of the electricity showrooms which bound the open frontage to the Town Hall on its north side, while to the south are the gas showrooms.

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

We are looking north, with the White Swan on the left and tall trees near the church in the centre. The grass in the foreground would soon bear a 1914-18 war memorial.

From the 12th century, the rearing of sheep for their wool became a major source of revenue for the monastic houses in the north of England.

The village stands on the north bank of Doulting Water, also known as the River Sheppey. Thus the name of the village may also derive from the words 'dun', meaning 'a hill', and 'dwr', 'water'.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Staithes was a fishing port of some standing, being a centre for cod, haddock and mackerel, with enough fish being landed for the North Eastern Railway to run