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Dragging a cumbersome plate camera with him, he took four photographs, looking north, south, east and west.

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.

These days Aberdeen is famous for its association with North Sea oil, but shipbuilding, fishing, papermaking and the quarrying of granite have all played their part in the city's development.

Situated about 8 miles north of Leicester, by Domesday 'Barhou' was settled. Today, it is the river and the lime works which are the village's most valuable assets.

The house, probably of the 18th century, with its mix of thatch and stone slates, fine gate piers, and a less substantial gate, masks the Boot and Shoe.

Here we have the classic view of the west front, lop-sided in appearance since the north-west (left-hand) transept and tower fell in the late Middle Ages.

This view, taken in the same year as 41713, looks northwards from beside the north bank of the pond.

Roads like the one shown here have fared less well.

The building on the left with the urns along its parapet (which do not survive) is part of High Street Colonnade, a 1930 development in Adam style built along the north side of the Chapel Arches

Reflecting the town's original location on that highway beloved of cyclists, the Great North Road, the sign to the rear of the memorial promises 'Cycles Stored and Repaired'.

We are a little further north than view C105008; we can see the BP petrol pumps of Overton's Garage with the parade of shops beyond the Crossways.

We are looking north from Bridge Street.

Wesley's Cottage, on the north side of the High Street to the west of the Town Hall, where the founding preacher of Methodism stayed on the night of 12-13 October 1774.

The parish church, St Michael's, with its fine octagonal tower, occupies the north side of the Market Place, which is effectively bisected by the through road to Frome.

To reach our final village, Pilton, we must leave our straight route at East Pennard and travel almost due north for a couple of miles or so.

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.

This view is from the lower slopes of Thorncombe Beacon, looking north-east, to Lower Eype Farm (left) and Lower Eype hamlet (centre), with the adjacent farmstead of Bonville (right).

An evocative view from the north-east of the part of the town immediately below the castle and the impressive castle and prison itself.

It eventually became a convalescent home and medical rehabilitation center for the North East Metropolitan Region and was closed and demolished in 1986.

The one on the right appears to belong to the North British Railway. Dunoon handled 10,000 visits by steamers every year.

This view looks north towards Barton Seagrave Hall, just visible beyond the tall lime trees. Since the 1950s, the cottages have been restored and a road now cuts close to them.

The north-east quarter of Overstone Park is heavily wooded.

St John the Evangelist, W S Gilbert, of Gilbert and Sullivan fame, sleeps under the widespread wings of a white angel; Gilbert lived at Grimsdyke, a house designed by the architect Norman Shaw, to the north

Beside him stands the post donkey, who was vital to efficient and regular deliveries in this isolated village in North Devon.