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The south bank always remained less formal than the north; it is a series of islands separated from the 'mainland' by a back river, which in its turn is separated by weirs from the north river.

It would be difficult to say now, without consulting early maps, exactly where 18th-century Whetstone began and finished on the Great North Road.

From 1862 North Wall was the Dublin terminus for London & North Western Railway steamers from Holyhead.

Off the north side of the High Street, the buildings are encroachments on the market place; Bletchingley had been a borough by the 13th century.

This is the north end of North Street with the Masonic Lodge off to the left.

Note how the 14th century north arcade of Polyphant stone contrasts with the more lofty granite south arcade which was built a century later.

Lying in the tranquil Rye valley two miles west of Hemsley, this is the first Cistercian monastery in the North of England.

The wall formed three sides of the town defences, from the north-east Tower round to the Eagle Tower; the fourth side was provided by the north curtain of the castle.

At that time, the border between those firmly under Norman control and those still willing to fight lay just a few miles to the north.

Gatwick remains in Sussex, but Horley north of the River Mole was returned to Surrey.

John Stokes, a 15th-century clothier, built the north aisle; the chancel was rebuilt in 1876.

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

We are looking north from Old Market.

Fishing was a vital local industry in this remote north-eastern port, and in 1914 there were still more than 200 boats registered here.

By the end of the 18th century, the Severn north of Bewdley was becoming increasingly difficult to keep open for navigation, and groups of men had to be employed to bow-haul craft between Bewdley and Coalbrookdale

Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south.

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north-west corner of Powys, so distant that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and just ten miles from the sea.

We are on the Downs, just north of Seaford.The church of St Peter has a fine Norman fonty.

The medieval church and Albury Park are to the east and north of the stream, and are now on the North Downs Way long-distance footpath.

Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills.

The village sits astride the Roman Fosse Way, but it is attractive no longer: for the last hundred years it has been in all but name a part of North Leicester.

Newark grew up where the Roman road from Axminster to Lincoln met the medieval Great North Road's predecessor and crossed the River Trent.

The promenade - Undercliff Walk - alongside the Archbishop's Palace, looking north towards Maidstone Bridge and the chimneys of the industrial area beyond.

The camera looks north across the Golders Green Road/North End Road crossing.