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By 1920, the head was the Rev Ernest Alfred Crewe Stowell, BA, and pupil numbers had risen to about 150.

The old Wheal Coates mine, perched on the steep cliffs of St Agnes Head, has been frequently photographed over the years.

Porters, who often carried goods to waiting carts on their heads, are posing with wooden boxes and baskets.

A craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal.

In the early 19th century, Bradford had thirty-two cloth factories and Holy Trinity was the church of the clothiers.

At its head is Watermouth Castle, built in 1825 for Joseph Davie Bassett.

With a little imagination, we can see the noble profile of a lion`s head on the lovely riverside walk through Dovedale.

The round-headed doorways and windows are typically Norman. The south door is notable, too, for its iron scrollwork.

The bus is heading for Linton-on-Ouse.

The bus is heading for Linton, a scenic village in the Yorkshire Dales.

The High Street becomes Fore Street as it heads down towards the river Exe. The street today is a mass of shops and attractive buildings, none more so than Tuckers Hall.

The summit at 1083 feet is at the head of West Down at the southern point of Cleeve Common.

Street Farm (left) still displays parish notices, and the sign (far right) still directs travellers to the excellent Nelson Head pub.

Today the traffic along this stretch is constant as motorists head towards the A2 to reach the capital.

The Queen's Head once belonged to the Wordsworth family whose roots lay in neighbouring Sockbridge and Penrith.

This one gives vehicle access, but if we head north away from the road we will find ourselves in one of the finest areas of the park.

This later view of Anchor Head shows yet more developments on Birnbeck, including the construction of the low-water westward jetty, which allowed steamers to berth at any time or state of the tide.

The market is held on Fridays, with the stalls between the Victorian pump and the 15th-century Market Cross. Whitworth's the grocer's is on the left- hand corner.

Perhaps it is a Sunday and they are heading for church.

The rocky coast around Heysham Head pro- vided excitement and danger for its Victorian and Edwardian visitors. No holiday in Morecambe or Lancaster was complete without a day at Heysham.

From the Crown and Anchor pub on the left, the A6 trunk road heads away to Hadley Wood and on to Coventry, while on the right, the gleaming frontage of Clark's shoe shop reflects the passing scene.

A new harbour had just been constructed, only to be destroyed in March 1891 and then rebuilt in 1897. Black Head is in the distance.

Three fine buildings remain, however: St Nicholas' church, the Old Saracen's Head and the Old Grammar School.

This imposing cottage was for the important Head Gardener, who had over 80 gardeners under his control.