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Thomas Hardy used the Manor at Wool as the setting for the disastrous honeymoon of Tess and Angel Clare in his novel 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'.

Having completed our tour of the central part of the city, this chapter provides an itinerary taking in the best of the great terraces, squares and crescents that were developed to its north.

Cliff lifts became a popular solution to the problems of beach access in the later years of the Victorian period, and were used at a number of seaside resorts.

Mothers and daughters take advantage of the excellent views of the Severn afforded them from the churchyard of St Peter's.

Parked cars dating from the 1960s fill the cobbled square at Grassington, the pretty Wharfedale village whose wealth was founded on lead mining in the nearby limestone hills.

This view looks towards the Royal Exchange and St Mary's Gate. This was one of the principal cab ranks in Manchester, and licensing, fares and conditions were regulated by the local authority.

Sulby not only gives its name to the island's longest river but also to (probably) its tallest inhabitant.

This Wiltshire village is known locally as the village of four crosses, all medieval.

Our earliest view of Junction station. A carriage shed is to the left. The shaded area beyond the road will become the Ilfracombe railway. Several sailing vessels stand at Barnstaple Quay.

Photographed in the year it was built, this church had seating for 800 people, and a commodious schoolroom at the back.

The sign of the Unicorn inn on the left has a finely- carved sundial nearby, also with a unicorn below.

In the meantime, development, in the main of a residential nature, continued to spread north and east across Portsea Island.

Bath Street, leading off the Market Place, is one of Ilkeston's main shopping streets. This view looks back towards the tower of St Mark's at the end of the street.

Standing proudly at the top of Pendennis Point is Pendennis Castle, built by Henry VIII to guard the approaches to the estuary of the Fal, one of Cornwall's great waterways.

It was to Sheerness dockyard that Nelson's body was brought, preserved in a barrel of spirit, following his death at Trafalgar.

Once a boat builder's premises, it obtained a licence to sell beer in 1897. It was swept away in a great flood.

The 17th-century Old Market House at Winster was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust in the Peak District, in 1906.

Cockermouth is best known as the birthplace of the poet William Wordsworth, and there is a stained glass window memorial to this fact in the parish church of All Saints.

Portishead was connected to Bristol by rail in 1867. The following year the pier was commissioned; it was soon extended so that vessels could use it at low water.

Long before this picture was taken, the northern Severn had effectively been closed to navigation at two to three hundred yards above Stourport Bridge.

The centre of the village is located around the White Horse public house (centre right).

The river flows particularly swiftly at this point and is very popular with canoeists riding the rapids. The white building in the centre is the Saracen's Head pub.

On the left is Wheeler's Hotel, and at the top of the street, just visible, is the hop leaf symbol of Simond's Brewery - once a common sight on local pubs.

It was built by Bishop Flambard in 1128. The peninsula end was defended by a gatehouse, but this fortification was demolished in 1760.