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Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle.

This reddish stone is soft compared with most local stones and can be most easily cut. Much came from Staunton quarry at Alcombe.

Another interesting scene of the town taken from the steps in Hill Lane looking towards the castle.

Opposite the Post Office a precipitous flight of 111 stone steps scales the hill from the town's square to Vernon Place.

A little way up the hill from where this picture was taken is the coffin stone, where the cortege traditionally stopped for a breather before resuming their long trudge.

The stone-faced houses are well in keeping with the rest of Bakewell.

Erroneously known at the time when this photograph was taken as the Druids' Circle, the Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick is dramatically set in an amphitheatre of hills, including Skiddaw

The 120ft tower was completed in 1459; stone for the building was landed at a quay specially built at the bottom of the hill.

The 19th-century church of St Michael stands on a steep hill, and was built of snicked stone.

Runcorn Hill, with all its quarries, is on the left. In the distance it's possible to see the industrial area of Weston Point.

Erroneously known at the time when this photograph was taken as the Druids' Circle, the Castlerigg Stone Circle just outside Keswick is dramatically set in an amphitheatre of hills, including Skiddaw,

This tall limestone pillar stands above the quarries on Leckhampton Hill, not far from Cheltenham.

The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine - or monkey-puzzle tree - grows in a garden further down the hill. The roadway is of stone; motor transport has not yet arrived.

This village prospered thanks to the quarries on Ham Hill, and the High Street has some fine 17th-century houses built in Ham stone. A

The name Downham means 'dwelling by the hill'—the hill is obviously Pendle, which can be seen in the background.

This old tin-streaming town is perched on a windy hill a mile inland from the sea. Solidly built of heavy granite, it turns its back stolidly on the gales.

We are at the bottom of the hill looking back towards the Square. The ornamental railings on the right are those of Botley Mill.

Just visible on the far right at the top of the hill is the day beacon, an 80ft stone tower which marks the eastern side of the entrance to the estuary, as the entrance is almost impossible

Situated below Winter Hill on Rivington Moor, Adlington developed as a textile town before the advent of the railway because of its proximity to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs

This is a beautiful example of the mixing of stone and timberwork that is typical of many houses that snuggle amongst the hills of southern Shropshire.

Our visit to Stapleford concludes with an oddity: the Hemlock Stone.

The buildings on the hill are the upper part of Brimscombe village, with Walls Quarry and Burleigh to the right.

A little higher up on a hill, peeping over the top of the Royal Marine Restaurant (far right) is the Trinity Theatre, which today houses the Cowes Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society.

In the distance is the tree-clad hill of Bramber Castle with the stone tooth of its keep.