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Looking South This photograph shows the wide carriageway of Cricklade Road leading to Stratton Crossroads, with the junction of Beechcroft Road to the left and Whitworth Road to the right.

The bypass on the south side of town was opened in 1926; it was much needed to relieve the narrow streets of both local china clay and through traffic.

The pass is said to have taken its name from a large rock which looks like a gable end of a church.This view looks south towards Troutbeck, with the shoulder of Broad End on the left.

The church itself was extensively remodelled in 1879-90, and further work was done in 1908 when the south aisle and porch were rebuilt.

Abbot Hall was then rebuilt, and it was considerably extended in 1868, when the tower and south west wing were added.

We are looking down from the Triangle, and we can see the Freeman, Hardy & Willis shoe shop on the left, AJ Perham's Hair Cutting Rooms on the right, and the South Western Gas Board at the end of the street

The main residential block, including the great hall, was sited along the south side of the inner curtain wall.

Also nearby and out of view is the Scott Polar Research Institute, founded as a memorial to Captain Scott and his colleagues who died in their expedition to the South Pole.

Although the harbour is accessible in all states of the tide, south-easterly winds cause a heavy swell to enter the harbour, necessitating caution when navigating the entrance.

So proclaimed the South Wales Echo in its December 1956 review of the facility. At this time, Wales's most modern teaching hospital could boast 379 beds, with an aim to reach the 1000 mark.

The church dominates views from the south while behind it, to the north, are the remains of the Norman motte and bailey castle. Remarkably, the brutally pruned lime trees survive.

George Lynn advertises his wares with considerable vigour on the south side of the triangular square, originally called Cross Bank.

Situated four miles south-west of Swansea overlooking Swansea Bay, Oystermouth derives its name from a Norman/English corruption of Ystmllwynarth.

To the south of the village, brick making has been an important local industry.

The headquarters of Somerset County Cricket Club, founded in 1875, lie on the south bank of the River Tone; although the grandstands are much changed, the arched one still in essence survives.

A mile south-west we come to Athelney, a name redolent of Anglo-Saxon history.

This view is taken from the steps up to the sea wall behind the dunes, and looks across the small resort of Sandilands, just south of Sutton on Sea.

The Roman Catholic church was designed by the famous architect Welby Pugin, and other places of worship were Holy Trinity at South Shore and Christ Church.

A young boy pushes a handcart towards the camera on this street running south towards the church of St Peter, as two elegantly hatted ladies drive their pony and trap past a sunbathing dog on the pavement

South of Redhill, east of the A23 Brighton Road and west of the M23 motorway, Salfords has avoided much of the development that has affected less isolated parts of this area.

Now further down Bridge Street, Frith's photographer was looking south uphill past the Newcastle Street crossroads.

We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left.

In medieval times, the Mowdens and the surrounding district were all part of Clun Forest, and subject to Forest Law in much the same way as the New Forest in the south of England.

Nowadays, new estates or developments have streets named according to some irrelevant theme - anything from Cumbrian lakes to South American countries.