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Looking inland from the high ground above Black Head, this view captures almost the whole of the little valley where trees thrive in the shelter.

This stretch of promenade was built between 1902 and 1904; the shed at the head of the pier was demolished.

These two are named after mythical giants, while other rocks have been given names such as Dr Syntax's Head.

Whitehead is a popular resort and the pebble beach is much in evidence in this view looking round to Black Head. A little girl is playing among the rocks. Note the refreshment room behind the hotel.

On the west side is the white Georgian façade of one of the earliest coaching inns: the Hart's Head, known as the White Hart from 1700.

The King's Head Hotel, seen on the right in the photograph, dates back to the early 17th century. In 1828, nineteen coaches were reported to have stopped there in one day.

The view looking north from the King's Head shows the National Provincial Bank on the left (now NatWest) and, opposite, the Button Shop (now the Wimborne Pottery).

The King's Head, on the corner of the green, was a favourite stop for race-goers on their way to the Newmarket races.

Hawkshead is one of the prettiest Lakeland villages; it stands at the head of Esthwaite Water, and was probably founded in the 10th century by a Norseman called Haukr.

Although sheltered by Flamborough Head, the harbour dries at low water, and the entrance can be particularly difficult during south-easterly winds. Bridlington

The old water tower forms an interesting backdrop to a pleasure steamer heading upstream. From the 1880s to the 1930s, taking a steamer trip from Worcester was an enormously popular pastime.

At the junction with Paternoster Row, Cheapside swings from the north in an arc and heads east towards the Bank.

Gweek lies at the very head of the Helford River. The river is tidal, and although there is nothing but mud here at low tide, it was navigable by small coasters well into the 20th century.

This is the A153 heading towards Sleaford. The White Bull pub (right) is still in existence, but many of the other buildings have gone, and so have the telegraph posts and school sign (left).

On the left is a large sweeping brush head trade sign, now in the York Castle Museum: it advertised Seale's Brush and Mat Warehouse.

Tynevale House was built in 1754, Town Head in 1796, and the Miners Arms in 1750.

Only one of the misericords has been lost; a number of them are carved with the heads of real or imaginary beasts, while some have other subjects, and most have foliage.

The King's Head still stands beside the road, which drops north from the village to the moors below. A cottage on the left was once home to the blacksmith; his forge stood beyond the pub.

Also along here is the timber-framed Saracen's Head. In 1646 it was known as the King's Arms; it was here that Charles I spent his last hours of freedom before surrendering to the Scots.

A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.

This hilltop village, at the head of the Coombe Valley, sits astride the main road between Bude and Barnstaple. It was once the Pilgrim's route to St Michael's Mount.

Newton Abbot and Newton Bushel were two discrete settlements at the head of the Teign estuary when William of Orange arrived there from Brixham in 1688, on his way to displace James II as King of England

The Old King's Head dates from the early 17th century, as does The Falcon (1626). The latter is where Handel stayed when he visited the city in 1741.

This shows the south entrance to the church, which Pevsner describes thus: 'Perpendicular also s porch (with a niche) and the embattled s chapel with straight-headed windows'.