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In June 1840,Thomas Cook arranged a members' excursion to York by way of the Leeds & Selby and the York & North Midlands Railways.The trip was priced at half the normal fare and included tea at York.There

This view looks north from the corner of Pier Street past the Queens Hotel, now painted to protect the rapidly- eroding stone work, towards the short pier; its pavilion-roofed structure is now named

Robert FitzHamon chose to build his castle within the ruins of the old Roman fortress, raising a motte in the north-west corner.

Although only five miles to the west, it has avoided the expansion of villages such as Skellingthorpe or North Hykeham.

North from St Mary's Street, St John's Street leads past St John's Church into Red Lion Square, the market place.

Another view along the Welland towards Town Bridge, over which the old Great North Road crossed into Lincolnshire.

The view north along High Street is terminated by a white gabled building, now O'Neills pub.

This delightful group of contrasting buildings clusters along the river valley, with the church on higher ground to the north.

It was built in 1843; for a further ninety years after this photograph was taken, it offered both a warning and guidance for ships passing north along the white cliffs, and for those heading

Further north along the High Street, the photographer looks past the junction with Vicarage Street past a jumble of piecemeal development, mostly late 19th-century small shops.

The view is north-westwards to West Down (top left).

The right side of this picture is now taken up by Natureland, whilst the Figure 8 switchback, the dodgems, the big wheel, the tennis courts and the North Shore Café (right) have all gone.

Lying in the north west of the county, Mildenhall boasts one of the most magnificent churches in the region.

It is sheltered from the north wind by hills rising to the sombre Welsh mountains south of Cadair Idris.

Further north-east we reach Crowborough, a village that became a health resort in the 1870s when Lord Abergavenny followed the advice of a Dr Prince.

Back at the Victorian eastern end of the village, the photographer looks north-east across the Recreation Ground, where mothers and children are enjoying the summer afternoon.

Now quieter, thanks to a bypass, it once had a wharf on the Grand Junction Canal which passed a quarter of a mile north of the village.

It is sheltered from the north wind by hills rising to the sombre Welsh mountains south of Cadair Idris.

Batley was the north's shoddy town: its prosperity came from the process of breaking down and reweaving woollen cloth from waste rags.

The fields of Putnoe Farm were developed in the 1950s: here we look north-west from the shopping parade towards Braeside across Bowhill and the park, here in its infancy but now well treed and attractive

Both Sheep Market and All Saints Street lead down to what was the Great North Road, but Stamford has since been bypassed.

Carefully positioned, with views to the north over School Lake, this is an imposing Italianate house with fine red brick and terra cotta facing, accessed by an imposing triple-arch porte-cochere.

Goathland, also on the popular North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which carries 200,000 passengers each year, has become a haven of tea and souvenir shops.

Crakehall, 1 mile north of Bedale, is two villages in one - this is Little Crakehall, with its race (left) for three corn and flax mills.