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Pump Cottage (in the middle of our photo) was—as the name suggests—the source of the village's water-supply. It dates from about 1860. The well pre-dated the cottage by a decade.

At 700ft above sea-level, Tilton-on-the-Hill is one of the highest villages in High Leicestershire.

Up the hill is an early example of a covered shopping area - the Butterwalk, parts of which were known as piazzas.

The Church of St Mary stands at the top of the hill above the old Cluniac Priory of Prittlewell.

The elegant spire and pinnacles of the parish church of St John feature in many views of this town, situated at the foot of Skiddaw in the northern Lake District.

School House on the left looks out over the village green in this charming scene. Terrington Hall, set amongst the trees, is now a preparatory school.

St John's Church, built in 1858-9 by Morphew & Green and with its west gable-end facing out onto the road junction, dominates this cross-roads towards the top of the hill.

With surrounding hills dominating the skyline, and substantial granite buildings, this view becomes immediately identifiable as Scotland.

This view, taken from Stonecot Hill, shows the 1930s Woodstock pub, which still flourishes.

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

St Bartholomew's enjoys an elevated position, possibly the site of a prehistoric fort, at the corner of Church Hill and Vicarage Road.

Although Ilfracombe is essentially a Victorian town, the elegant terraced houses of Montpellier Place (upper, left of centre) were built in the early 1830s.

Built during the dark days of the depression, this was a statement about civic pride.

Tucked away under the hills of Hindhead and Blackdown, and close to the edge of the county, this little village was the home of the novelist George Eliot, who wrote much of Middlemarch here in 1871.

THE WATERFALL c1960 This little scene of timber and water gives a feeling of how tranquil the Forest of Feckenham must have been when it covered the hills and vales round about.

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

The air of a monastic undercroft, with its heavy circular columns and chamfered pointed arches, pervades the photograph.

This peaceful scene was taken just off the Middlesbrough to Redcar trunk road, with the buildings of the former Stapylton School in the background on the right.

Taken from Billy Banks Wood south of the Swale, this distant view shows the defensive site of Richmond Castle, and the town clinging precariously - and picturesquely - to the hillside

A view down the hill towards the fine tower of the Parish Church of St Ia. The first building on the left was a Navigation School at the time.

This is another postern gate surviving from the Town Wall, which was built to defend Richmond against Scottish raids shortly before the Battle of Bannockburn.

We are looking towards Botney Hill at Little Burstead. The long fields in the distance were filled with houses soon after this picture was taken, with the development of the Basildon Drive estate.

Although best known for its castle, Framlingham's heart is Market Hill, in a town where many of the buildings are in fact made from stones removed from the castle.

Travelling towards Church Hill we come to Brackendale Road; this is a pretty road, with many pine trees. Before the opening of the M3, it used to run right through to the Portsmouth Road.