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conveyances were mostly replaced by electric trams, which covered the major routes in and out of town; there was even a tram that regularly undertook the steep climb up towards Cleeve Hill

The old parish of Great Comberton runs from the river Avon to the summit of Bredon Hill.

Rowland Hill was born in Kidderminster in 1795. As a young impoverished man he dreaded the postman's knock on his door, for letters had to be paid for on delivery.

Little Comberton lies on the northern side of Bredon Hill, not far from its sister village of Great Comberton.

This view across the River Wye portrays the deep valley the river has carved through the hills here.

A superb view of both the railway in the foreground, complete with steam engine, and the rolling hills beyond.

The architect was Major C Oakley and the sculptors were Fairburn and Hill, all of Barrow.

The views are of the Town Hall in the centre, the sunken gardens on Broadway, the Parkinson Rock Garden in Oak Hill Park, Blackburn Road and St James' Church.

These cottages on Ratford Hill are similar in style to the Sandy Lane estate cottages. The pair on the right was built in the early 19th century for Bowood estate workers.

In this panoramic view of the Golden Valley, the mill chimneys are visible in the background; the workers' cottages are on the lower slopes of the hill, and the canal winds its way along the valley

The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.

In its early years the main entrance to Charterhouse was along Peperharow Road, seen here from the water tower on Frith Hill. Development with houses for staff was rapid.

A superb view looking up the Western Cleddau into Haverfordwest with the Castle in the centre and the tower of St Thomas à Becket on the hill overlooking it.

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Just along from the town hall is the old technical college building, an equally impressive structure. It was designed by H W Burchett and completed in 1937.

This market, with the medieval Luttrell Arms Hotel to the right and Conygar Tower on the hill behind, has little changed.

St Martin of Tours' Church is on the main Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury, and would have been a regular stopping point for the pilgrims before starting the climb up Detling Hill.

Henry II's 12th-century keep at Castleton, seen here from Cave Dale with Lose Hill in the background, was an obvious sign of the Norman's dominance of the Peak District.

It takes its name from the deep cutting which was made through the hills for the Basingstoke Canal in 1791-92.

Beacon Hill was developed in the late 19th century for those who were in service to the wealthy folk who lived at neighbouring Hindhead.

The scene has changed much since the days of Richard Ansdell RA, when he ordered his house Starr Hills to be built, and this was a wild and lonely area of marram grass covered sandhills.

Over the years sheep have grazed the slopes of this famous chalk hill, which rises to 888 ft.

Octavia Hill, one of the pioneering founders of the National?Trust, is buried in the churchyard.

Here we see the south Lakeland village from the hill of Charity High, just outside the village.