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Standing near the top of a hill overlooking the Weald, the Star and Eagle is a fine half-timbered 15th-century inn adjoining the churchyard, and is believed to have had monastic connections.

Tucked away among trees by Pill Hill Brook, Monxton Church, with its shingle-faced belfry and broach spire perched on the gable, was rebuilt in early Victorian times.

The parish church stands majestic at the top of Church Hill, as it has done since 1846.

The town lies at the foot of an eight hundred feet hill with gradients in some streets of 1 in 4. This shelter aids the growth of luxuriant vegetation in the steep gardens.

This view of Potter Hill shows the classical façade of the Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1885, on the left.

Symondsbury lies around the little river Simene, with the conical Colmer's Hill in the background. Its church is a delight, with its compartmented barrel roof and Jacobean pulpit.

Crays Hill lies equidistant between Wickford and Billericay, its crest just above the 150?ft contour.

Fortunately, there is no traffic as the farmer herds his small herd of cows in the middle of the road at the bottom of Town Hill beside the Peterville Inn.

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

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 the River Mole cuts into the steep slope of Box Hill near the Burford Bridge Hotel. Lord Nelson spent some time here in 1801, and noted in his diary what a pretty place it was.

This photograph shows the view from Runcorn Hill over the industrial area to the west. The Mersey estuary lies in the background.

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.

High on the South Downs, an enthusiastic crowd, many of whom have cycled up the steep hill to the Trundle, enjoy the atmosphere of 'Glorious Goodwood', a week of racing that still begins on the last Tuesday

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

This viewpoint on Coppice Hill is a favourite spot for photographing Chalford.

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

Until recently, Husthwaite, on the western edge of the Hambleton Hills near Easingwold, was known as the Orchard Village because of its abundance of apple, pear and plum orchards.

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.

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

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.