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In 1860, a new station was opened at the north end of the tunnel through Stoke Hill, which then enabled the railway to be continued to Bury St Edmunds and Norwich.

As this village is at the far north of the Rhondda it is not too far from the Brecon National Park, famous for its rivers and waterfalls, carving out the limestone country.

Lying to the north-east of Iona, the uninhabited island of Staffa is celebrated for its caves and rock formations. Legend has it that the cave was formed when the giant Finn McCoul made the island.

It is large and imposing, with a north-west porch steeple of Early English style. The crockets of the gable over the porch entrance have remained uncarved.

This view is looking north past the keep to the start of the descent from the ramparts to the River Colne below.

North Walsham is only 15 miles from Norwich; it prospered when Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th century.

On the right Archibald Ramsden's bathing machines offer discreet changing facilities for those ladies wishing to take an invigorating plunge into the North Sea.

We can see a tram climbing North Road. When the trams first ran in 1901, only one had brakes strong enough to use the hill, so passengers had to change at the top.

The village is set on the hilly north side of the young River Nene. Little has changed. Here we look up School Hill, past New Cottage (new in 1716 when built) to Stone House.

The 17th-century altar and rails seen here have been replaced and are now in the north aisle.

Kingsbridge, five miles to the north, was the closest the line ever penetrated. With only a small beach to boast of it never attracted hordes of holidaymakers.

A site in the centre of town was found for the new church which was built in 1866 incorporating some of the old windows. The steeple was added in 1887. The north arcade is said to be special.

This tower is on the north-east corner of the fortress's inner wall. The D-shaped tower was much rebuilt in Charles II's reign, when it was made the Jewel Tower.

The North East Counties Convalescent Home for miners and other such workers would only recently have opened at this time, as only Phase One has been built; photograph No 47052 shows the

Inland from Filey and Bridlington, this village contains a pond just behind the church of St Cuthbert, which is a chapel of ease for the mother church of All Saints at Hunmanby.

We are looking from North Street into Larmer Street. The large Methodist church dates from 1797, and was greatly expanded in 1831.

There are some interesting friezes over both the south and north porches. Outside the east window are the arms of William of Wykeham, founder of Oxford's New College.

The church is that of St Andrew, which lies on the western edge of a steep-sided valley, two miles north of Presteigne.

This is Mowbray Park, created in the 1850s out of Bildon Hill and the old quarries on its north face.

This view looks north down the lane to Lower Limpley Stoke, with the railway curving along to the station beyond the locomotive water tower (now closed).

Harcombe runs roughly parallel to Yawl; it is another long combe running north from the main valley of the River Lim.

The north breakwater which enclosed the outer harbour in the 1890s also serves as a promenade for visitors.

The ribbon development along the line of Godstone Road is well illustrated here, looking north towards Riddlesdown chalkpit.

North Stoneham Church was rebuilt at the end of the 16th century in the Gothic style.