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This view looks south towards London, along the narrow stretch of Ermine Street or the Old North Road, with its overhanging 17th-century houses and gables.

Its Victorian and Edwardian staff would have been very occupied in monitoring the substantial shipping traffic in the treacherous waters of Lyme Bay, where in severe south- westerly storms many

A few miles to the south of Nairn stands Cawdor Castle, one of Scotland's finest medieval buildings. It is famous for its association with Macbeth and the murder of Duncan.

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

The line closed north of Matlock and south of Chinley in 1968. Central station is now Manchester's G-Mex Centre.

The wood sculpture of a pelican over the south door could have been a roof corbel.

In this later view, taken a little further south-west from photograph 26717, Dales' premises, Lindum House, on the corner of Wellington Road, has been rebuilt, but the former hotel beyond, now shops, can

In the shadow of the 13th-century church of St Mary, to the south of Petworth House, the two young girls and the driver of the horse and cart pose for the camera in one of the innumerable nooks and crannies

At the eastern extremity of the South Downs, the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse at the foot of Beachy Head warned shipping of the hazards of the chalk cliffs, which now lie under the sea.

The village was built around a crossroads to the south-east of the church. On the right is the 14th-century Bell Hotel, used as the headquarters of the British Legion from 1921.

The village cross dates from the 18th century and, at the top of the column on its south-facing aspect, its a sundial, from which the village took its time.

The photograph looks to the south bank, where a footpath follows the river downstream through Marles Wood to Salesbury Hall.

On the south side of Western Road is the Recreation Ground; it was enclosed in 1885, having formerly been part of Hailsham common. In this view the road is off to the right out of shot.

The school was originally located in premises opposite the parish church, but had moved to its present site to the south of the town by 1750; rebuilding began in 1809.

This was taken from the slope below Newfoundland Coppice, looking south-eastwards to Eype Down (centre), with Doghouse Farm in the dip below (right).

The wonderful setting, deer park and views of the South Downs enhance its beauty. Little has changed here since Tudor times.

The wonderful setting, deer park and views of the South Downs enhance its beauty. Little has changed here since Tudor times.

One of the region's great landmarks, Ditchling Beacon reaches a height of over 800 feet and is the third highest point on the South Downs.

Before the days of motorways and bypasses, Honiton was the gateway to Devon for travellers coming from the south and east of England, who passed along this long straight road.

This view looks south-westwards from Broad Ledge to Long Ledge (foreground) below Gun Cliff to the Guildhall (top right), the Fossil Depot beside Buddle Bridge and the Assembly Rooms (centre), with the

Along with the nearby Lickey Hills, the Clent Hills (which rise to 1,000 ft above sea level) form a clear boundary between rural countryside to the south and west and the man- made industrial

Two identical versions of the fountain still survive in a Glasgow park and Pretoria city zoo in South Africa!

On the left is a fountain commemorating Queen Victoria, and on the right is a monument to Warrington soldiers of the South Lancashire Regiment killed in the Boer War.

New Quay became an important ship-building settlement from the late 18th century (244 ships were built here between 1779 and 1882), and since it was well protected from south-westerly gales, it was one