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The church of St Giles, with its north tower and unusual octagonal spirelet, was rebuilt between 1857- 8 by S S Teulon, and overlooks the Uley valley.

Edward I was renowned for his military strongholds, especially in North Wales. In 1254, as a young prince, he was granted the trilateral castles of White Castle, Grosmont and Skenfrith.

A Benedictine priory belonging to Westminster Abbey was established here to the north of Sudbury c1130. This is the 15th-century chapel with nave and chancel in one.

We are facing north, towards Horndon's school. The houses nearest us were once commercial premises—a hardware store and a tailor's.

Half Moon Bay, which lies north of Heysham Docks, was a popular destination for a day on the sands.

A mile or so to the north of the village is a house where Edward Elgar spent his summers between 1917 and 1921.

We are looking north towards Stewart Park and Middlesbrough beyond.

Land for an ornamental park and recreation ground, an area of some 30 acres in North Ormesby, was given to the town by Councillor and Mrs J G Pallister.

It was described as 'long desired', and was provided by the North Riding County Council in conjunction with Eston Urban District Council.

Frank Butcher`s newsagent and tobacconist shop at the north end of High Road has a well stocked window but alas has now been demolished, and the other shops have closed.

A wealth of timbers, tiles, gables, chimney-stacks and a thatched gateway make another attractive High Road house north of Ruffetts Cottages. It is now obscured by trees and hedges.

From the north-west corner of Market Place, Town Street descends the hill past a drapers, a dairy utensil manufacturer and a shoe shop, all three displaying their wares.

Rode church is at the south-east end of the village, the bulk of which is to the north-west towards the River Frome. This view was taken from the south-west.

Our tour of the towns and villages near Lincoln starts in Gainsborough, a town of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Lindsey that ruled what is now north Lincolnshire.

and somewhat two-dimensional timbered front of Woolworths and the 1907 Perpendicular Gothic-style Mac Fisheries (a chain long departed from our high streets) were recently demolished to make way for the

Now on the main road to the North Sea seaside resorts from Canterbury, Sturry was, along with Canterbury itself, bombed heavily during the Second World War. Much rebuilding has occurred since.

It sits alongside the Surrey boundary, two miles north of Edenbridge. Octavia Hill, one of the pioneering founders of the National?Trust, is buried in the churchyard.

Pickering Castle lies to the north of the town and was founded by William the Conqueror, though the earliest ruins date from the 12th century.

This area of the North Devon coast has acres of sandhills. These, at Saunton, were riddled with tiny beach chalets. Many survived until relatively recent times.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

These are the first houses we see as we enter the town from the north; they have been described as 'an outstanding group of mostly 15th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings'.

Nearest the camera is the north-west tower, hexagonal in design, and to its right is the postern gate.

Princetown is an unlikely spot for a town—1400 feet above sea level, on an exposed col between North Hessary Tor (top left, without the TV mast that adorns it today) and South Hessary Tor, and with

Now known as the 'Gateway to the Moors', Pickering is a small market town still served by the steam trains of the North York Moors Railway.