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The village takes its name from the area's most famous son, Sir Walter Raleigh, who was born at the beautiful Tudor farmhouse of Hayes Barton a couple of miles to the south.

These two forms of transport still battle for space in the lanes of South Devon.

Perhaps the fisherman is yarning to the children about the hob (a Yorkshire goblin) who is said to live in the hollows to the south of the village.

Perhaps the fisherman is yarning to the children about the hob (a Yorkshire goblin) who is said to live in the hollows to the south of the village.

This view looks south-east. This is the only one of the four bars that has retained its barbican, or outer gateway.

We are looking towards Ouse Bridge with South Esplanade on the right.

Just five miles south of Huddersfield on the road to Wakefield, Kirkburton in the 19th century was just as polluted by smoke as its near neighbours.

At the south end of the village is Townend, a typical Lakeland statesman's house, now in the care of the National Trust.

South of Kettering, the village of Isham's best parts lie east of the main Wellingborough Road. Here we look along Middle Street with Little Thatches on the left, its windows now painted white.

Pisa is famous for its leaning tower, but Surfleet's church of St Lawrence is a notable south Lincolnshire rival, as it leans considerably towards the A152 main road despite two very robust buttresses.

two principal shipping companies were the Bristol Steam Navigation, founded in 1836 to take advantage of the Irish trade, and the Bristol City Lines, who were both owners and builders, with routes to South

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and south-east

Now known as the Shillingford Bridge Hotel, and with a large and rather poor extension replacing the clapboarded building to the right, this Georgian inn is situated on the south bank by the elegant bridge

This view of the promenade looks south-east around the curving sweep of the bay. The popular 3 ft 6in gauge tramway ran for four miles along this dune-backed coast to Llanbedrog.

This view was taken from the raised South Walk. Then, as now, it is a popular place for mothers to take their children out in prams: you don't see so many nannies these days though.

Nunney, lying just south- west of Frome, has a fine medieval church and the romantic ruins of a castle. The George Inn sign spans the entire road, clearly indicating its position.

An ancient timber-frame building comprising a chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south transept, and an east tower with just one bell, it had been repaired with stone during the 17th century.

Two miles south of Congleton stands Little Moreton Hall, a magnificent moated manor house, originally built in the mid-15th century by Sir Richard de Moreton and added to by successive generations of his

The church, which is adorned with flags and swords, also includes a portrait medallion of the 15th marquess, who died in battle in South Africa.

South Warnborough's old church has something in common with the church of St Mary the Virgin at Greywell.

This view looks south-west along the Bulbourne Road, with 1890s cottages on the left and the New Mill Social Centre on the right.

The towering chapel of this school dominates the landscape for miles around; its position is wonderful, high above where the South Downs are cut deep by the Adur valley on its way to the sea.

Two miles to the south is the hamlet of Towton, where on 29 March 1461 a bloody battle involving an estimated 50,000 troops took place. This picture was taken from the junction with Bridge Street.