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Church Street leads down to St. Mary-le-Gill church.

The Tal-y-Llyn railway was used originally between 1866 and 1946 to haul slate from the Bryn Eglwys quarry at Nant Gwernol down to Tywyn Wharf station.

From the elevated position of St Andrew's Church we look down the Aire Valley, where now a dual carriageway leads into Keighley.

The church was pulled down to make way for new development which did not take place, although at the present time a decision on planning consent is being anticipated.

Moving north, the route climbs onto the North Downs to Headley and the Cock pub, now called the Cock Horse.

The tower with its tall lancet windows divided by louvres and its broach spire, designed by Henry Woodyear in 1862, blew down in 1947.

The impressive lozenge-shaped stone came from a surface outcrop of sarsen stones (the word sarsen derives from Saracen, and means stranger) which can be found on the Marlborough Downs about two miles away

The lane curves gently down towards the ornamental lake at the foot of the hill. CORFE CASTLE, From the Church

We are looking south-west down Crofts End, the lane which leads from Crofts End itself at the top of the hill behind the photographer to the main through road.

Northleach lies between Cheltenham and Burford, and most of this former wool town's buildings date from Tudor and Jacobean days.

We are looking down on Daventry from Newnham Hill, a view that has been changed by a pink rash of housing estates as the town rapidly expanded from its comfortable 5000 in 1955 to around

In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles, set alongside the marsh-lined River Waveney

Ladies would take to the water from the bathing machines rolled down to the water's edge.

This historic, red, sandstone market town suffered at the hands of the Scottish raiders down the centuries—its castle is now little more than a ruin. It nestles under the wooded slopes of the Beacon.

Now further down Bridge Street, Frith's photographer was looking south uphill past the Newcastle Street crossroads.

Down the street lies the aptly-named Locomotive pub.

As we move further down the main street, no less than three hotels are now in view: the Queen's peering round the corner (centre left), the impressive White Lion and the more humble Royal

Bridge Street curves down to the river. A variety of architecture is to be enjoyed here, from red brick houses to timber-framed cottages.

The van (right) is driving down Fanhams' Hall Lane from Ware, and may be about to turn left past Appleton Farm and Baker's End.

Although old coaching inns like the Fountain would have lost a certain amount of long-distance business with the development of the railways, they were still used as the pick-up and set-down points for

There was direct access between the hall and the Chamberlain Tower, as well as steps leading down to a postern opening towards the Seiont.

In fact these huge blocks slithered down the sides of the hills after the last ice age, and have sometimes been mis- taken for resting sheep.

The view is southwards across Swanage Bay to Peveril Point (centre left) and Peveril Downs (central skyline) on the other side of the town.

It was designed by James Wilding, a Liverpool man who was associated with a number of buildings in the town and who also played an important part in the development of Runcorn Hill as a park once the