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There has been much debate about the age and significance of these four giant stones a mile north of the village.

We enter the church through a remarkable two-storey porch - inside is a famous window depicting the Tree of Jesse. North of the church the road runs along the medieval sea bank.

This is a classic photograph of a north London suburb around the turn of the century, with a mix of design and scale in the road-side buildings.

Watford Way, running down to the North Circular Road from the M1 motorway, looks definitely under-used in 1960.

It closed the vista west along Abbey Churchyard from the Abbey's west front, past the Pump Room, and through the north Colonnade. Demolished in 1959, it was replaced by pallid Neo-Georgian work.

This house was built by the three Medley brothers in c1750 in the grounds of Buxted Park, situated about two miles north of Uckfield.

The north wing was added between 1820-30. Royalties from the Ecton Copper Mine in the Manifold Valley enabled the House to be furnished on a lavish scale.

Sited on the north west angle of the Church of St Mary de Castro, and opposite the Norman Great Hall, the whole ambience stirs feelings of regret that just a little more of early Leicester

Solid sandstone terraced houses line the Main Street of Castleton in Eskdale, on the northern edge of the North York Moors.

This view looks north towards the cross-roads; the London- Holyhead telegraph poles are in situ. Urchins, horses and carts dominate the carriageway.

The Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury was built in the 15th century; it was extended in 1858, when the north aisle was added.

Turning north into the upper Exe valley, we enter the Exmoor National Park at Dulverton, on the Exford Road in the tributary valley of the River Barle.

At the north end of the promenade the domestic character survives better than in the next two photographs.

overlooking the River Stour; since the 1700s, it has also overlooked the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which links Stourport and Kidderminster with Wolverhampton and the Black Country to the north

overlooking the River Stour; since the 1700s, it has also overlooked the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which links Stourport and Kidderminster with Wolverhampton and the Black Country to the north

In earlier times, war had only affected the soldiers and sailors directly involved and people who happened to live on or near the battlefield, or the route of the marching army.

On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

Note Ye Olde North Gate Teahouse on the corner.

This view looks westwards across the lough to Cave Hill, just to the north of the city. The castle is visible part way up the hill.

This view looks north up Portobello market in Notting Hill's Portobello Road. To the left is Elgin Crescent, and on the right is Colville Terrace.

Two miles north of Mary Tavy is Wheal Betsy, one of Dartmoor's most famous mines; in the middle of the 19th century it was producing over 1,000 tons of lead and 2,000 ounces of silver annually.

This quiet little corner is on the north side of Torquay and reached by way of a romantic wooded ravine.

This view, taken from the north-west angle of St Wistan's churchyard, shows an uncomfortable blend of small scale 18th- and 19th-century cottages with the more angular, bland 20th-century buildings.