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walks which serve at once as pier and promenade, and from which are commanded fine views of the bays on either hand … Both on the north and south sands, which are separated from each other by the Castle Hill

It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, which stands at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.

Quorn ('Querendon' in 1209) means 'the hill from where millstones were obtained'.

It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, standing at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.

This is also known as Comberton Hill. The station approach is off to the left in front of the 'Catering' sign.

A little north of Horam, on the Heathfield road and up Steelyards Hill, stands Stillyans, an oasthouse converted into a house.

Crawley Hill is in the distance, covered in more spacious suburbs. Much in the middle distance has been rebuilt, but most of the nearer buildings survive.

Its style is classed as early Perpendicular; the chancel was taken down in 1706 and the arch filled in with brickwork.

Behind is half-timbered Leacroft on Tapper's Hill (centre left). The arched windows on Tollgate Cottage (centre right) look out on what was a turnpike toll road.

Note that no distances are indicated to either Dane Hill or Horsted Keynes - perhaps it was felt that it was not that important!

Its position on a low hill, along with the needle spire, makes it a very prominent landmark for miles around, particularly when the structure is floodlit for special occasions.

It is said that a tunnel ran from the church down the hill to the old monastery opposite.

One stop down the line from Enfield town, Bush Hill Park station was opened in 1880 to service this development by the Northern Estates Company.

Overlooked by the slopes of Box Hill and the sweep of the North Downs, this delightful village acquired its name from the badgers whose setts were by the River Mole.

little girl dragging her feet on the unmade roadway in front of the camera would be taking her life in her hands were she to attempt such a casual progress today, when modern traffic thunders up this hill

At the time this photograph was taken, the bend in the road was a notorious accident black spot: here heavily laden lorries often came to grief on the long descent down Blakeney Hill into the village

Bodinnick is a tiny village built on a steep hill on one side of Pont Creek, an estuary of the Fowey River. From here the ferryboats would take the passengers across the fast-flowing river to Fowey.

Old Winchelsea was destroyed in storms in 1287, and Edward I founded New Winchelsea as a hill town above its harbour in 1288. However, the harbour silted up and the town never grew as hoped.

A mile or so south of Quorn, the camera looks north towards the weir, with Hawcliff Hill and Buddon Wood to the left.

Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.

Now on the B3254 to Bude, St Stephens Hill was one of the roads administered by the Turnpike Trust, who set the tolls.

The fountain was removed during road improvements in the 1980s; it was rescued from the council dump by the Old Cornwall Society, and was re-erected near the reservoir on Windmill Hill.

At the top of Angel Hill is the Angel Inn, an early 19th- century building. It was once a stop where coaches and travellers changed horses before the descent into Sutton.

Here Frith's photographer looks up Pauls Hill towards the Church Road junction with Holy Trinity's churchyard behind the trees on the left.