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Caister, just north of Great Yarmouth, has a strong tradition for both fishing and its lifeboat. In 1901, the lifeboat was launched into a storm, and nine out of the twelve crew lost their lives.

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

In this view the photographer looks north from the lane that skirts Will's Neck.

Grinding up with slipping clutch and near-bursting radiators, it was, I recall, one of the trickiest parts of our summer holiday route in the 1950s to North Devon and Cornwall, with its

Here, at about that time, Frith's photographer looks north along the main Hindhead-Farnham road towards the Crossways: this is what the main crossroads in Churt is called, and so is the pub at the

At the far end is North Quay with the harbour tug company's office building.

'There is not any harbour like it in the world', the topographer Roger North exclaimed in 1582, as he described the new docks at Lyme.

Gawcott, a mile and a half south-west of Buckingham, lies at the head of a stream (flowing north into the River Ouse) whose course runs along the right-hand side of this road.

We are a little further north-west, and the clock tower disappears from view. The view is little changed since the 1950s, apart from more parked cars.

The Greedon Estate is situated on the north west side of the Seagrave Road. This is a particularly uninspiring view, but again it is a view so typical of peripheral village estates.

Trees have grown, and it is not possible to see this view now. The railway ran to Great Torrington when this view was taken; it later extended to Halwill Junction and the North Cornwall branch lines.

Kingsgate stands at the gap in the cliffs closest to the North Foreland. Its present name dates back to 1683 when Charles II landed here—it was formerly St Bartholomew's Gate.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs.

Brookhouse is an ancient village north-east of Lancaster just above Caton. It is at a junction on the old Caton to Claughton road, which we can see going off to the left.

A rucksack-clad rambler (left) admires Abbot Huby's magnificent north tower at Fountains Abbey, in the valley of the River Skell near Ripon.

Illingworth was at the time of this photograph a village on the edge of the Pennines north of Halifax, but is now a suburb of the city.

It was here in 1569 that the Rising in the North was planned; the intention was to depose Elizabeth I and replace her on the throne with Mary, Queen of Scots.

The carefully-pollarded lime trees along both sides of this north to south street help to shade the frontages of the varied shops and other retail establishments which flourish here.

A little north of the attractive village of Naseby, on the Market Harborough road, this 40 ft high stone obelisk commemorates the Battle of Naseby at which the New Model Army routed the Royalists in 1645

Eight miles further north along the coast is Sutton on Sea, another seaside resort somewhat overshadowed by Mablethorpe, the two linked by caravan sites.

Both on the north and south sands there are numerous bathing machines.

Looking away from the church and Quay Meadow, we see the watermill, in 1903 still a functioning one and powered via a leat from a mill pond to the north of the church.

This is on the Norman motte or mound; the castle had two large baileys or walled enclosures, the north one relatively open still, the south one overwhelmed by Buckler's heavy-handed Victorian work.

Situated north-west of Newport, Risca is a typical valley community. There were lime kilns at Dan-y-Graig, where a Roman lead mine was also discovered.