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A view over the rooftops from Tower Hill. The steamer crossing West Bay is heading to Greenock. A steamer has just departed, crossing to Kilcreggan.

The Edge is not the highest point in the county; at the eastern border with Derbyshire the land rises to nearly 1800ft, and to over 1900ft at Black Hill in Longdendale.

An evocative picture of the originally 11th-century church of St Mary and its blossoming churchyard in its lovely isolated setting overlooking the duck pond with good views towards Offham Hill.

A view looking eastwards along the rocky Barnaderg Bay towards Letterfrack and Diamond Hill. Letterfrack, situated in the heart of the National Park, is one of the major centres of Connemara.

This photograph shows how Tintern nestles in amongst the surrounding hills.

The beacon on Pendle Hill is said to be Saxon, and the field known as Kirkacre was in existence when Alfred the Saxon was chieftain.

The mile-post on the hill still tells of 70 miles to Dublin, but those are Irish miles.

A young man trundles a push chair up the hill on this warm-looking afternoon.

We are on the south downs behind Seaford: a now-vanished rural scene, with stooks in the field on the left and horses descending the hill.

Holy Mountain, otherwise known as Skirrid Fawr, is one of the seven hills surrounding Abergavenny. Standing at 1,595ft, the summit offers extensive views across the county.

Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.

Angel Hill was once the site of Bury Fair, but by 1955 it has been relegated to nothing more than a car park. The Angel Hotel gave its name to the square.

In 1919 Worthing had not yet sprawled up the valley below Salvington Hill, and you could look across to Cissbury Ring without the neat, but characterless, housing of Findon Valley in between.

The old road to Camelford and beyond, later becoming the A39, climbs steeply up Gonvena Hill from the bridge.

Looking down the street to the green hills of County Tyrone beyond. Note the kerbside petrol pumps on the right, a common Irish feature until recent times.

A classic rural Irish scene of this period, a pleasing main street, devoid of any traffic save for a farmer chugging up the hill in his tractor.

This fine view looks across the clock tower and Morton Crescent to the estuary of the River Exe, with Starcross and the Haldon Hills in the distance.

This fine view looks across the clock tower and Morton Crescent to the estuary of the River Exe, with Starcross and the Haldon Hills in the distance.

This is an early view of Tunbridge Wells, with a lone cart ascending the hill beside the common, where early visitors like Queen Henrietta Maria had camped. The view is unmistakable, even today.

Cranham lies on the other side of Coopers Hill. It is a small village that today is located close to Prinknash Abbey, where monks still live and work.

At Kinsley Wood the ER was planted on both sides of the hill.

The High Street has attractive tile-hung and weatherboarded cottages tumbling down the hill.

Peascod Street lies at the centre of Windsor, at the top of the hill. The town centre is characterised by its streets of essentially Victorian and Georgian buildings.

Formerly named 'Hill of St Thomas' or 'Hilstret', it runs from St Thomas's Green to Market Street. Note the 'parked' carts to the left and the busy traffic!