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Only to the north of Torquay and around Cockington can scenes such as this be easily found.

A lifeboat station was established here in 1871 as well as the one at North Landing, because the curve of the cliff gave shelter and made it easier to launch a boat from here.

The fine vaulted roof is clearly visible, as is the leaning north wall of the nave, sloping outward as it rises.

It was one of the first twin-screw ships to grace the north Atlantic run. The 10,798 gross ton liner had been in service for just two years when our photograph was taken.

Grimspound, a few miles north of the village of Widecombe, is one of the finest examples of a Bronze Age village in Europe. It lies half a mile off the road to the right.

Thorpeness is just visible to the north.

This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.

Its streets, North, South, East and West, follow the pattern laid down by the Romans.

Other pictures of Swimbridge looked north towards a hill, from which this view is taken. Of note is the amount of tree surgery that has taken place, particularly around the church.

There is another explanation of Mullion's name - it was at one time called Porth Mellin, 'the cove of the mill', and a mill existed here until the 19th century.

To this end, a large reservoir at Wimbleball, north of Bampton, ensures that the supply of water is constant.

By the beginning of the 20th century, North Berwick was beginning to rival St Andrews.

Castle Morton has no real known link with England's most famous outlaw, though Robin Hood features as a place name all over the Midlands and the North.

The porch on the north side of the building is decorated with Norman beakheads that look very similar to faces of wild animals.

The village takes its name from the staith that has been repaired and reinforced to remain its main defence against the unpredictable North Sea for centuries.

He died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident on the road leading north from Bovington Camp.

This view looks north along Trumpington Street. Corpus Christi College is on the right hand side, with St Botolph's church just in the foreground.

Westborough was one of the main thoroughfares linking the North Eastern Railway station and the town.

Two loaded narrowboats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting.

Wychwood is an ancient deciduous forest in the North Cotswolds, and a string of picturesque villages take their names from it: Milton-under-Wychwood, Shipton-under-Wychwood and, glimpsed here as it was

Resourceful individuals often took advantage of the growing number of visitors to North Wales in the post-war years.

This view looks north-east towards Bowden Hill. The houses on the left are known as Woodrow Terrace, and the ones on the right Blackmore Terrace.

The village name used to be spelt as two separate words - North Chapel. When the roads became negotiable, a brick-built toll house was constructed here.

This Tudor Balcony is to be seen in one of the cloisters on the north side of St George's Chapel. It is of no historic significance, but is very attractive and picturesque.