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The houses are divided from the hill by a vein of stiff clay (good wheat land), yet stand on a rock of white stone.'

Ribble Valley archaeological finds are on display at Ribchester Museum, including the replica of a Romano-Celtic head and metal objects from the Iron Age hill fort at Portfield, Whalley.

Here we see the lake and the rocky hill of Moel-y-Gest.

This sheltered cove below the Toll Road clearly shows the Carboniferous limestone that forms Worle Hill. In the foreground is a 'stack', a pillar of rock isolated from the cliff by erosion.

This end of a narrow valley at the foot of a steep hill has been a popular seaside resort for many years.

There was a castle here, which was besieged by King Stephen in 1138, but its keep has long gone; only its outline is marked on the grass of its hill at the end of Bailey Street.

In this picture we see, left, the old school, in use until 1967, now the village hall. The Methodist chapel (1822), next, is still used.

This scene was snapped from the church and faces down the hill. On the right is the Goudhurst Coffee House, and it looks as if a shop is next door. Eedes the chemist sits behind the trees (centre).

Until the 1930s, trams ran along Prestbury High Street en route to the top of Cleeve Hill. A workman was employed to grease the rails at the sharp bend just out of sight in the distance.

Photographed from the Yorkshire bank of the Ribble, the view looks across Sawley to Noddle Hill.

At the top of Pier Hill is Royal Terrace, so named because it was here that the Princesses Caroline and Charlotte stayed when visiting the town early in the 19th century.

The church of St Lawrence is superbly positioned on the brow of a narrow spur offering splendid views to the north of the Greensand Hills.

The road at the foot of the hill still curves past the pub, but the houses adjacent to Sandy Close, to the left, have been rebuilt. The road is wider and most of the trees have gone.

Close to the junction of Nine Mile Ride, New Wokingham Road and Honey Hill, we can see Chappell's Store, clearly the local retailer for Salmon's Teas but also providing the facility of

Pikes are among the Lake District's most popular and recognisable hills.This view was taken from near the Dungeon Ghyll Hotel in Great Langdale, a popular starting point for walking the hills

stream in the foreground is an ancient stone slab or 'clapper' bridge; there are many of these in Exmoor, including the famous Tarr Steps across the River Barle, five miles away over Winsford Hill

During the Great War, Cannock Chase was used as a training area for troops, and two military camps were established at Coppice Hill, near here, and at Brindley Heath, both connected by a railway.

Noak Hill was popular with ramblers and cyclists between the World Wars and the Pentowen Cafe beyond the chapel was a favourite place to meet.

The bus coming up the hill would have already passed the recreation ground.

For a few years around the turn of the 20th century, Worplesdon's cricket pitch was at the foot of Rickford Hill on the edge of the common.

Peaslake is a small village west of Holmbury St Mary, separated from it by a ridge of wooded hills.

The steep incline of Hill's tramroad ended just beyond it, and the tramroad continued behind the white wharfinger's cottage before crossing the canal.

We are looking from the west end of Market Hill into Friars Street.

Those people who could afford it were, already in the 1800s, establishing their homes beyond the old town of Runcorn on the higher ground around Runcorn Hill.