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This splendid photograph of this beauty spot was taken from a point on what is now called Witton Weavers Way, the Beamers Trail in picturesque Witton Park close to Blackburn.

The buildings here reflect the early 20th-century origins of Palmers Green; the triangle is all that remains of the original green.

Overlooking the River Asker and Happy Island, north-westwards to Watton Hill (centre) as a Great Western Railway pannier tank engine (right) steams out of Bridport Station (far left) with a goods train

After the historic riches of Dunster we descend, physically as in other ways, to Blue Anchor Bay, a seaside resort with a long beach and little character.

This view looks east from Bridge Street, past the Market House and along into Bell Hill.

The village stands on the north bank of Doulting Water, also known as the River Sheppey. Thus the name of the village may also derive from the words 'dun', meaning 'a hill', and 'dwr', 'water'.

This view was taken in the middle of the village, and is looking down Updown Hill.

The grandeur of both St Peter's and Market Hill are shown to best advantage in the days before car parking.

The High Street widens out into the Broadway with Blucher Street merging from the left and the High Street continues north as far as the foot of White Hill.

Standing high above the town centre and attractively sited on the crown of the hill, the church with its elegant broach spire was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in c1861, but not completed until 1881

This sizeable hamlet on the Downs south of Harting has no church, but boasts some attractive flint cottages and fine scenery.There is plenty of history here: Bow Hill was a great Stone Age centre

St John's Church, Kate's Hill was erected in 1840 at a cost of £3,000, four years ahead of the ecclesiastical parish it serves, which was created on 15 October 1844.

In the 18th century, Prestatyn was a centre for the lead-mining districts of north-east Wales.

The Hants and Sussex coach is parked outside Hill House, a former solicitor's home until it became a café restaurant in 1898.

The writer seems to recall it being more of a very popular pub than a busy hotel.

Southgate is the only surviving gate of the three that used to give access to the old walled town.

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

A locomotive of the L C & D Railway has just left Holborn Viaduct Station and thunders south over the bridge, steam ballooining out over the roofs. Below, traffic crawls miserably up Ludgate Hill.

In Roman times a fort stood on nearby Brough Hill, and a garrison was maintained here from about AD 80 to around the end of the 4th century.

A Roman settlement on Stane Street and the navigable River Arun.

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.

The ridge of Hatterall Hill and the Black Mountains in the distance is the route for a walk with panoramic views to Hay Bluff.

This view is taken from the west, near the north-east corner of the Green, at the foot of Angel Hill. The fine west tower of All Saints dominates the scene.

This view is from beside the Ice House, its balcony covered in creeper, looking back down Castle Hill.