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New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

These are the first houses we see as we enter the town from the north; they have been described as 'an outstanding group of mostly 15th- and 17th-century timber-framed buildings'.

Nearest the camera is the north-west tower, hexagonal in design, and to its right is the postern gate.

Princetown is an unlikely spot for a town—1400 feet above sea level, on an exposed col between North Hessary Tor (top left, without the TV mast that adorns it today) and South Hessary Tor, and with

Now known as the 'Gateway to the Moors', Pickering is a small market town still served by the steam trains of the North York Moors Railway.

A view along the north basin of the lake, including the islands of Belle Isle, Crow Holme, Maiden Holme and the two 'Lilies of the Valley'.

The chimney at the summit is that of the Cape Cornwall mine, whose workings ran far out under the sea to the north-west.

The sandhills to the north of Perranporth are constantly shifting; they are held in check by marram grass, reputed to have been introduced by Sir Walter Raleigh.

The castle was built by the newly-arrived Norman invaders to control the only landward entrance into the town, from the north.

This view looks north along the High Street.

The North and West gates were demolished in 1832 and 1812 respectively.

To the north-east of Masham and three miles south of Bedale, Snape Castle was once the home of Katherine Parr, sixth and last wife of Henry VIII.

The cobble-edged wide Market Place of Kirkbymoorside, on the edge of the North York Moors, is still the setting for a market every Wednesday, just as it has been since medieval times.

These are Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal north of Leighton Buzzard.

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 rises up from the south, past the parish church, to enter Ibstock, gateway to industrial north-west Leicestershire.

North of Daventry and close to the border with Warwickshire, Welton stands on a hillside above the Grand Union Canal.

In the background is the North Pier, with an excursion steamer alongside its landing stage.

The next two views were taken around the swimming pool north of Overstone Manor.

In the past it was an important coaching stop on the roads to the North.

Created in the International Art Deco style, its north facing entrance (pictured here) housed the nurses' quarters.

Hove's genteel grandeur continued to appeal to those who found Brighton somewhat too lively, and the town expanded north into the Downs in tides of suburban housing.

These are Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal north of Leighton Buzzard.

Known today for the nearby open prison situated on an old RAF camp, Eastchurch's claim to fame in earlier days was that it was the site of the first British airfield.