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Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road, and had no less than twenty-two inns.

When the castle was begun, the border between that part of England firmly under Norman control and those still willing to put up a fight lay just a few miles to the north.

In the distance is Birnbeck Pier with the steamer jetty to the north, and the lifeboat slipway on the south.

This pleasant market town lies just inland from the chalets and caravans of the 'honky-tonk' north coast between Rhyl and Colwyn Bay.

Looking north, the road runs close to the church whilst a back lane to Yarnacott - in the distance - climbs out of the valley.

In 1896 the Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Co introduced a summer service from Llandudno.

With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular.

The YMCA outdoor activities centre is on the western shore of Windermere, a little distance north of Lakeside.

This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.

A mile north of Uley there is another long barrow, known as Hetty Pegler's Tump.

Ollerton village was at the crossroads of three major routes, and its inns catered for the coaching trade, but now, mercifully, it is by-passed and tranquil.

This view was taken north-eastwards along Marine Parade, below Langmoor Gardens (left), to the Bay Hotel, 1830-built Madeira Cottages and Cobb Gate Jetty (centre).

Right in the far north-eastern corner of the county, Disley straddles the busy A6.

We are looking up Bridge Street past the North Street junction.

Although this view is titled Shottermill, strictly speaking it shows Springhead in Camelsdale just over the Hampshire border on the south bank of the young River Wey - Shottermill is on the north bank

Moving north of the Checker and across Abbey Close and into Abbey Gardens, we reach the site of the abbey church, which was about 300 feet long, and the cloisters and monastic buildings.

In medieval times Tickhill, which lies 4 miles south of Doncaster, was more important than Sheffield; its castle, built about 1130, was one of the most important in the north - we can just

But he warned that the 'north-west heaths belong to the soldiers', and that here were 'all the camps, training grounds and rifle-ranges that do not belong to Aldershot'.

This view looks north along Trumpington Street, with Pembroke College on the right, and the Peterhouse Museum on the left.

The A1 sweeps north between Moat Mound Recreation Ground and Mill Hill Golf Club, and is little changed since it was built, apart from the introduction of high level lighting standards.

The Marquis, it is true, had no more life outside Dickens's brain than Sam himself, but its counterpart in our everyday world is said to have lain in North Street, the King's Head, a vast establishment

The Hill of Bran rises just to the north-east of Llangollen; perched high upon its summit is the ruin of Castell Dinas Bran.

Situated on a rocky promontory four miles north of Oban where the waters of Loch Etive and the Firth of Lorne meet, Dunstaffnage was built on the orders of Alexander II.

This view is north-eastwards, towards Bridport, with Hyde Plantation glimpsed on the distant rural skyline (far right).