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The line on the left, beyond the trees, is the London and North Western Railway Cambridge to Bletchley line that was closed in 1968.

George's Hall dominates the left side of our photograph, and the London North Western Hotel the right side.

This view is looking north up Alderley Edge`s main shopping street, the little gardens in front of the premises can clearly be seen.

North of Fir Tree Road and just beyond Banstead railway station is Cuddington Park Golf Course; the name is a reminder of the parish and village of Cuddington, which was cleared for Henry VIII's Nonsuch

Apart from the gatehouse, the Checker and the Long Gallery (we see their north side here), and an attached range, probably a granary or bakehouse, nothing survives above ground.

The north side has a timber-framed upper floor which was in fact a gallery in front of a range of lodgings, possibly for abbey guests, possibly for minor monastic officials.

The remainder of the church is dull, but the north transept was added in 1852 by William Parsons (1796- 1857), an interesting local architect.

In the far north-west of the county, and almost in Derbyshire, this village must deserve small town status.

The photograph looks north, with Pool House glimpsed on the extreme right, while the granite quarries are beyond the trees.

Dragwell, adjacent to A R Tarlton's chemist's shop (left), runs between Derby Road and Nottingham Road on the north side of the church, which stands prominently above the River Soar.

Just north of Chipping Norton, in the parish of Great Rollright, lie the Rollright Stones, set in a circle about 100 feet in diameter.

North Common has a white smock windmill reckoned to be the exact centre of Sussex.

A solid little stone tower on a slant, nothing elaborate, dates from the 13th century and is on the north side of the church, not at the usual west end.

crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly laid out with walks which serve at once as pier and promenade, and from which are commanded fine views of the bays on either hand … Both on the north

crowned by the ruins of the old castle, and is now pleasantly laid out with walks which serve at once as pier and promenade, and from which are commanded fine views of the bays on either hand … Both on the north

Thirsk has always been an important stopping place on the old Great North Road, and the Golden Fleece Inn, on the extreme right of the picture, was a coaching inn where horses were changed.

Roman builders mixed crushed seashells from Portsmouth Harbour with clay from the creek to produce bricks for the fort.

The Leicester architects Harry Roberts and John Woodhouse-Simpson added the north aisle and chancel in 1859.

Gatehouse of Fleet is situated near the mouth of the Water of Fleet, a few miles north-west of Kirkcudbright.

Battle is, of course, best known for the remains of its medieval abbey founded by William the Conqueror on the site of his victory over King Harold in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings.

After the First World War, a dignified war memorial was built at the north end of the Market Square with the names of the dead on bronze plaques.

In Church Street stands the building (now the Conservative Club) where Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed twice in 1745.

Thirsk has always been an important stopping place on the old Great North Road, and the Golden Fleece Inn, on the extreme right of the picture, was a coaching inn where horses were changed.

The core of the old village lies at the north end of Central Avenue, where the road becomes Bridgford Road.