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The Old Rose and Crown is near the bottom of Rose Hill, a former Roman road which later formed part of the Birmingham- Bristol road; it became a toll road in 1726.

The Old Rose and Crown is near the bottom of Rose Hill, a former Roman road which later formed part of the Birmingham-Bristol road; it became a toll road in 1726.

The Lickey Hills are actually in Worcestershire, and so is this road junction, though only just. As the hills are owned by Birmingham, it is reasonable to include the area in this book.

The Lickey Hills are actually in Worcestershire, and so is this road junction, though only just. As the hills are owned by Birmingham, it is reasonable to include the area in this book.

Once upon a time there was a house on the site of the Town Hall called Rosehill.

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

The long, narrow High Street, with the Rose & Crown Inn on the right, is at the foot of a steep hill overlooking the sea.

South Warren Hill rises to form the skyline in this picture, taken from the highway between Rose Cottage (left) and Rock Cottage (right).

Laindon and Langdon Hills had always been separate villages with long histories, and even appeared as separate entries in the 1086 Domesday Book.

Further west along Main Street, looking towards Lyme Regis, the plateau of Langdon Hill forms the skyline (centre). The cart is beside Rose Cottage and Foss Cottage (left).

The far distant houses are built on the sand hills, and would get the full force of any gales. All that was needed is here: the petrol station is on the left, and on the right Rose's Stores.

On the right is St Peter's, the parish church of Blaenavon, built by the ironmasters Hopkins and Hill in 1805.

The far distant houses are built on the sand hills, and would get the full force of any gales. All that was needed is here: the petrol station is on the left, and on the right Rose's Stores.

South of the A39, we climb from lush pastures towards Exmoor and the well-wooded Holnicote Estate and Dunkery Hill, much of which are owned by the National Trust.

On the left is Barclays Bank, next to the Rose and Crown, which was gutted by fire in 1969.

On the right is St Peter's, the parish church of Blaenavon, built by the ironmasters Hopkins and Hill in 1805.

Pleasington Priory, a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Mary and John the Baptist and built in 1819, is set on a hill on Pleasington Lane, close to the River Dunsop and Witton Park, Blackburn.

Carter and cart-horse head up Main Street in a view across to the plateau of Langdon Hill (centre). Behind them is the gable- end of the Farmery and Hope Cottage.

A little north of Horam, on the Heathfield road and up Steelyards Hill, stands Stillyans, an oasthouse converted into a house.

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished.

The ground floor comprised a hall, a parlour, a buttery and a kitchen. Upstairs were many chambers, all magnificently furnished.

Further up the hill is the bow-fronted Three Cups Hotel (centre).

In 1580 Elizabeth had leased Carey the Manor of Berkhamsted, which included the ruined castle and the deer park, at the nominal rent of one red rose.

Hollins Hill was built in 1909 by William Haworth, as a home for himself and his sister Anne.