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Caption For Launceston, The Arch C1960

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550. Used for some time as the town prison, it originally had slit windows.

Caption For Launceston, The Arch C1960

The Arch itself dates from the 12th century, and the rooms above it from around 1550. Used for some time as the town prison, it originally had slit windows.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The Bridge 1934

A pleasure cruiser has lowered its mast to enable it to pass under the stone and brick bridge with its wide central arch and two pointed side arches.

Caption For Froggatt, Bridge 1896

The elegant double-span bridge over the River Derwent at Froggatt dates from the 17th century; it is unusual in that it has a large, pointed central arch nearer to the village and a smaller one on the

Caption For Sandwich, The Barbican C1955

All traffic to Thanet passed under its arches, where a toll was paid.

Caption For Chepstow, The Town Gate 1925

The notice on the arch restricts the speed of all motors to 6 miles per hour through the arch, while the poster beside it is advertising a fete.

Caption For London, Marble Arch C1890

Marble Arch, in the corner of the picture, was placed in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in 1851. It had been built in 1827, when it stood outside Buckingham Palace.

Caption For Guisborough, The Priory 1891

Again we still see the old font in front of the priory arch and a gravel path to the right, long since disappeared, which presumably led to the greenhouse shown in the view of 1885.

Caption For London, Euston Square C1950

Immediately to the left are the trees in Euston Square, where the stonework of the Euston Arch is just visible. The arch was demolished amid much controversy in 1963.

Caption For Ebbw Vale, The Arches C1955

This stone arch was built in 1869 to carry raw materials to the iron furnaces. A pedestrian tunnel was added beside the main arch owing to the increase in traffic.

Caption For London, The Admiralty Arch C1920

Admiralty Arch at the far end of the Mall was completed in 1910 as part of the Victoria Memorial scheme; Sir Aston Webb was the architect of both the arch and the memorial.

Caption For Bidford On Avon, Bridge 1910

Noted for its irregular arches, the bridge dates mainly from the 15th century, but some parts are thought to be much older.

Caption For Wimborne, Canford Bridge 1904

As well as its three main arches, the bridge also has six smaller flood arches across the fields on the south bank.

Caption For Bathpool, The Bridge 1902

Bathpool is now very much a suburb of Taunton, with the spread of the Somerset town on one side and the M5 motorway on the other.

Caption For Salisbury, The Cathedral, North East 1887

The rounded arch of the Norman period gave way to the pointed arch, providing increased architectural strength and the opportunity for grander, expansive buildings.

Caption For Newark, Town Bridge 1890

This seven-arched road bridge was built in 1775 to carry the Great North Road over the river. It replaced earlier crossings dating from 1190.

Caption For Calne, St Mary's Church C1955

This view of the north door shows the two-arched doorway with hood mould. Inside can be seen the remains of a Norman arch.

Caption For Shepton Mallet, The Cross 1899

The fine market cross at the entrance to the Market Place has an elaborate medieval polygonal centre, with three storeys of arched niches; the crocketed pinnacle emerges from a plainer arched

Caption For Staines, The Bridge 1907

The refined and somewhat austere rusticated three-arch bridge of 1829-32 by John Rennie, the architect of old Waterloo Bridge, has been marred by a widening in 1958 in which footways were cantilevered

Caption For Glaisdale, Beggars Bridge C1965

The elegant, high-arched Beggars Bridge at Glaisdale is dated 1619, and carries the packhorse route from Glaisdale to Whitby across the River Esk.