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Caption For Wells, Cathedral South Aisle Nave 1890

The stone bench along the wall was the only seating in medieval times, and origin of the saying 'the weakest go to the wall'.

Caption For Eton, Wall Paintings In Eton College Chapel 1930

Low wooden stalls along the walls of the choir accommodate the College; a large expanse of bare wall was left to be filled with a series of wall paintings.

Caption For Glentham, Main Street 1953

The Crown Inn (right) still looks the same, but the stone wall has been reduced in height.

Caption For Woolpit, The Carved Roof Of St Mary's Church C1955

There are 106 angels on the hammers, wall plate and wall posts, all with outstretched wings hovering over the congregation at worship.

Caption For Saltash, Trematon Castle C1965

It was extensively rebuilt in the 13th century with a shell keep, bailey wall, and a strong gatehouse on the south-west side.

Caption For Llanellen, The Church 1898

The projection of the nave walls beyond the wall of the chancel would, as in many churches, have housed the rood-stair in the past.

Caption For Swanbridge, The Beach C1955

The sea walls still show some resemblance to the walls of a jetty.

Caption For Woolhampton, The Church And School C1955

The roof and main walls of the old church were retained and the walls encased in flint.

Caption For Windsor, Castle Hill 1914

The keep (with the flagpole) was raised to three storeys and the outer walls and towers refaced in the 1820s: the walls still look remarkably fresh in 2000.

Caption For Worcester, Silver Street C1950

Silver Street originally stood just outside the city walls, linking Lowesmoor with Corn Market, until it was cut off from the latter by the construction of City Walls Road.

Caption For Petworth, Lombard Street 1900

The high walls of Petworth House dominate the west side of the town.

Caption For Ellington, All Saints Church 1906

This beautiful parish church of All Saints was built by the abbot of Ramsey for his manor estate in the late 14th and 15th centuries.

Caption For Avebury, The Old Cottages And Lych Gate C1955

The chimney and wall on the old bakery (left) were removed when the wall collapsed under the weight of the ivy, and a new extension was built.

Caption For Glentham, Main Street 1953

The Crown Inn (right) still looks the same, but the stone wall has been reduced in height.

Caption For Menheniot, Church 1912

The Trelawnys of Coldrenick are ever present - on the extreme left is a Trelawny wall monument.

Caption For Devonport, Hms Impregnable 1904

A large number of wooden walls were retained by the Navy for various harbour duties.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Cobb C1955

Here we see the buildings on the harbour wall of the Cobb, as we look eastwards through the entrance (left) to Cain's Folly and Stonebarrow Hill, from where National Trust land now extends to Golden Cap

Caption For Caerphilly, Castle C1955

The main residential block, including the great hall, was sited along the south side of the inner curtain wall.

Caption For Chirbury, The Village C1950

It gives one a strange feeling to stand inside the church, because the main walls of the nave have a definite lean outwards.

Caption For Stoke D'abernon, C1960

Part of the nave and the chancel at St Mary's has walls dating back to Saxon times, and the walls incorporate many Roman bricks.